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    Douglas Automotive

    4.8 (38 reviews)
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    Solid dudes who are reasonable and stand by their work. Ain't much more you'd want or need from an auto mechanic.

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    The only place I bring my ancient Ford van, my newer F150 and Prius. Great service, across the board.

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    I'm so glad to have found Douglas- They've serviced my Honda several times. I can count on no-bullshit, honest assessments and honest work.

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    We struck gold when we found Douglas automotive right after we moved to town a few years ago. A finer mechanic you'll never find.

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    Ask the Community - Douglas Automotive

    What is their telephone number? Are they certified?

    We are ASE certified and the phone number to the Grass Valley location is 530-802-5248 and Nevada City location is 530-265-5120.

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    I had an excellent experience with Certified Auto Repair, and a big part of that was the customer…read moreservice from Ryan. When I first called, Ryan was upfront and honest about their scheduling timeline and let me know they were typically booked about a week and a half out. I didn't schedule immediately because I wanted to compare quotes from other shops, but after calling around I decided to call them back a couple days later. Ryan confirmed the same availability window and unfortunately their next opening was the day after our road trip was supposed to begin. I thanked him anyway and figured we were out of luck. Then, about 5-10 minutes later, Ryan called me back personally and said he had reached out to some of his morning appointments for the next day and was able to fit me in if I could do an early drop-off. That kind of effort is rare. He didn't have to do that, but he went out of his way to help us out knowing we had an important trip coming up. They completed the much-needed work on the vehicle and took a stressful situation completely off our plate. That small gesture earned them a new loyal customer. Honest communication, real customer care, and willingness to go the extra mile still matter, and Ryan absolutely delivered on all three.

    I cannot say enough great things about this place. It has been my go to since moving to Grass…read moreValley. Ed and Ryan are a great team and the job always gets done right. This is one of those small town shops where you are on a first name basis with everyone there, and the biggest thing is trust. I know that if Ed tells me something needs to be done then that is the reality of the situation. No upselling, or anything like that. Just good honest hard working people.

    Ray's Radiator Service - This guy interrogated me over why I didn't get my repairs done there at Ray's. This man should not work in the public.

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    Whenever I need a smog, this is the place to go. I have…read morebeen going there for many years. No appointment needed, no delusional offers, no drama. Affordable. Jared was the person who helped me last time. Extremely friendly, kind and fast service.

    The guy in charge here is very invasive and mean. I was absolutely speechless as to how to respond…read moreto his behavior. I had recently spent $1932 at another repair shop to have a catalytic converter put on my honda crv so I came here to Ray's for my routine smog($40). It failed due to drive pattern being incomplete. I returned 5 weeks later and failed again for same issue ($40). I was outside of 30 day windows for a free retest. Anyway, I then did a super complicated drive pattern and according to my diagnostic testing tool, my car was finally ready to pass smog! So I returned for the 3rd time, about a week after my second fail, and this time, my experience was HORRIFIC and left me in tears. I am scarred from the incident. The guy in charge said I had to come back the next day because they don't do retests after 4:00pm. It was no big deal as I hate to be that person! As I was leaving they called me back and said they changed their mind. I was so grateful at that point as I have been through so much already. He gets my car hooked up then calls me over and starts reminding me that the retest is a complimentary service. I wasn't sure what to say but I told him that I had paid for two smogs already that this is the only retest I've been here for. He wanted to see my receipts so I started looking. I informed him that I had just gotten a bunch of work done on my car and it should pass this time. That was a big mistake. Now he's hounding me about what work I got done and why I didn't come there to do it. I told him I didn't know they did work like that. He points up to a sign and says what do you mean you didn't know we do work? What are you doing here if you didn't know? I really didn't know what to say, except that I was confused and I didn't know you do catalytic converters here. He smacked my hood down and told his workers to get my car out of there and for me to come back tomorrow because I rolled my eyes at him. I didn't roll my eyes I was trying to keep the tears from falling. I was in shock and I was scared of him. As soon as he saw me cry he yelled at the guy and told him to bring my car back in. At this point I thought this man was unstable. He hooked my car up and was looking around in there and called me over again to tell me he was going to fail it again because he couldn't read the number of the catalytic converter. I was still crying I could not understand why he was doing this to me. I was trying to call the shop that put it on but they put me on hold. I just thought forget it I'm going to take my car out of here and drive over to the other shop and tell him what's going on and get any extra information I might need regardingthe catalytic converter. Ray said aren't you going to wait for a receipt? So I waited and waited while he typed and then wrote stuff down then typed again. He gave me my paper and it said he was unable to verify my catalytic converter and that it was going to require one hour of Labor in order to hoist it up in their garage and get the number off of it. Everything on my vehicle passed smog except he added to a visual inspection that catalyst was "tampered" with. This was not necessary. He used his own words to Red Flag my vehicle. I showed up at my regular shop and he told me that this guy is rotten. He said lately he's been really messing with people and upsetting them. I'm still in shock by this happening to me. If you knew me, I'm always very courteous and respectful to people. This guy was mad that I didn't pay them to do my repairs so now he's trying to charge me for 1 hour more of Labor. The reason I gave them 2 stars, is for his other employees. A few of them that have helped me including the younger kid especially, are some of the most kind people. That man does not deserve to have them working for him. Please don't go there. I've never dealt with a worse business owner. I've now been referred to J&S smog on Olympic Parkway in Grass Valley. Wish me luck that this red flag doesn't create me more problems that I don't deserve. I will call the the Better Business Bureau and complain.

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    I called Express Lube and told owner my make and model car. I told him that I have serious…read moresqueeking while steering and bumps and I need a lube job. Owner replys (we cannot give you a price on the lube because on a oil change and it comes with a free lube) I told him its senseless to get an oil change with a small leak. Im adding oil every few days. I just need the lube job. After arguing with him for a few more minutes I caved and brought the car in for the oil change and free lube. This process took 10 minutes and I went in to pay. It was a whopping $78.00 for this service. The owner then told me that sence 1997 and newer the auto manufacturers dont put the lube nipples in so you cannot lube the car. So basically you knew this before and didn't tell me. I spent $78.00 on a oil change that I didn't need or want to get the lube job that I needed and wanted, just not to get it. I will NEVER go this this business again and will not recommend this business to any of my friends.

    will never go here again. I drive a Tacoma and used to come here for oil changes because they're…read moreopen on weekends, but every visit seems to go wrong. On my last visit they stripped the front differential drain bolt. They also didn't put all the bolts back in my skid plate and didn't tighten the oil filter properly. Oil leaked all over my truck and I lost a significant amount of oil. I'm honestly lucky my engine wasn't damaged. On top of that, the staff was rude and the waiting area chairs are filthy. Basic attention to detail and cleanliness should not be this hard. The only reason I kept coming back was because they're open on weekends, but after this experience I won't be returning.

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