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Okay, as if a two-star rating weren't enough to keep y'all away from this place...
I am going to pass on free tire rotations and wheel balances for the life of my tires bought from Midas. Because I can't, in good faith, ever go here again.
TAKE THAT!
I should have known better than to ever come here for ANYTHING in the first place. But, I had a flat in the middle of the night, and they have a parking lot. So I felt safe ditching my car here. And it got me caught in a bad cycle... Sigh...
Now, I know my own car VERY WELL (having owned it for 12 years), and I know the basics of just about any car -- what the parts do, when they normally need replacement, how you know, and how you can extend their life.
Add to THAT! the fact that I'm from Detroit. That my father, grandfather, and great-grandfathers all worked for Ford. My grandmother, too, for a time. During the war. That my family basically supplied Ford Motor Company with an entire immigrant labor force during the 20th Century. That my enginerd father, when I was a kid, diagrammed the workings of an AXOD transmission for me as a science lesson (try and imagine what "the sex talk" was like with him, if you can...).
IT'S VERY HARD TO PULL A FAST ONE OVER ON ME. I might be a girl, but I know when I'm being cheated by a shitty mechanic. I've escaped a raw deal twice here. And there's no third-time's-the-charm with me in situations like this. Because I'm also a Sicilian, and I get PISSED when people do this to me. All the yelling and causing a scene is starting to wear me out.
These are the facts:
FACT 1: Midas tried to charge me 75 FUCKING DOLLARS to charge one headlight in my car. JUST ONE HEADLIGHT.
I, having obviously changed NUMEROUS bulbs in the car, in all kinds of locations, over a 12-year period, told them this was absurd. They argued that it was completely legitimate, because I needed a "special halogen bulb," and it would take "THREE HOURS OF LABOR" to reach it.
FACT 2: The Toy Shop on Geary and Funston changed that bulb and three others in 20 minutes, for $14. And polished out my headlights while they were at it.
FACT 3: I had a flat tire, and left my car there overnight in their lot, knowing my tires were on their last leg. I ended up buying a new set from them because the price seemed reasonable and it was convenient to where I got the flat. They also offered me free rotations and balances.
FACT 4: Upon returning for the first free rotation and balance five months (4k miles) later, they told me that my struts were totally shot, had caused the new tires to cup, that it was an immediate concern, and gave me an estimate for all four new struts (because they had to be changed out together) at 1800 FUCKING DOLLARS.
FACT 5: The Toy Shop -- once again my trusted mechanic -- told me that there was absolutely no abnormal wear on my tires, and showed me. That my struts certainly had some wear with my high mileage, but that unless I found my car shimmying on lane changes, to not even bother at this point. If it was their car, they wouldn't even be thinking about it. That at the next oil change I could price out front struts ONLY, IF I was interested in improving the ride quality. But that it was a choice, not a need.
I believe it's no coincidence that when I went to pick up my car from the tire rotation, some guy was in line in front of me getting slapped with a $1300 bill. For some repair he almost certainly DIDN'T need.
This is the definition of a scam, and has been submitted to the Ripoff Report.
Over and out.