I love Yelp! Thanks to the reviews of my fellow Yelpers, I now have a mechanic for our family's three cars. I was willing to drive a little further due to the consistently good reviews, and I am glad I did. They charged a good price for the oil change (without surprise additional disposal fees) and the tire rotation that I requested and said that the overall inspection (and I specifically asked them to also look at my brakes) would be part of the service and not an additional charge.
When they were done, they called and told me my brakes looked great, but they had looked at the tires and recommended that we get new tires and they recommended going to Discount Tires, which is where we already go. He said therefore they did not recommend doing the rotation since they recommend changing the tires anyway, which I appreciated. The only thing they found was the engine filter was dirty and they recommended changing that out for a nominal fee. I said that I would confirm with my husband and he said that was fine and that they were charging just the price of the part, so whether they did it or if my husband preferred to do it, it'd be pretty much the same. Haha. My husband does not prefer to do it. Me neither.
I'm always reassured when a mechanic recommends against repairs and doesn't charge just to open the hood and take a look around. Cars cost enough without paying for someone just looking. And they topped off our fluids and didn't charge us for that either. So I'll be bringing my cars to this mechanic and trust that when they recommend a repair, it will be because it is needed. That's how it should be.