Fairlakes Mobil

Beware of this place. My wife took her vehicle there for state safety inspection. Tim, the lead guy, told her they would have to repair it because the emergency brake wasn’t working properly and wouldn’t pass inspection. When I picked up the car the charge was $ 775. While my wife authorized them to fix the parking brake, they replaced the brake shoes, pads, and rotors in addition to the «parking brake shoes», charged 2.5 hours of labor for this job and a total of $ 775 in order to pass the safety inspection. Stay away, far far away.

I have to echo much of what Joseph C, wrote on 11/​30/​2009. I do not recommend having your car inspected at this location. The attendant was in what appeared to be in a bad mood (I’ve had two of our vehicles inspected here recently) that borders are outright intentional rudeness during both visits.

DO NOT go here to get your car inspected. They are slow, and enjoy making you wait. The guy is gruff and very unfriendly. I was told my car did not pass inspection due to my headlights being too dim — because the lenses were not clear enough. Nonsense. My car has always passed and there has been no change in the lens. Anyway, he wanted $ 130 to «clean» them – and said that it «does not guarantee it will pass after I clean them.» Crazy. Said no thanks, will go elsewhere. On top of that, when I went back to my car, he had taken my GPS – unit and mount – and had flung it on the floor of my car and left it there – I have no idea why he did that. Anyway, enough of a rant. Don’t go there. There are better and nicer people to work with who are not interested in ripping you off.

If you want to pay by credit card at the pump, be prepared to input your zip code. Asking for a zip code is less severe than demanding your firstborn child or eternal soul, but why do they need this?! It’s like when stores ask you for your phone number or zip code at checkout, so they can send you junk mail. I filled up elsewhere.

If I’m correct, this Mobil is located next to the McDonald’s. I can vouch that the quality of air they sell is darn good. Less than $ 1 (75 cents?) for a 3 minute slot. Bless the person who invented that machine.