Don't go to Midas for any reason

Dlandbob

Active Member
I took my Vance and Hines to Midas and had them fix the weld because the heat shield broke. Thegyy welded it and it latest about 500 miles and broke off, I went back and he made a new bracket and it lasted about 4 miles before it came off completely. Well when he welded it he burnt the corm pretty bad on it and to top it off it came off. I went into the shop to talk to the manager yesterday and this is the good part. He told me too bad it's not there problem, I am just trying to get something done for free when all I asked was them to repair it. I said really, as I am holding the exhaust, is it really worth me contacting the BAR and taking you guys to small claims court over this, he got pissed, he said Prove it!!!! We have no record of you coming here and we didn't damage anything, I then kinda raised my voice and said, what is this damage than!? He got pissed!! He threw his pen at me, picked whatever he could grape and started throwing things at me and threaten me that he was going to fuck me up.... I laughed and kept my cool as he tried jumping over the counter to come at me.

I have been good for about ten years and I am not going to break someones face or hurt them like I have in the past 200 bucks and lose everything because some looser hasn't been laid before. I was just shocked that I was put in that position for something so little. As I laughed and left, he ran out behind me acting all bad ass ready to take his shirt off, I am still holding my entire exhaust system in my hands, I can't help thinking how hard I could swing this and knock him the F Out.... When he threw some trying to hit my truck is when I had had it, I drove off and called the cops. If there is one thing I love that I own more than my Chopper it would have to be my Truck..

He told the cops some BS about me telling him I said I was a cop and just a bunch of other crap that Never came from my lips. No one was around in the show room to be witness to say what happened, I just know I talked to Corperate and they had the owner call me, he won't fire the guy but told me sorry a hundred times. I just have to wonder that what If I was a women who pissed this looser or some old man, this was a bad. I still can't get over it and if I didn't have so much to lose, I would wait for him after work one day. I am moving this weekend over 60 miles away, it's not worth it to follow this up but I thought I would share this with everyone. The Midas I went to is in Lake Forest, Ca.

I won't bother with small claims, I am 43 now and I happened to go to small claims court today for the first time ever. I took my land lord to court over the flea problem we had when we moved into this place and rats. He don't have pets so when we moved in and my girlfriend and I were getting eaten alive for weeks before we knew what was eating us. My land losd took his time addressing this issue which was from the previous tenant and we suffered bad, I even ended up in the ER in shock from a allergic reaction to the bites, my throat closed and I couldn't breath. So here is the part I will never live down for the rest of my life. I ran out of ink on my photo printer, I had to take my Lap Top with me because I had all the pictures on it. I asked the judge if I could show him from my laptop, he said that would be ok.
I told the Sheriff it's pictures from 12 to 49, she said ok and she handed the laptop to the judge. So he went through the pictures and during the trail he was scrolling through my pictures and he all of a sudden says, what does the X Girl have to do with this case? I said, I am sorry your honor, what do you mean? He gave the Sheriff lady my laptop to give back to me to see.
So as she handed me the laptop after she looked at it too, there was a Picture of Britney Spears with her getting out of a car with her legs spread wide open and you can see her hairless Beaver as clear as Day!!!!

A few friends say it may help my case but I still turned Red as this forum!!!!

What a crazy couple days!

I won my court case for 7500 bucks plus 3500 from the last time I he took me to court, now it's time to collect.

D'oh!!!
 

silver09

Active Member
Midas is kinda like walmart your not really going to get the best quality work out of them That's not the place to get your big dog worked on either though . Did they tig weld the exhaust back up or did they use mig. Sorry you had to go thru that.
 
my truck is old, my V&H 2 into 2 are scraped up and old, I'm old and I probably would have got my ass kicked.....but we would have moved some furniture around in the Midas lobby. Sorry about your problems.....hope things get better
 

Dlandbob

Active Member
I don't know what he used to weld, waited in the lobby. Yes it was something else but at least I kept my cool. I guess i have grown up, I have been in much less situations and beat someone up. I just can't get over being chased and threaten like that. One whack with mu exhaust and he would of went down, I am so glad I kept my cool. I still can't get over the judge and the Britney Speaes Beaver Shot! That is Classic!
 

silver09

Active Member
Yeah the guy at midas definitly handle that unprofessional like but next time take your bike to a qualified welder maybe to a local bike shop that maybe builds chopper's if you love your dog then you'll do that there worth it.:2thumbs: Come on man a big dog gettin exhaust work done at mitas thats Classic.:cheers:
 
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jimizee028

TRUE COLORS COLLISION
I feel your pain about all that happened and all ....but............for real............MIDAS....:bang::bang::rant::rant::loony::loony:
The maturity level of the guy that waited on you runs hand in hand with the skill level of the people that work there...........Next you will be telling us you had your $2500 polished aluminum rim scarred up because the boy at MR. TIRE botched up installing your new tire......
You need to take responsibility for the decisions of taking your stuff to incompetent people to work on ....if not this is gonna be the story of your life with this bike........
Find a guy that is responsible,honest and skillfull to work on your bike ,if you cant do it yourself...Hopefully by now you have bought yourself a repair manual and can do some stuff yourself..........
Personally if I want seafood,I dont go to a hot dog joint!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:confused::confused::confused:
 

Ray

Well-Known Member
Don't take anything to Midas, besides being ripp offs,,I learned that lesson a long time ago as well,,,, But let them weld much less touch a part of the Scooter!!!!!!! Take it to a Mooo CCCChhhhheeeeennneeee Shop. They have certified welders there not a bunch of kids that think they can weld cause daddy bought them a handy dandy welder.

Ray :2thumbs:
 

LARS

sippin & cruzin
What did your neighbor say?:D
Midas for your bike,really……………that's like going to the dollar store for tools.
 

Dlandbob

Active Member
Hahahahaha!!!

Ok, I get it, I messed up, I went to a Chopper Shop and 5 other places, no one would touch it or they didn't have time. It was a spill weld, a couple zaps and it should of been done. Leason learned. Iwill sped 150 on a new heatsheild and then sell it, it's in good shape other than that. I am still laughing about the Court and the judge seeing that picture. Lmfao at Lars comment!!! I won't talk to that guy anymore, he walk over to tell my girlfriend I have been riding my Chopper too much the other day, I heard him and said maybe if I had a Chopper I spent 6k on bolts and is better than mine than I would only ride it a hour a month. I have been moving all weekend and I should be done by tomorrow, it will be nice to get away from here.
 
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