When you walk by this car the tires look fine, but on a closer look, the inner edge is worn so severely that the steel belt is exposed. This is what a tire looks like just before the tread comes off and tears up the fender. This can make for some ugly damage to your car, not to mention the risk of causing a crash.
I really get upset when people in our industry try to make their shop look good by bashing the defenseless last shop who worked on your car. As a matter of policy I greatly discourage it. None-the-less, this case is irresistable. This explorer had a bunch of front end parts installed by some other shop. They did all the easy stuff and passed over the hard work, changing the ball joints. Trouble is, usually the ball joints are the greatest safety concern. In this case when we lifted the car the upper ball joint fell out of the spindle. Can you image what might have happened if this had fallen apart out on the road?
This 97 Camry is overdue for timing belt service at 103,000 miles. Oil leaks from cam seals and a leaky water pump saturated the timing belt. To prevent this we recommend timing belt service, including water pump and cam seals on most cars at 60,000 miles. Many cars with timing belts will incur major engine damage if the belt fails.