Midas

The entire experience was horrible. I Emailed for an appointment at 7 AM, and received a confirmation that the shop would phone me to schedule. No one had called by 11 so I called them. We scheduled an oil change at 2.
I arrived promptly at 2, and waited for 40 minutes. When I asked what the delay was, they told me there were no open bays although I could see two. While I was at the counter, one of the technicians came in to ask about a part. The counter guy told him that O’Reilly would not fill their part order because of past due balances. I should have left right then.
The car needed a new air filter and cabin filter, both of which were in stock. After 15 minutes, they said they would need another 15 minutes while they waited for the cabin filter. I asked why they had told me it was in stock, and they said their inventory system showed the part was there. I told them I was already late to go back to work and we needed to forgo anything else.
I paid, drove out of the parking lot, and the car rolled onto Menaul with no acceleration. I was able to roll into the next parking lot where it just stopped. After another hour, they determined that somehow they had unhooked the transmission sensor. This is a 2003 and no one has ever needed to do that for an oil change.
When I told them I was very upset, and that I could have been hurt, they said I was lucky that hadn’t happened, and they realized it had been an inconvenient visit. They gave me a coupon for a free oil change. Like I would ever go back there. Stay far, far away.

I don’t think I’d go to Midas for anything other than an oil change. I was hesitant to come here anyway after all the rip-​off claims and lawsuits I’ve heard about the company. But United Blood Services was having a blood drive downtown and the incentive to donate was a free oil change. My upcoming road trip to Denver in mind, I went and donated 2 bags of blood.
Got to Midas and they took my car back with no wait. I told the guy at the front counter I’d like my fluids topped off and my tires filled, I wasn’t sure if it would be extra or anything but I’d pay the difference. He never really said if it would have been extra but he did a full service oil change for free. It was nice that the guy was from CA (my home-​state) so we chopped it up the entire time I was there. And he told me «his best guy» was working on my car. Whatever works.
Needless to say my car didn’t blow up after my free oil change. Thanks United Blood Services. Go donate!

Terrible mechanic. They told me it would be about 45 min, it was more than double that. While I was waiting, they lost a womans keys, sent a part somewhere else even though they needed it for a guys car, and tried to upsell everyone who checked out. I would never come back.

On one hand, Dave is a friendly technician who bothered to explain and physically show me what he thought was wrong under the hood… on the other hand, he was dead wrong.
Also, the guy at the front desk is a total and complete space cadet. I mean, wow. Where is the walkie talkie to Mars so I can get my car keys back from you dude?