The findings came after a four-year undercover investigation. In 22 locations throughout the state, the locations were accused of luring customers into the store by advertising cheap auto-service, and then upselling them by up to $1,700. You should trust a Midas touch (1995–2000)Ī Midas franchisee was sued by the state of California in 2009 for using bait-and-switch method of defrauding consumers.Midas was acquired by TBC Corporation in 2012. The name is derived from the king Midas and his golden touch, hence the slogan 'Trust the Midas touch'. In recent years, they have marketed themselves as Auto Service Experts, as they are capable of performing most routine and common automobile service, including brakes, fluid changes, and suspensions. The chain was originally known as Midas Muffler as they specialized in the replacement of mufflers. Sherman (1898 - 1980) and the first Midas Muffler opened that year in Macon, Georgia. In April 1956, Midas, an acronym of Muffler Installation Dealers' Association, was established by Nate H. Midas has ranked #150 on Entrepreneurs top Franchise 500.

Midas also owns the SpeeDee Oil & Auto Service business, with more than 150 auto service centers in America. Midas is one of the world’s largest providers of automotive services, offering brake, maintenance, tires, exhaust, steering and suspension services at more than 2,100 franchised, licensed and company-owned Midas shops in 13 countries, including nearly 1,300 in the United States of America and Canada.

In the 17 other countries it operates in, the service centers are either licensed or franchised. In its North American main and home market, Midas stores are company-owned or franchised. The results show a quantitative parity for the proposed analytical model in the case of a single joint line, but the stresses diverge in both methods for zones that presents more than one joint line.Midas International, LLC is an American chain of automotive service centers headquartered in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

The present paper compares two methodologies for the stress distribution in the rupture lines of nail plates, using an analytical approach and a numerical method with the commercial software Midas/Gen. Nail plate connections are capable of transfer moments, therefore, appropriated modeling should be applied. There is a wide range of related data to pin-type connections, but the mechanical analysis of punched metal plate Fasteners (nail plates) is still under developed. Other methodologies recommend that the analysis should be done more rigorously, taking into account the wood behavior and the evaluation of stress distribution within the connection area. Wood trusses with traditional bolted or nailed connections are generally modeled as pinned joints, and the forces on the wooden members are directly transmitted to the connections by shear plane contact.

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