Midas

This shop closed in May of 2015. There’s another Midas in Boise, but this one on 27^th Street is no longer operating.

I got my oil changed here. It was a very interesting experience. Curtis at the counter is a joy. I was very very happy with him.
If you have a chance to go here, I very much recommend it. The entire team of people there were friendly and nice to work with.
It reminded me of a family and places that I have worked at in the past where everyone gets along and interacts well to make it a pleasant working environment.
It was one of the best automotive experiences that I have had in a long long time.
Ok, now for the not so good, or at least questionable parts.
The oil change was actuary advertised as an oil change and tire rotation. But after this was done, they never said if they actually did the tire rotation.
The tire rotation did not show up on the Courtesy Check form that they gave me, so I am assuming that it was not done.
I think the guy said that the Tire Rotation was conditional only if it was needed, but this was not well explained. The advertisement said nothing about the Tire Rotation only being done if needed.
The other odd part was that they told me that my car required 6 quarts of oil and charged me extra for this.
In all the places that i have taken my car to for service, none of them have ever said anything about it needing more than 5 quarts and no one has ever charged me extra for this.
So I do recommend this place, but I do have concerns.

I have been to this shop at least 5 times for oil changes /​tire rotations and I’ve had nothing but positive experiences. They have given me quotes for work which I didn’t ultimately have done, not because of anything to do with the shop, but just because we decided not to get it done at all (which we decided to do mostly because Midas said we’d probably be fine without the work). So while I can’t comment on the quality of all the work they do, I can say its a friendly place where I generally feel as though Im being dealt with honestly.

Ben W.
This Review Is not a bad review It’s more of bad Knowledge on your end. I’m Sorry But I Dislike People that do this type of stuff. Let Me Educate you On this service that you disagree with.
1– Yes you took the vehicle to a shop Cause you don’t process the knowledge of your vehicle’s mechanics.
2-​Yes anyone can call a parts store and purchase a part at (your case) $ 50 That NO shop will do warranty work if your supplied part fails. But where you don’t understand here is that a shop in this case Midas! Has to what we call in the resale business called (MARK UP) Each Business Has a mark up on there part.
3– What is mark up? When a part comes from one hand to the next from the parts builder all the way down to you. Final Price is marked up X amount.
4– Why Mark Up At A Shop? Well Simply put if that part fails and the vehicle come’s back it helps cover the technician get paid to re install a new part at no cost to you. To help keep the business a float. IE: Pay employee’s, pay the rent, pay utilities, ECT. Labor Is only a small portion in which helps keep the business doors open.
5– So I Did My Research here on this part and install time For what it would cost at my Business to install this part as well.
6– Part With Consumer mark up! $ 87.40, Installation Calls For .9 of an hour! (my labor rate is $ 65 an Hour Flat rate) $ 58.50. But First There has to be some diagnosing fee in there (cause were not physic and call tell whats wrong from just standing there) So lets say it took the Technician .8 of an hour to find your problem. $ 52.00 (So now I can pay my tech for diagnosing this vehicle.
7– So Now I look At my total here. $ 197.90 With out the taxes figured in at $ 5.24 For A grand total of $ 203.14 Is what it would have costed you here at my shop.
8– They Are priced very reasonable for the service you authorized they to perform cause you don’t have the knowledge to do it yourself.
9– Just an fyi I have no affiliation with this shop. I just happen to see your review and it discussed me

I went to this shop on the recommendation of a friend, what a mistake. I gave one star because they ave me a ride home while my car was being fixed. The first guy i talked to quoted me a price of «about $ 140» when the called for authorization they said it’d be $ 217. I agreed to pay but then called a few parts stores to check up. The price for the part was around $ 50 at NAPA, yet they charged me $ 115. When confronted, they told me the switch was the expensive part, but again NAPA disagreed coming in at $ 249 for the set (tumbler and switch.) felt lied to and Won’t be returning to this store