He's That Guy
Duane "Dewey" Horsman is the guy you hope to avoid by reading these reviews. He's dishonest and knows how to stay one step ahead of the law.
My car wound up needing very expensive repairs (new engine) which I had him perform. Because there was an insurance settlement involved, they paid him directly before the repairs were completed. He immediately lost interest in fixing my car, giving me excuse after excuse why he couldn't get to it. It took him more than 8 months and countless texts, phone calls and visits to "fix" it.
When I got it back, there was a ticking noise coming from the engine. He told me to wait and see if it goes away. It got worse. Over the next year and a half, I had it in his shop 3 more times to look at the noise. He never looked at it again, coming up with more excuses and finally outright ignoring me. He ended up getting kicked out of his shop and abandoned my car there. At one point, he offered me way below market value to take the car off my hands.
I took him to court and the smugness with which he conducted himself made it obvious that he knows the law much better than he knows cars. While the judge sympathized with me, it came down to 'no written warranty, no luck.' So I'm left with a car that still needs $10K in repairs (new engine) as diagnosed by a reputable repair shop.
I can only imagine what he would do to sell a car. Buyer beware.
Edit: I posted the screen shots of the one and only offer he made to buy my car. This offer was made 6 months after I first brought it in and two months before I first got it back. I'll let you decide if it was made as some grand gesture to make amends for a botched repair job as Mr. Horsman would have you believe. read more