As it turns out “Go paperless” is only for other communication, and not for billing (you know, the thing I get monthly, not the infrequent stuff.) As mentioned, Setting up paperless billing went to an error page.
I did get human on chat, but they were unable to do anything related to billing.
So I had to resort to phone support. Customer support person #1 couldn’t help me and transferred me to someone else. CS #2 also could not help me, but CS #3 could. I had to speak my email 3 times*, but I think I am now set up for paperless billing. Again, you would think it would be easy as it saves them printing and postage costs.
* This would have been SO much better if I could do it electronically.
I agree! That’s why the only earbuds I use are connected by a cord that goes around my neck. When not listening, I just let them hang or tuck them in my shirt.
I’ve had “totally in the ear” buds fall out, but never a pair of these.
I have my first problem with my new-to-me Camry – the left front tire has developed a slow leak. I suppose it’s not a big deal in the great scheme of things but it pisses me off, especially because that was the problem I had for months with both of my cheap Chinese front tires on the Sebring, until I replaced them both with Firestone all-weather tires.
It just means I have to drive a fair distance to a tire specialty place that I trust. I’m sure the cost will be minimal, but the inconvenience is extremely annoying.
Fortunately, it’s close to my favourite deli where I can stock up on goodies!
Oof. I had that in one tire a year or two ago. I went back to the place where I got my tires, where I have a warranty, and it’s my go-to place for tire stuff. After hours, they just couldn’t figure out what was wrong, and I ended up having to get new tires. (Though at least it was at a discount.)
There are few human problems that can’t be improved by slipping a snack run into your flow!
I too had developed a slow leak a couple months ago. Screw in the middle of the tread. Got that fixed in the course of a general car checkup / service, oil change, etc. Once I got the car back it was time to go have a celebratory meal. Makes everything better.
I’ve never heard of such a thing. If there’s no detectable leak, I would assume they’d just pull off the tire and remount it with new sealing. The really bad situation is if there’s a defect in the wheel rim itself, but those don’t happen spontaneously or suddenly. I haven’t run into anything to cause that.
Aluminum alloy wheels are infamous for invisible cracks or subtle rim deformations that leak so slowly the classic tank dunk test reveals nothing. BTDT, have the t-shirt and subsequently field-welded wheels. (On a prior car not my current one.)
It could be you picked up a nail. However, Firestone tires will never grace a car that I own; even if it means I have to replace OEM tires. The only thing worse than their tires is the slimy, lying SoBs who work there.
Lemme guess, Firestone or Tires Plus, which they also own?
I got a nail, pulled into a Tires Plus to have them plug it. Not only did they tell me they wouldn’t plug it because it was unsafe, but that I needed four new tires because AWD vehicles need all tires to be the same tread height (true); however, I don’t have AWD, I had F(front)WD, & even if I did have AWD, it would be cheaper to buy one new one & shave it down to match the other three.
I told them to go rotate (Hah!) & drove a few miles to an independent tire place where they plugged it for $20 or $25. Said plug lasted for 1½ years-ish, until I replaced all four because of routine tire wear, or in other words, the remaining life of said tire.
Another time, after confirming three times that they would honor a deal on their website they called me that my car was done; however, they couldn’t honor that deal because of [weasel words] & that it would be $300 more. I told 'em, “Nope”. They then called me back with a ‘deal’, they’d split it with me, that it would be $100 less (not exactly splitting it) but I had to pay for it on a Firestone credit card (which they would of course get credit for me opening). I drove home on my old tires! Had to do more research & another appointment at a (different) tire shot & ended up with Goodyear Eagles instead.
There’s a big commercial construction site next to the shopping area that I go to frequently, which features a big hole in the middle of the road filled with loose stones and Og only knows what else. I could have run into something there. If I have a chance I’ll find out tomorrow and hopefully get it fixed.
I had the opposite experience. The OEM tires on my former Dodge minivan were Goodyear, and when the fronts needed replacing, I replaced them with the same type. Big mistake. I had more leaks and flats with all four of those pieces of shit than with any other brand of tire I’ve ever owned, including the first and only blowout (on a front wheel!) that I’ve ever had – at highway speed, in a construction zone where there was no place to pull over. Besides being a life-threatening hazard, that blowout also destroyed the rim. I’m sure Goodyear makes some good tires, but I’m really put off the brand. The Firestones on the Sebring were great, and their all-weather reputation lived up to the claims – they had good traction in winter.
I agree that some of the tire franchise chains can have crappy service. I use an independent that I like. Back when I had the Sebring, I once had a flat on a rear tire and never even realized it, happily driving along until a guy on a motorcycle pointed it out to me at a stoplight. I changed the tire and drove to my favoured tire place, certain that the tire was now scrap. They said “of course it can be repaired”, and proceeded to do so. That tire lasted the remaining life of the car.
I don’t know what brand of tires are on the Camry, but the Lovely Ex-Wife always took good care of her cars so I’m sure they’re a reputable brand.
I generally buy decent tires, but I used to work next to a metal recycler in a shitty unincorporated part of town where people would randomly dump stuff in the road and occasionally torch stolen cars. I picked up slow leaks via nails, screws and miscellaneous metal chunks like I was trying to make a collection. Three per tire was my limit, but by the time I was ready to replace a tire set due to wear, all of them would always have plugs and most had two.
My mom, home alone at 86 years old. 100 miles away from me. I did a LOT of driving and missed weekends at my own home.
My Wife and I found a great retirement place for her. Brand freaking new. The apartment that she would get didn’t even have drywall yet. The finished ones where great. A bit closer to us. But $$$$. But sell her home and it would work.
Then COVID struck and jacked up all our plans. I wouldn’t be able to move her, or even visit her.
She later fell, broke a hip for a third time and that was pretty much it. 93 years old. This country sucks.
Well, I’m back from the tire place. You guys, I know with the best intentions, had me all fussed and worried what with tales of slow leaks that couldn’t be found and cracked alloy wheels. It turned out to be just a very slow leak around the rim. Tire was remounted and re-sealed and all is good. Car handles better now, too, so I conclude that the tire must have been at substandard pressure for a long time before it was low enough that I finally noticed it.
Had a very successful visit to my favourite deli, too, where I spent nearly three times as much as the cost of the tire repair. They were out of their heavenly onion buns, but I got everything else I wanted!
I just went through this with one of my Jeeps…and the tires were less than a year old, too. In my case, the leak was caused by a massive screw; even though the puncture was in a ‘good’ spot, it had caused enough damage that a patch didn’t work. I ended up getting new tires; on the upside, I did get the shop to swap out the existing 17-year-old spare with the good tire, so at least that didn’t go to waste.
I later found out that several of my coworkers had the exact tire puncture problem as me; we decided it was the fault of sloppily-loaded scrap metal trucks headed for the local recycler. This recycling location is known for catching on fire a few times each year; sometimes we get to hear the explosions.
