I was in that area for the past two summers. I was an intern at the national science foundation in arlington and lived in falls church

yea i know but i got one hell of a bargain on those wheels, $500 for tires and rims. and they were new too.

 

These might come in handy

http://www.midaswashingtondc.com/offers.aspx?dmaNum=892

 

Small world HAHHA. Annandale HS here. I used to run track against Hayfield back in the day. They usually beat me though :/ :D

I learned how to drive on NOVA campus parking lot until the cops kicked me out LOL!

 

Took some auto mechanics courses at NOVA. My grandfather was the dean till he retired in 1990.

 

Scion dealerships do brake jobs for $270 per axle. When I hit 35,000 miles I needed my first brake job, but only the fronts. The back brakes can probably last to 60,000 miles or more. The Scion brake job is non-negotiable and includes new pads, machining the rotors, and oiling the calipers.

 

Hopefully Midas is cheaper. Also Midas has the lifetime guarantee which no dealership has I don't think except lifetime guarantee to rape my wallet every visit.

 

^ This is actually a really good price from Scion. Toyota wanted to charge me about twice as much to service the brakes on my old Echo. This Scion "pure price" concept is sometimes a good thing. I have always found Midas to be badly overpriced.

 

I don't know what part of Alexandria you live in, but I know a few places around there. I used to take my car to a service station right off King St. and 395. The prices were always fair... not to be mistaken for cheap, but they do good work. I think it is a Mobil station. I could be wrong.

I used to be petrified of touch my brakes figuring there were parts of my car I could tinker with and screw up, but those were not something I wanted to find out later I did something wrong. I did my first brake job in my folks' driveway a few months ago with my jack and some stands. It took a couple hours, but everything works. Total cost: $75.

 

Went to Midas Saturday at 10am. Car pulled into garage around 10:15am. Guy comes out at 10:45am and says new brakes needed for fronts. I say yes. Car finished by 12:00pm.

Car Wash Before Taking to Midas: $3

New Front Brakes on 2005 Scion tC: $214

Using Your Brakes for the First time without noise and complete smoothness: Priceless

Yeah people are probably laughing at me here. I don't care. I don't trust myself to fix brakes on my car. :D

 

Im guessing new pads right, not the pad-rotor combo.

These are warrantied?

 

For the life of the car. I am pretty sure they also did the rotors - at least refinishing them because the surface was like new. Overall, excellent job. Actually had to test them out shortly after because some dummy stopped suddenly in the middle of the streak and I braked to victory! :D