I decided to pickup the Goodyear Nordics from CT as they really are a good tire and do perform quite well (at least based upon reviews I've seen)
Cheapest in town, next to walmarts NEXEN Winguards of which there is no stock in my size
I'm the kind of guy who does everything himself.... with the exception of tires as I don't have a balancer and really hate popping beads on/off rims
So for $451 taxes in I was to get: 4 goodyear nordics w/ install & balancing for 195/65/15s on my Golf
I bring it it... and drop it off due to their "2" day backup
I get a call later on that evening stating: They were able to remove 3 wheels, but the forth's (drivers rear) happened to not want to come out
Apparently the locking wheel lock (VW factories) was stuck and the key no longer works
well... okay so I tell them to just leave the tire out and not charge me for the balancing/install on the one tire
I go pick up the car and.... well
They happened to have "lost" the key socket...
I start asking questions as to whether they might have stripped the socket using an impact?.... no answer
They state the key is back in the foam compartment inside the spare...
Well it fucking isn't and they can't find it
Also... while driving home (i know it's a mk4 prone issue) but all of a sudden the fucking drivers window just drops down
I've been able to fit the window back into it's rail
but now... I have to go to VW, get them to order a new key and mount the tire
what a waste of my time