I moved here from Dallas almost a year ago and had a used tire shop I loved. I find many of them pretty shady, but this one was well run by a Persian family, though it was still pretty spartan. Not sure where to go around here, plus I’m not exactly sure where to stay away from if you know what I mean. (I recently took an accidental stroll through what I later learned was called Colbrini Green.)
Anyone have experience with used tire places in and around Chicago?
I’ve never heard of a used tire store around here. But you might try an automobile junkyard. If you watch any late-night Chicago TV, you’ve surely heard of Victory Auto Wreckers in Bensenville.
Just Googling “used tires Chicago” yielded a number of stores which offer them…so, clearly, the market exists. Having never purchased used tires, I can offer no guidance on which, if any, of them may be good choices.
(Parenthetically, it’s “Cabrini-Green”…and it used to be an even worse area than it is now, back when there were a bunch of high-rise public housing buildings there.)
I’ve used Benny’s Tire Shop at 2210 West Devon in Chicago for all of my tire needs dating back two decades. It’s owned and operated by an Assyrian family (there’s a small Assyrian community along that part of Devon) and it has the Spartan atmosphere that you seem to appreciate. I once went to the shop with a nail stuck in my front tire. Tony (the primary staff member) perceived the problem as I approached and directed me to stop just as the puncture was visible to him. He had it repaired almost before I got out of my car. They’re great people and honest as the day is long.
Awesome! Exactly what I’m looking for, I think. Plus, my name is Devon so I think its meant to be.
Send me your name and I’ll name drop for you if you want, or not.
Thanks(everyone)
Oh yeah…speaking of Assyrians, I was reading in a Time Out Chicago about Assyrian Christian gang activity from a few decades ago(don’t recall the area). Leave it to Chicago to have a gang from a people most people(Texans at least) haven’t even heard of. This is an interesting place.
I’ll bet you don’t pronounce it the same way. It’s de/VON (rhymes with con) not Devon as in clotted cream.
Yeah, and be careful how you pronounce “Paulina,” too! Properly pronounced, it rhymes with a female body part (one of three streets in Chicago that do).
–Thanks IKN, but they know me more by my face than my name.
There is an Assyrian cultural center on Devon near Clark Street that looks like it’s been there forever, so I’m pretty sure the Assyrian community around there is pretty old. Out of all the ethniv groups I’ve encountered in this city over my 53 years, I can honestly say that I’ve never met an Assyrian that I didn’t like.
–Ya know Cheryl, I’ve lived in Edgewater all my life as have my parents. There is a linguistic oddity about those who grew up here through the 1930’s. They all pronounce Devon as de/VAUGHN. I’ve been puzzled by that all of my life, and there’s no breaking them of the habit.
–Okay Tim, I’ll be the fall guy here. What are the other two streets in Chicago aside from “Paulina” that rhyme with a female body part?
Melvina and Lunt.
I went by and had a tire balanced for $10. Definitely my place. My price quoted for a used tire was $37. My quote from Good Year was $167 walk away price for a new one.
That’s funny because I’ve heard it pronounced the English way(DE-vuhn/DE-vn) a few times out here in the suburbs, probably because it was my brother and his friends. Its nice to know how the locals say it.
Haven’t heard of the clotted cream, but an English woman I worked with in Austin called me “The Devon” after her favorite horse jumping tournament.