Crappy Tire

Slang term for Canadian hardware store chain Canadian Tire. One reason "Crappy" is the adjective used because it is not uncommon to purchase something from CT that has already been opened with parts missing.

Don't take your car to this place. They will upsell repairs and services that you don't need - at inflated prices - using low grade parts that will wear out faster than you can say "rip off". Hires young, incompetent or dishonest grease monkeys who wreck your car inside out.

Crappy Tire is know as a slang word to indentify the Canadian retail distributor "Canadian Tire" They call it Crappy tire because of the low quality of their in-house brand "mastercraft" being that most of the product is made in China not to mention that the Mastercraft line is overpriced versus a retailer such as Walmart.

It also refers to the "crappy" service because there's never enough people in the stores working cashier or customer service.

The house brand products from Canadian Tire
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