I had bought a used van from a long time family friend. I live in AZ but bought it from them in NM. Half way back to AZ the check engine light came on. Fearing the worst I looked on Yelp for an honest mechanic. Yelp did not lead me astray. I dropped the van off Tuesday night, after hours with a note explaining the situation and saying I was hoping it would pass emissions so I could register it in AZ.
I spoke to Tim late on Wednesday and he told me it was a throttle position sensor and he would have it replaced that evening but wanted to make sure it would pass emissions and have it ready for me on Thursday by Noon. We had a situation come up where I needed to take the kids to daycare by 10am and needed the van to do so. I called Tim at 8am and asked if there was anyway he could have it ready by 10 instead of noon. He said he would see what he could do. At 9:30 he called me and said his guy was on his way back from the emissions testing location and the van passed and it's ready to go anytime.
WOW I had no idea that he was going to take it himself to the emissions center. Talk about a double relief not only did I not have to worry about it passing but I didn't have to even go myself at all! Tim added on the emissions testing cost to the bill but added NOTHING to the price he quoted me the day before. I will definitely be bringing back any issues I have with my vehicles and recommending him to my friends.