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Car-X Tire and Auto
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Ames · 2027 favorites
5 favorites from 12 Ames businesses, each labelled for what it does best.
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Local facts
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2,419
People per square mile
Calculated from U.S. Census Bureau 2025 estimates and Gazetteer land area · 2025
28.2 sq mi
Land area
68,220
Ames residents
U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 population estimates (sub-est2025) · July 1, 2025
+2.7%
Population change since 2020 (from 66,437 (April 2020 base))
U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 population estimates (sub-est2025) · 2020–2025
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Each business gets a score from its rating, review volume, recent reviews, years in business, profile completeness and record checks. The highest scores make the list. We compared 12 tire shops for Ames.
Magic Mufflers and Brakes has a 4.8 rating from 128 public reviews, the highest on this page.
Car-X Tire and Auto, with 268 public reviews. A long review history shows how a business handles many jobs.
5 of the 5 businesses here had their state license checked against public records. Each profile shows the source and the date of the check.
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