TURN AROUND AND RUN!!!!!!! I read the previous reviews and this shop sounded great. I have been looking to find a reliable mechanic closer to my place. I thought I'd give them a shot. No harm right? Wrong! Good thing I'm smart enough to figure out not to be swindled. I'm not a mechanic but I've been tinkering with cars long enough to know how to many labor hours it would take to do certain repairs. From changing alternators, water pumps, radiators, basically anything easily accessible. Any part on top of the engine or visible to the naked eye can usually be changed within 1 hour or less. Anything underneath or hard to reach will take longer. 2-4 hours tops. Sorry Mike P. THIS IS NOT A LOW OVERHEAD SHOP. Anyhow, I don't mind paying for needed repairs as long as is justified and within reason. I dropped my car off for them to diagnose some problems I was having. The problem started when I got a call from the young juice head. The figures he quoted didn't seem to add up right so I decided to head down to the shop to speak to them in person and when I simply asked him how he came up with his figures.
Details:
Fix a cracked hose he admitted was $11.00
To replace $200 (before tax)
Replace A/C compressor ($249.00 part)
Estimate "A little over $1,100.00"
While he tripped over his words and couldn't give a reasonable answer, I confirmed his integrity was out the window. His comment "I have to mark up our parts because of overhead." I am a firm believer that if you do right by others, people will trust you. I hope this post serves as a tool to help others to beware of crooked mechanics and a lesson to the young mechanic. Help yourself? Eat for a day. Help others and do right by the customers you serve and they with feed you for a lifetime.