Incompetence everywhere..

[TriumphZ3]

Tyre centres are the biggest ar5eholes out there.

I do all my own servicing and maintenance on my own lift, so am well acquainted with my family's cars. On a recent trip through Scotland, we damaged a front tyre and went to the nearest tyre centre at Dumfries, where the guy who replaced the tyre went into an entire head-shaking routine about the state of the brake pads and how he could replace them then and there. Nowt wrong with them and practically brand new, as I confirmed when I got home, having serviced the car the weekend before the trip and replaced them then. Chancers. I wonder how many innocents they do catch?

 

[motco]

That's not incompetence, that's blatent dishonesty. I am not qualified to comment on the quality of the fraudulent intent but it failed with you, an aware customer. Many will fall for it though, I'm sure.
Like you, I do my own servicing and repair on my Z. My daily driver is still in warranty though, and it's a plug-in hybrid so I am uncertain about many aspects. On the "if it's not broken, don't bust it!" I meddle not while it works!