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| - Here's the deal: 5 stars for Paul, 1 - 2 stars for anyone else who works there. Paul's one of the managers and is one of the nicest car guys I've ever met.
Now, as a young Asian woman, I find that I am usually taken advantage of when I go to get my car serviced anywhere. Usually I'll go somewhere for an oil change, and then I get a 20 minute speech about how I "should really get __(insert random car part that I didn't know existed here__ done as well".
My first time at Midas was to have my snow tires put on. Paul was there, had a wonderful chat was my car was being done, was out in under an hour, didn't offer to "fix" any extra parts.
Second time, went to get my headlights done. I thought they were both out, so I requested to have them both done. Paul was there again, and he honestly admitted that only ONE of them was out and that I didn't need to spend any extra money replacing BOTH, even though they don't cost much.
Third time was a big deal. My left rear shock absorber had broken off and was making a terrible clunking noise. Had my car towed to this Midas, then waited an hour and a half before my car was looked at. Paul wasn't there, but the owner's 2 sons were. I was told I would be paying almost $500 to fix both rear ones (they replace them in pairs), or at a "discounted rate" of $1260 to replace all 4. THEN I was told they didn't have time to do them that day (they closed in an hour), and that I couldn't leave my car there overnight UNLESS I took the $1260 deal. This was when I took the liberty of calling my mechanic friend who works at Audi, who told me to get out of there STAT and take the car to a small shop on Lawrence and Midland.
I ended up getting the rear set done for $400 cash, but was also told that my front ones were practically brand new and that there was absolutely NO reason to have had them replaced.
Moral of the story, don't bother going unless Paul's there, since he's pretty much the only guy who won't make you spend extra money.
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