First of all, fully new brakes will squeak. Use high-end ones, maybe some $3,500 set up and they…read morewont squeak. Still, it will rain and then they'll squeak. 90% of them do. That's normal. Also, wear them down evenly. Dont break hard and such. Takes about 10miles of breaking (meaning friction) to set them up. AKA break them in...
Here's my own SMOG review done today.
I call in 8am ish, Izzy picks up, asks what I need, I tell him to SMOG. I take truck in, 20min later I'm out. Price was less than $75, but I also had him tighten and fix some small issues.
2014: When I was in college (Friday night), I called Izzy's and told them, "hey I need my clutch redone asap, I have class on Monday." They said, "bring it in!" I took it in person and explained once again my hurry. Izzy came out and explained that...
"one of my aides called in sick. I'll see what I can do." 6ish hours later, he calls me and the clutch is done! Truck is at 323k miles. Started taking it in since 174k.
Last year 2015: Our Nissan truck had transmission leak and engine gasket issue. He fixed it in two weeks sharp. He had said it'd take about 3 due to availability of gaskets from dealer [from Japan] and other OEM parts. Truck has ran 87k miles since the repairs 100% good.
Izzy is an honest man, and he works to what the client wants. If you go in and rush him, he'll understand and do the job, but if your car breaks down due to his rushing, blame yourself. Go to the shop across the elementary school next to Chase. They cheat on so man things and take short cuts whenever possible. Plus, 16yr old kids will be the ones working on your car, not the adults. Oh and expect your car to be there for about a month!
Last story, I once [before really knowing Izzy] had to have big repairs done on my Corolla [2001]. I took it in, explained my problem, and they agreed to repair it. Izzy called me said car was ready. I went in, and realized my wallet was $300 short of the repair. I paid what I had [about $260] and he said to take the car and bring back the cash as soon as I made it. I paid $400. That's $100 extra for his understanding. I didnt even need to explain what was going in my life at the time or why I didnt have the full $$$.