On a trip from Houston to San Diego my car broke down on I-10 between Ozona and Sonora in west Texas. AAA sent my call to Caprock Diesel and assured me that a tow truck would arrive in less than 45 minutes, and to expect a call from the driver shortly. After not hearing from the tow provider I called Caprock Diesel and they assured me the tow truck would be there in less than 10 minutes. After waiting on the side of the road for nearly 2 hours the tow arrived. After the problem was found with my car Fred informed me I should find a hotel room, because it was late in the day. He told me that the workers from the local oil fields booked up every hotel room in town, so he called a friend that managed a hotel in town where i was able to find a vacancy- for $150. Later on I got the suspicion that Fred was sending out-of-towners to his friends hotel, because he assured me that no other hotel would possibly have a room but I called another much cheaper hotel that said they had plenty of rooms.
The facilities at Caprock were not nice, the waiting room had broken auto parts and shipping boxes lying around, the bathrooms were disgusting.
A part for my car could not be found in a timely manner, so some of the guys at the shop did a great job (its held up so far) of patching together my car from what they had. Even though they did make some silly mistakes along the way that prolonged my time in Ozona (breaking bolts, forgetting to plug in sensors, repairing their own repairs) what the mechanics did are the only reason I'm not giving 1 star. Three days, and several hundred dollars later (they charged much more for labor than I would expect a dealer to charge) I left Ozona Texas less than satisfied. read more