As a girly girl, one of my least favorite things to do is take our van to get serviced. I hate the smell, the atmosphere and the decisions involved in buying tires or getting the oil changed. Not to mention if we need something bigger like new brakes. When Tire Discounters invited Family Friendly Cincinnati to tour their newest facility that was designed with their women customers in mind, I was intrigued. Sixty-percent of their customers are women, so after completing a two-year journey of understanding what features are important to us, Tire Discounters started designing and building their prototype store in Colerain Township.
As soon as I walked in the door, I noticed how open, clean and uncluttered the store is. There were no racks of tires on the floor. All of the tires and wheels are on the wall mounted on specially designed racks that turn so the Associate can discuss tire options with the customer. Some of the other improvements include:
- Energy efficient glass used in the nearly all glass front store to reduce heat.
- Recycled rubber materials in flooring and landscaping
- LED lighting and reflective roofing
- Digital in-store presentations on the nice flat screen tvs will keep you up to date as to where your car is in line
- Complimentary Wi-Fi
- Refreshment bar (I enjoyed several Ferrerro Rocher candies during my short wait)
- Variety of television programming
- Child’s play area and family restrooms with diaper changing stations
Eventually, Tire Discounters would like to remodel all of their stores to incorporate as much of the new design as possible.
So that you, too, may experience the friendliness of the Tire Discounters staff and their new store in Colerain, we have a giveaway! Tire Discounters was nice enough to provide one lucky reader with a $25 gift card to their store. You may use the gift card at any Tire Discounters store.
Here’s how to enter:
Contestants must be 18 years of age or older.
Tell us, in a comment in this blog post, how you would use a $25 gift card. An oil change? Toward new tires? Payment on new brakes? Make sure to include your email address.
A winner will be drawn Tuesday May 29th at 10:00pm and will be contacted by email, as long as an email is provided, and posted on Facebook. The winner has 24 hours to respond or another will be chosen.
Good luck!
When not blogging for Family Friendly Cincinnati, you can find Michelle writing at her personal blog, I’m Living the Good Life.
Disclaimer: The folks at Tire Discounters were kind enough to provide me with a $25 Tire Discounters gift card. Rest assured, all opinions are my own.
My son stopped home for a two-day visit:) He lives in Bowling Green, Ohio, and drives an hour to work in Sandusky for a 12 hour shift then back home four days a week. We knew he needed tires soon, and we just got home from getting an oil change at Tire Discounters on Beechmont (Special! Only $26.95!) Well, the general manager let us know that his two front tires are almost all the way worn and doesn’t recommend any highway driving… So, he’s taking my car back in the morning…
aaaaand we’re getting two new tires.
Yep, $25 would certainly go towards two tires!
Oil change for sure! Thanks
I’d use the gift card for some tires.
we would use this wonderful prize towards new tires thanks..
I would definitely use my giftcard towards new rotors and/or wipers. They groan a little when I brake and it makes me nervous because I have my little one with me. I’d go crazy if something happened to my car, especially now that Sallie Mae is calling my name.
Oh my..eenie meenie miney mo.. I’d have to see what needed replaced the worse once I got my certificate. I’m thinking brakes…. 🙂
I would use it for an oil change!
So I JUST bought new tires from them, but I totally need to get something rebuilt. I think it’s a gauge or something… but this would help out!
New tires!! I was going to get tires then my car was in wreck so I had to pay for that 🙁
New tires! I’m leaving for St. Augustine, FL next week and I have to get new tires. So that $25 would sure help!!
New tires!
Would put towards new tires.
Could use an oil change.
I would probably use it for an oil change.
Love the green upgrades! We need new tires!!!
Our car needs the brake line replaced and since I’m a stay at home Mom so we have to save up to get it done which has caused us to only have 1 car at the moment. I would use the gift card to help with the new brakes!
I would use this towards fluid changes!
I would use a gift card for an oil change.
Oil change is overdue. Would love to check out the new place!
I’d put it towards new brakes
I would use the gift card for new brakes. I really
need some new brakes. They are making all kinds of sounds. 🙂
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Oil change.
A gift card would sure come in handy to the Mommy of my two granddaughters! She and I have put thousands of miles on our vehicles getting the kids back and forth to Moms, Dads, school, preschool, dentists, doctor appointments and places in between. Sounds just like the type of business that would be right up her alley and I would definitely donate a gift card to her.
I can’t wait to check out the new Tire Discounters! I would use the gift card towards new shocks/struts on my car!
I would use the gift card to have an oil change. Summers coming gotta get the maintenance work done on the car.
I think I might have to check out this location the next time I take my van in for service! If I had a $25 gift card, I would use it towards new tires, which my van desperately needs.
I would use it towards brakes!
My car is constantly overrun with remnants of my daily commute to my toddler’s daycare–crusty sippy cups, runaway Cheerios, Kleenex and board books–and my husband is great about periodically giving it the once-over for me: shining up the dashboard and tires, giving it a fresh coat of wax before the summer sun heats up, switching out my windshield wipers, even changing my oil himself. Hey, at least my car looks good from the OUTSIDE! I’d love the gift card as a way to say thank-you to my husband, dad extraordinaire and all-around home and car repair hero, so he could spend some time on his own car for once instead of mine. Thanks for the opportunity to win!