Midas

I just started coming here for my car maintenance about a year ago. The staff here are amazing, knowledgable and honest! I can’t imagine going anywhere else. They really have the Midas touch!

First time getting my car serviced and got my oil changed. Very good service and would recommend my friends.

Went to this Midas location (Bathurst). Turned my car in at 7:45am so, I could pick it up in the evening giving them enough time to work on it.
After repeated calls the owner finally calls me back at 3pm with a list of ten things wrong with my car. I asked him — if you get to my car at 3pm and assuming I want to fix some of the items on the list, were you planning on having me come in another day for you to again work on my car? He says, yes!
Arrogant owner with no customer service skills.
I explained to him I need my car back by 5pm — because I did not do all the work he was expecting he intentionally worked on my car last and I had to wait an additional 45 minutes and could see my car in the shop with nobody working on it till I raised hell and they put two guys to work on it.
In the meantime, I see people whose cars obviously came in after mine come pick up their car. I know this because mine was one of the first cars in this morning.
Horrible experience — and after all this rudeness and horrible customer service not even an attempt at making things right with a coupon or any price break.
Be careful — this owner will take you for a ride. I know cars and some of the stuff he was telling me to fix on my car were plain lies and a money-​making racket.

I came to this location due to the reviews on Unilocal.I was happy with the service.
They were honest and fair with the prices. They gave me a few suggestions of things I could do and how much they would cost, but absolutely no pressure to do anything when I said no thanks.
Both times I went there the person at the cash desk was incredibly friendly and chatted with me for a bit.
The first time I went I dropped my car off in the morning and was going to wait for them to do the work. They had a few other appointments ahead of me so I was going to go for breakfast and do some shopping on Bloor to pass the time. It turns out that he had a cancellation or two and knew I was in the area so worked on my car right away as he knew I was in the area. I thought that was really nice of them!
The only complaints:
–You usually have to book a few days ahead (but I guess that may be normal in Toronto)
–They suggest you drop your car off in the morning and come back to get it later. I usually need my car for work as I drive all over the place, so that can be a bit inconvenient

They were fast, didn’t scam me, and charged a totally reasonable price for all their services.

From changing winter tires to brakes, Tony and his crew are mechanics you can trust. They take the time to explain the problem and get the job done on time and under budget.

I was having some trouble with shuddering, and brake noise until I eventually decided it was time to take the car in for an inspection. I contact this Midas, and Downtown Mazda for a quote on a worse case scenario. Complete replacement of all front brake hardware. Midas came in at about 75% the price of what Mazda was offering for the same work, so I took the car in for a look.
They identified the problem and unfortunately the worse case scenario was the outcome even though the problem was localized to a single brake pad.
As an auto mechanic I was reasonably satisfied with the work they did and minimal hassle with which it was done. It would seem that Bill and Tony are the heads of this place. Both are very personable and nice. I wouldn’t hesitate to deal with them again.
One thing I didn’t like (and its seems to be the case at every mechanic) they managed to find a few other things in need of repair aside from the original reason I took your car in. More often than not these type of things don’t seem to be urgent but they are still presented as a good idea to address.
I was also told that my brake job would come with a free oil change, but the oil change wasn’t performed when I left the car. I was able to come back and get the oil change free of charge, but it was still an inconvenience.
What is very convenient is the 2 minute walk to the Bathurst Subway station. If you need to drop your car off during the week it’s easy to hop on the TTC and continue on your way to work. For that reason, and their general good nature, this seems like a pretty good place to bring you car if you need some work done.

So, after coming to the shocking realization that my car was too old to be taken to a dealership, I went looking for a mechanic. This process is painstaking and living downtown doesn’t help. It seems everyone who «knows a guy» has their guy about an hour and a half out of town. Which is great unless you have to tow it there. Bah.
I had just received what I believed to be an outrageous quote for work from a dealership and figured I had to be able to do better. The sad part was that my car was already at the dealership. A quick call to my buddy and he suggested going to a Midas Muffler place, so a quick Google found the one closest to me. One phone call later and I was talking to Ilan the manager. When I told him what was quoted at the dealership, he let me know that if he was going to charge that much, there’d be way more work he’d be able to do. So, I called the dealership, stopped work on the car, and yanked it out of there to take it to Midas.
The work was done the next day (as promised) and true to his word, the work was not only cheaper than the dealership, but he replaced a cracked belt and burnt out headlight as well. A perfect introduction to a great member of the Midas franchise. I believe I’ve found my mechanic now.