Unlike similar repair shops, no tire stacks adorn the lobby of Majestic Automotive Services Plus Tires.
Instead, the lobby of the new shop on West Ina Road emphasizes a religious theme through decorations, including a wallpaper trim illustrated with a pastoral white church.
Ronda Garrigan and her husband, Rick, own what she described as a Christian business.
"We're not hiding our faith, but we're not trying to push it on people," she said. "We don't talk to anybody about it."
Having a Christian business means she and her husband run it according to the precepts of the Bible, said Ronda, who left her job as a nurse late last year to work with her husband.
"We don't lie to our customers, and we don't try to sell them parts they don't need. We're not going to try to rip people off."
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Rick Garrigan said he has operated the business in much the same manner since he established it in 2000, initially on North Oracle Road and later at another West Ina Road location.
"I've always run it with integrity and honesty because that's who I am," he said. "I haven't had much except honor, and my Christian beliefs are who I am, which fall in line with what I present."
From the beginning, he said, his goal was to offer the kind of service that leaves customers satisfied instead of feeling like they've been bilked.
"The perception of the automotive industry is horrible, but Majestic Auto is going to be the shop that changes the perception," he said. "We're car doctors; we have to be trusted to do the right thing with customer vehicles."
In the Garrigans' shop, everyone gets treated the same way, regardless of who they are or what religion they practice, he said.
The new location, which is just east of Interstate 10, is more spacious and visible than the shop's old building behind Donut Wheel on Ina. The couple and their seven employees celebrated Majestic's grand opening last weekend with a Corvette show, free bratwurst for visitors and a $500 giveaway in store credit.
If You Go
What: Majestic Automotive Services Plus Tires.
Where: 4455 W. Ina Road.
Hours: 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Monday-Friday.
More information: Call 572-7505.
