I know that they are not all the same, but I have just recently had a very bad experience with a Belle Tire. To make a long story short, I have a 1965 Plymouth Satellite and I had taken it to a Belle Tire and while I was there, I asked if they could bleed the brakes. They said they could, but found the brake fluid was almost empty in the MC. They told me that they needed to do a complete brake inspection at a minimum of 3 hrs labor at $70.00 and then they would have to fix anything they found, including wheel bearings if they felt they were needed.

I told them to forget looking for the leak and to just bleed them. They refused telling me they would be responsible for the car if anything happened to it since they worked on it last. I told they to write on the receipt something to the effect of Bleed brakes - Advised customer of xxxxxxxxxx and that I would sign it. They refused. I asked if they would at least put brake fluid in it for me, they refused. I ask if I could purchase brake fluid and they said I could, but would not let me use a wrench to take the cap off. They also advised me that if I had a wrench I couldn't work on it on their property. They wanted to call a tow truck because they felt it was unsafe to drive.

It had plenty of pedal, spongy but plenty of pedal as I had just drove it there and it had an emergency brake so I just drove it home. That weekend I tore it down, it didn't have a leak. The previous owner had put new brakes, new brake cylinders, new flex hose and one new brake line on the front, but it appears as though he failed to fill the master cylinder. I did a brake bleed on it over the weekend and it is just fine. They were talking $300+ which turned out to be a low master cylinder.

I have written to Belle Tire Corporate twice and only received a response telling me that I would get a response with 48 hours.

Needless to say, Belle Tire is not a place that will every get my business.