Sinclair Grand Wheeler II

Whenever I have a little problem — they are really helpful — like a stuck gas cover release. Or if my headlight or signal is out they are there asking if they can replace. Dead battery — had a replacement and installed quickly. So we recommend them.

No. No. No! Go somewhere else — ANYWHERE ELSE — for service and car repair before going here! On one occasion this station tried to pull an extra 100.00 from me for repairs, but after I confronted them about having called other service stations in the area to compare pricing they brought the repair costs down acknowledging they had NO reason to charge that much extra.
This past week I was in there for a flat tire, which they said they couldn’t find anything wrong with and the manager there was encouraging me to drive around on my spare tire — which was weird as all get out. How do you plan to put my tire back on if I’m out driving it around with a spare tire on?
I was told by another worker there later that night that the tire had ALREADY been put back on my car, it was re-​balanced, and, at my request, that they’d check and fill all other tires b/​c my pressure light was on (even without the flat). I said that would be perfect, and was told I’d get a call in the AM to make sure my tire hadn’t gone down again over night. I never got a call and ended up calling in myself and the manager there said, ‘Oh, well I don’t know I didn’t see any notes here about checking anything and I left at 3:15 yesterday afternoon. So I don’t know what to tell ya, I don’t know nothing about it.” He then told me that my spare was still on my car and that my tire had been sitting in the garage all night. I tried to explain to him my frustration — that the whole point of leaving the car there was to leave it there with the tire ON THE VEHICLE and make sure it still didn’t leak. I also told him that his own employee had told me that the tire was already back on my car last night when he called me — so he was lying. Then he told me he’d «get around to putting it back on when he could.» He was so rude.
I got a call probably 15 mins. later to come pick it up and when I went in I tried to explain to him — AGAIN — that it is bad business practices to not be telling your customers the truth and then to be so rude to them, he proceeded to argue with me and told me that *I* had requested the tire stay off the vehicle all night!!! He said that’s what his son, who was the worker I had spoken to the night before, had come home and told him. I repeatedly told him that I had requested the complete OPPOSITE of what his «son told him» and that his son had also already told me my car was ready to go. It was even more annoying because first he didn’t want to take responsibility in the AM for not even knowing the tire still needed to be put on but then he had the gall to say, «Well that is what you had requested.» as if he was part of the conversation I had had with his employee/​son!!! I’ve never encountered a more ridiculous worker who doesn’t take responsibility for their actions or acknowledge their customers request.
Finally, I asked him if anyone had checked my other tires and put air in them as I had requested last night. He said that yep, sure they had. I knew right away he was lying.
I took my car to another service station later that day because my pressure light was STILL on. Without letting the new station know what had happened, they checked the pressure in all my tires sighting that the only one that was correct was the tire that had been flat and needed to be filled with air — all of the other tires were low! Additional note: as soon as the worker at the new station filled them the pressure light went off.
Let me be clear in saying there are some pleasant and friendly (often younger) «can-​do» attitude workers at this Sinclair station, but whoever this guy is has bad business ethics and instead of acknowledging his customers requests he just argues with you and then charges you for services THEY NEVER EVEN DID.
Do NOT go to this station to service your vehicle! They’d rather let you die out on the road because they didn’t feel like doing their job then treat their customers with respect and offer the safety that any service station should strive for. Awful, awful experiences there!

Love this gas station! Had a flat tire on the way to taking my kids to school. Pulled in here, nice guy looked at it, pulled out a nail, patched it; $ 20 bucks. AWEsome
And a completely geeky «like» about this place is that the gas pumps go really fast compared to Super America down the street.
Over and out

(yes I’m reviewing a gas station).
Pro: newer pumps and handles.
I have to say that this is one of the cutest gas stations ever. On the NW corner of Grand and Hamline — not Wheeler as the name suggests — this little Sinclair gas station also has a repair shop that I’ve never used. They have 24 hour pumps that are pretty new, and the gas pump handles aren’t the kind that make you want to double-​wash your hands afterwards. Quick CC authorization, fast to fill up, this gas station is a quick and easy stop before I hit Ayd Mill Road and head to work or shopping.
It’s also a full service station — the kind where you drive over a sensor and it rings an old fashioned bell in the shop. I only ever go there for gas, but a few times I’ve pulled up and if I don’t get out immediatly, a mechanic comes out and asks if I need anything. Someday I’ll take them up on it just for the heck of it.
I like supporting Sinclairs just for the sole reason that I’m amazed they are still in business (the brand seems so old and with all the other competition out there with flashy marketing, it makes me wonder). I have never been inside their storefront, but I don’t think they offer any concessions, although I recall seeing lottery ticket signs. It’s a pretty no frills place, but I love it.