Despite the technological advances that have happened here, there are a few things that are oddly old-fashioned and painfully inconvenient in the US. For example, transferring money between bank accounts is complicated and often involves mailing checks from bank to bank. Another example is having a tire fixed.

In the UK this has long been a quick and easy process. Kwik Fit prides itself that "you can't get better than a Kwik Fit fitter":

Go to a Kwik Fit for a tire replacement and you will be in and out in 15-20 minutes. Now try the same at Firestone. The same process takes at least 90 minutes - on my last visit it took 2 hours, only because he forgot to rotate the tires (even though I asked) and once rotated he forgot to adjust the pressures (even though I asked).

But it could be worse. You could choose to buy used tires at somewhere like this:

 Lots of people do!