Honolulu, HI
Here's why LB just lost me as a customer. When I dropped my car off recently for an oil change, rotation and safety check I was told my front tires were worn and wouldn't pass. Fair enough, they were several years old so I said OK replace them. An hour later I got a call saying my car had a torn CV boot and a bad tie rod, and it wouldn't pass inspection. By that time of course they'd already put the new tires on the car. My gripe is that I should have gotten all the bad news at once, and been given the option of shopping elsewhere. That would have been an up front way to do business. Instead, I was being coerced into paying for more repairs in order to pass inspection. I expressed my concerns to the manager when I picked up the car and he seemed unimpressed. Which is why I won't do business with LB any longer, and am sharing my experience with friends (one of whom told me he was similarly dealt with at LB a few years ago). PS I took the car to my local garage and it passed with flying colors.