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In the process of bringing back my 20 year old A8 to it's former glory (it's been sitting around for a year+). I thought tyres would be an easy one. Booked it in to get 4 new Goodyear Vector 4Seasons (Halfords deal at National Tyres ) and the tyre shop guys said they couldn't get the wheel nuts off. "They're so tight. we'll injure ourselves".
Collect it and take it to a local tyre specialist to remove them, he rings soon after and says "done, just used the bar to loosen them. Who couldn't get them off?! They must be soft!". Equals 1 hours labour, £54. So now gotta go back again tomorrow to get the tyres done. Not quite the bargain I had first thought!