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    Gateway Automotive - All original 70 chevelle with a 396 big block and 4 speed,getting the works for tune up

    Gateway Automotive

    (118 reviews)

    OCTOBER 19, 2025 UPDATE After all of my phone calls to him…read morefor car advice and no matter how annoying I can be, Frank has never once lost his patience with me. Frank holds high standards of service, knowledge and hard work and he insists on the same for his employees. His prices are fair, he's honest and his education is extremely impressive. After I totaled my car frank helped me choose one without hesitation (probably because I kept bringing my choices to him only to have him say NO YO ). After more than a decade of trusting my car and safety with Gateway and thanks to Franks help ... I finally purchased a new car and it Looks like I'll be a loyal customer forEVER The shop is open Mon thru Fri and his prices remain very fair. END UPDATE For years I have been able to rely on and trust the staff of Gateway Automotive. Today when my car died outside of the library I called the shop and Ryan assured me that if I towed it over they would take care of it so I did. I was immediately greeted by the staff and Ryan went straight to work. The problem was diagnosed and repaired in less than 2 hours. He was direct, accurate and incredibly helpful. I am grateful for his hard work. The entire staff is friendly, knowledgeable and professional. I ALWAYS recommend this shop for the fact that they've never been wrong and have always been honest. Many times I've sent my friends to Gateway for second opinions and nearly every time their diagnosis was on point and way more affordable. It's hard to find an honest mechanic in this town... Gateway fills that need

    I have a lot of empathy for the young guys working at this facility. Unfortunately, I was there…read moreuntil 6 PM because somebody quit and my car was pushed to the end of the line even though I arrived at 7:45 AM. Why is the owner not supervising these young technicians? They have very little experience and should be supervised by experienced in licensed mechanics. When I picked up my vehicle, the alignment seemed way off. I'm not sure if it has anything to do with the work they performed, but they certainly took the two front rims and tires off the vehicle. All I can tell you is my steering wheel was jiggly back & forth driving over 60mph. As a result, I have to take my suv to a tire shop for a wheel alignment. Another $100 bucks.

    Quiroz Auto Repair

    Quiroz Auto Repair

    (2 reviews)

    ***UPDATE: rear main seal was never changed, still OEM gasket. So they lied, never did any work…read more Congrats on taking our hard earn American Dollars you scum.*** THE TWO STARS ARE ONLY FOR THEIR PRICING BUT THEIR PRICING ALSO SHOWS THEIR SHITTY ASS WORK. SO TAKE IT AT FACE VALUE!!!! Took my Suburban in for an oil leak, the owner said with confidence "It's your rear main seal" - alright let's fix it. $642.40 later, my trucks still leaking. Took it back, they said "oh it's a oil pan leak, well cover it cuz it was our mistake." The son had a LITTLE puff in his chest when my husband went back to pick my truck up. Had attitude and acted like he wanted to step toe to toe with husband over being (RIGHTFULLY) annoyed with them giving him the run around. Now here the FUN part. My husband knows my truck, his truck and our cars. He fixes them, he does all the work, major or minor if it permits with his work schedule! But With his new job and commuting, he didn't have time to devote to my truck, so he caved to take it in to this company because it's walking distance from our home & their price was TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE. Basically, we shelled them 642.40 to do absolutely nothing but give us the run around and essentially tell my husband he's dumb and doesn't understand mechanics. insert eye roll here. If you want to waste your money and be belittled by an insecure son of the owner, take your cars here. If you want quality work, go ANYWHERE else!! I'll be taking my truck back out to Brentwood to our very trusted mechanic/friend, Luis to actually fix my oil leak. Now he's a 5 star trusted business, this one. Hell no! STEER CLEAR!!!!!

    Do not recommend this mechanic shop all they do lies. And I guarantee a backyard mechanics better…read morethan his place. My bad experience was I carried my vehicle to get two broken exhaust manifold bolts out. He ended up drilling all over the place, fucking up the threads, and then putting drill holes on the side of the block, it took me a week to get my vehicle back after I let him know that I was going to the courthouse to file papers against him for holding my vehicle. After I asked him to stop doing what he's doing.

    Alex Auto Repair - Mechanic on duty

    Alex Auto Repair

    (15 reviews)

    Took our Corolla to Alex Auto repair who was recommended by a friend so we thought we can Trust him…read morewe asked our friend since we don't know of any shops in Modesto area, Alex gave us this story that he only uses Toyota products and said just alternator can be up to $500 dollars among other parts like replacing coil packs he said was included, he called us two days later saying he test drove and car was ready it was pouring rain, we picked up car it didn't even make it few miles before it was overheating and died out on freeway in fast lane we called him and told him we're on side road didn't offer any help we had to pay for a tow truck to take it back, after tow truck arrives to his shop is when he claims it was the Alternator which we just had a complete check on car from Toyota dealer he again lied and said it was alternator that caused the breakdown again saying he uses only Toyota parts we left car there he called next day said car was ready but needs a transmission now, car ran perfect before taking it to him no shaking even with blown head gasket, we actually believed him was another lye after we picked up car paid him no problem I had my daughter drive it she was not happy with the work, we took it to a certified shop and they took a look and said Hey these are not Toyota parts !!! He said he only used Toyota witnessed by 3 people his word we ran the numbers on the labels none of the parts were Toyota they were from local auto store but charged full price for them charging my daughter $650 for junk parts we called him and told him he tipped us off!! A friend of ours went to get our money that he returned knowing he did us wrong without a fight he paid us back if we didn't look under hood or if it was another person who didn't know better he would have got over Big-time this guy is a Crook... .now car still Not running right he no longer answers our calls he never replaced coil packs like he said with installation of engine and car runs Horrible!! After calling numerous times I showed up in person and he denied ever saying anything about replacing parts 100% lied in my face and closed his shop door this is a Warning for anyone using this place he is not a honest man and now her car runs Horrible after over 4k spent this man has no pride in his work and does not stand behind his work just like another review says he will not pick up calls once he's paid Zero stars for this lyer who tried to pull a fast one. We hope he replies to this because it's not over we will proceed with action and hope this man doesn't rip off another person he didn't want to give receipts and pointed to cash only sign because he's a crook and don't stand behind his work and he got caught by us running numbers on label of parts he installed we are going to take action and we will post the final results here win or lose ! He feels since he returned the cash he ripped us off with and now thinks that it's ok to not repair the car right and just closed door to his shop and will not pick up his calls my daughter saved money for long time just to get ripped off by a shady shop that we cold busted him he's denying he ever said anything a complete lie to our face now we are here with car running horrible and were told not to repair until this will be settled . Anyone would like any more details please don't hesitate to contact me so I can let you know his ways we will be seeing him soon and hope we can get this resolved and hope we're the last people he gets over on , his cash only no receipt dirty ways back fired because we checked his work. And we will come and post final results here. Please beware of Alex Auto repair he is a lyer and deserves everything life has gave him No Pride please reply with more lies you got caught and need to be audited for your no receipt cash only only to rip people off and deny your Word I believe in Carma and I hope he gets what he deserves for being a lying shop owner who got busted ! Like I said anyone will like to email me with any questions before using Alex auto repair please feel free...and yes please Alex reply with more lies no shop would hand you back $680 dollars without hesitation only if you know you got caught!!!! Stay away from this place..

    Was looking for a auto repair shop since I'm new to the area, decided to check Yelp since I didn't…read moreknow of any shops in the area. Well Alex did not disappoint. He was very personable, helpful, knowledgeable and informative. He called soon after we dropped off the car to tell us what the issue was (a part that the dealership mechanics neglected to correctly fix). Alex had the car fixed within 4 hours and was also very affordable. He is a no frills, honest, professional and affordable. We will definitely be back for other car service needs.

    Tire Pros of Modesto

    Tire Pros of Modesto

    (53 reviews)

    Came in on a Monday afternoon when they had zero customers and three workers, including a…read morereceptionist. I was on a time restriction, so I called ahead to make sure they could help. The receptionist told me they were empty and that removing a nail from my tire would take about five minutes. When we arrived, the receptionist was sitting in the waiting room on a personal phone call. She didn't acknowledge us at all for about five minutes. After she finally hung up, she helped us and said it would be closer to 10 minutes -- fine. What wasn't fine was what happened next. The man I assume is the owner stopped working on our car as soon as his friend walked in and started having a personal conversation with him. When he noticed we were clearly getting irritated, he said, "Two more minutes," then walked back into the garage with his friend. We eventually walked outside and saw him laughing, joking, and talking with his friend and the other employees instead of working on the car. A repair that we were told would take five minutes turned into almost an hour of waiting. To be fair, we paid $25 for the service, which isn't bad -- but the lack of professionalism and complete disregard for our time ruined the experience. One of my biggest pet peeves is when businesses don't respect their customers' time, especially after being told something very different upfront. Unfortunately, we won't be coming back.

    I love these guys. Very competent, low key, honest. Tooks…read morecare of me when I had an unexpected vehicle event while travelling through Modesto. I would use them again in a heartbeat.

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