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| - I'm from Los Angeles. Unfortunately, My brother lives in Scottsdale. and Unfortunately, again, the car i sold him 2 yrs ago broke down. and now, because he doesnt know anything about engines and as a sign of brotherly love, I told him I'd fixed it.
He used a search engine and found a couple of places but the rates were better here even tho it was 15mi further away from where he lived. I did try renting one of the "storage garages" but they wont let me work on the cars there anyway...
I got there on a wednesday night and started work the next morning, since the crankshaft pulley broke, we had to charge the battery and chance that we'll make it, which we did.
Upon arrival I signed in with Mario, he had me sign a few forms for liability and basically said i pay 10 bucks an hour for no lift or 15 with the lift. i chose the one with the lift and boy it ended up actually saving me time.
With those rates, i am given a set of Standard and Metric open and box wrenches, 1/4, 3/8"s and 1/2" base socket tools, extensions for the socket tools, various pliers, 3/8" angle and 1/2" pneumatic tools. i could also use their cherry picker, and parts washer too.
The only bad at that time was their power washer was broken and there was no torque wrench available. altho the guys were kind and willing to let me use their high quality personal ones. I did bring my own so i chose to use that.
They also have a couple of real mechanics there and if you ever get stuck, you can always ask for some advice. I havent gotten stuck so i didnt really have the opportunity to find out. They can speak either Spanish or English.
So, after I signed in, one of the guys drove the car in and set it up on the lift. Lift was real easy to operate. i probably went up and down at least 10 -15 times depending on what i needed to work on.
I didnt finish the engine swap that day so i had to come back next day. i left most of the parts out and put what i could put away in the car. They say to put it away in case a sand storm blows which isnt unheard of in Phoenix.
There wasnt any food place nearby but a Circle K was beside it for cheap water/sodas and bananas. :)
One of the coolest stuff of working on my car in this facility, IMHO, was having a BIG swamp cooler directed right at me. Remember this is Phoenix Arizona, and the day I was working on the Car, the temps were 110F and maybe 90F in the shade. the swamp coolers was probably the only thing that kept me going in spite of the heat. and i was able to complete the reassembly and engine swap in 19hours total.
Oh and they can actually source and buy the parts for you too. A guy in the next lift replaced his complete suspension himself and ordered most of the parts from this place. he said it comes out cheaper. but dont take my word on that since that one is second hand info.
All in all, a very good experience. I wish we had a similar places in Los Angeles. i woudld subtract half a pt for the broken and missing tools. but since i cant. its ok. According to the Bro, car is still humming and actually runs better now.
One last advice, nothing to do with this place. if you are doing mechanic work, please dont scrimp on the nitrile gloves. it will save you some skin issues later.
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