Lakeland Automotive

Drawing on half a century of automotive service, Midas helps drivers to prolong vehicle vigor with factory-recommended maintenance services. Mechanics pop car hoods to perform oil changes with standard and temperature-durable synthetic solutions, taking time to inspect belts, hoses, fluids, and air conditioners. Armed with EPA- and CARB-complying catalytic converters, the staff helps to shrink harmful emissions during muffler and exhaust-system checks. Trained technicians augment brake services with lifetime guarantees and curate healthy, evenly worn tires with rotations or replacements from Goodyear, Michelin, Firestone, and Bridgestone.

From sparkling car tires to polished toenails, this full-service beauty salon and automotive detail spa provides head to toe—and tire to antennae—pampering. As human clients settle into a styling chair for a haircut, facial, or hair-coloring treatment, their four-wheeled friends can benefit from similar touchups in the automated car-wash tunnel outside. From there, autos move to the detail shop, where staffers wax and buff exterior finishes to a showroom-like sheen, while inside the salon, William the Shineologist gives shoes a similar treatment, so freshly pedicured feet can travel home in style. Eyelash extensions put the finishing touch on just-waxed faces, as new designer tires bestow similar finesse onto freshly waxed autos, ensuring both drivers and cars leave the facility with stunning full-body makeovers that could earn them a dual feature in Car and Driver's annual swimsuit issue.

The 10-minute oil change requires no appointment. The drive-through service allows customers to remain in their vehicles during the speedy process. A skilled hood technician will replace the oil and filter, check and restore proper fluid levels, and scan the condition of belts and hoses. The appointment also includes drainage of old fluids, a maintenance check, and safety inspection of lights, signals, and horn. Get this deal to spring-clean engines for summertime road trips, create a safer hiding spot for Easter baskets, or as a passive-aggressive gift for a negligent friend.

Most great things have humble beginnings, and Express Oil Change & Tune-Up Clinic is no exception. In its 31-year history it grew to more than 170 locations across 10 states. Within these auto havens, ASE-certified vehicle-maintenance professionals slake engine thirsts with their signature 10-minute express full-service oil change and a menu of other automotive procedures. Techs swap out old oil for shiny, new oil and a new filter, followed by a thorough inspection of the engine and inner workings that ensures cars can run for miles and won’t fail during drag races through mall parking lots. Their service centers also perform general maintenance such as brake and AC service, and more advanced services such as radiator maintenance and computer diagnostics.

Express Oil Change and Service Center has spent more than three decades catering to the needs of man's best mechanical friend. In this time, it has managed to spread across 10 states, much like the Guinness Book of World Records's largest blanket, taking its no-pressure modus operandi and penchant for recycling oil to more than 170 locations. The shop's ASE–certified technicians ply their trade with a cybernetic hybrid of high-tech computerized equipment and old-fashioned friendliness, maintaining the optimum efficiency and safety of engines with thorough oil changes, tire rotations, and maintenance packages.

The technicians at NuLook Detail Service have trained in the latest hand-washing techniques, and they utilize advanced equipment and products to thoroughly clean vehicles inside and out. They specialize in detailing services for cars and heavy-duty trucks, and they employ 100% Brazilian carnauba wax to leave finishes shiny and free of the palm prints often left behind by diagnostic car psychics.