Blossom Valley Union 76

Made a stop here since it’s on the way to Pismo beach with a couple friends. The store seems pretty clean and organized. The neighborhood around there isn’t janky at all either. I would come back! The pumps look new too.

DO NOT HAVE YOUR CAR SERVICED HERE. Hopefully that’s clear enough for the average driver to understand. This place is a classic rip off shop. I brought in my own parts for an AC repair and was told they weren’t right for my car, but HIS parts guy could get the part in that day. I agreed because like most folks, I’m busy, needed my car back, and he’s an experienced pro, right? Wrong. The part was double the price, which allowed him to make money on it. I took my part to 2 independent mechanics after that who confirmed it was the correct part for my car, and received their estimates for the work. A ~$ 500 job cost me over $ 1000 at this place. After all that, the belly pan wasn’t put back on correctly and came off while I was driving.
If you get ANY service here after reading this, have your head examined. I’m a reasonable guy with 24 years experience with countless shops, cars and repairs. This shop is unethical, period.

Got gas here for the first time here recently, and was a little annoyed by the guys trying to sell me some car window cleaner.
I try my best to be polite, but firm that I don’t want any, but the guy kept talking and spraying my car to show me what it did.
I don’t want to be forced to be a jerk to get rid of guys who try to pitch stuff while pumping gas. But then, I shouldn’t have to. Gas pumps are not an appropriate place to sell things. If I had walked into an automotive store, that’d be one thing. But I didn’t.
Convenient location/​gas prices or not, I’m not going back to this 76 if those guys are still there.

this was my go to gas station and repair shop (they are in AAA’s network, so i slept a little better at night knowing that i had a path of retribution if they f’ed up my car).
it was really conveniently located for me – the prices weren’t as good as, let’s say, a sears auto center special, but were competitive. they kept my older car in tip-​top shape

Every one seems to be pretty nice except for a couple of the car washers. They are just plain rude. You have some hard working car and I respect them but their are one or two guys that should not be doing that job. Overall 76 gas is the best, lasts the longest and I can tell the improved mileage and performance when I put it in my vehicle. Would have like to give it 4 stars but a couple guys ruined it for the rest.

Until recent events, I was a long time customer of this service station. Anytime I had a problem, I brought my truck into them and had it fixed. The problems started when their long time mechanic, Art, left. All of a sudden prices seem to have shot through the roof and now their customer service has gone to complete hell.
They charge nearly twice the price for parts as a parts shop like Kragen. My new fuel pump assembly was over $ 490 from these guys but $ 270 from a local auto store. If I got the one from the local auto store, this shop wouldn’t warranty the work.
Not only that but the truck had only used about 2 gallons off an 18.5 gallon tank, when the work was done, the fuel gauge read half! maybe there is 10 left in there, what the hell happened to the other 6. Did they spill it when they took down the tank?
Then when they finish they tell me they are closing in 30 min and if I don’t come down and get it before they close, I can’t get my car until monday. Saturday is when they did the work. So I have no car, so I have to call someone to give me a ride. They wouldn’t just let me pay the station attendant by credit card after they left, they told me if I wanted to do that I would have to pay by cash. I ended up making a cc payment over the phone. The customer service at this place has just gone way down hill… I come here all the time, guys! or I used to… I’m not going back.

4 Stars
New pumps.
all have the latch so you don’t stand there n hold the pump like it’s 1990.
convenient location (for me at least)

I came here to get my car smogged. Not too much I can really say. I came in, handed the guy my keys and paperwork from the DMV. He said it’d take about 30 minutes so I went around the corner to Sonny’s Café, had some food and a coffee. Came back and my car was waiting for me. Cost me around $ 50 at the time, but that seemed to be in the price range of other places in the area. I could have probably looked around more to save some money, but I live so close to here that it just wasn’t worth my time to go anywhere else. Since I have a newer car that is still under warranty I wouldn’t use them for repairs unless I was in a pinch, but when the warranty runs out I’d definitely check with them to see if they’d work on my car.

the place is kept pretty clean. The only downside is the price, it is a little steep compared to other locations, but a small price to pay when you need gas. The driveways aren’t too steep which is a plus for lowered cars.