TLDR; great auto body work but terribly disorganized
Let me start this off by saying that up until my last week of dealing with GT I was super impressed. Throughout the 8 month process (2 month wait to get my car in, about 6 to fix due to extreme part delays out of their control), Salina was kind, communicative and patient. She called to give me updates regularly and readily gave updates when I called asking for them.
The issues actually became apparent when my car was done. Salina called and said we just had to wait on final insurance payments before I could pick it up. After a few days I followed up with my insurance, who had no idea that anything was outstanding and had thought my car would be returned to me.
The details would require me to write a novel here but essentially I spent HOURS (12+) over a week's time while my car sat repaired in their lot trying to mediate between GT and my insurance. At multiple points I went into the shop because I was told by my insurance that based on the documentation in the system, they had paid everything and my car should be given back to me. Again Salina was professional and level headed, and offered me their loaner so I wouldn't have to pay for extending my rental... yet I didn't get my car back.
In one instance when I went into the shop, Kelly, the owner, and I, got into a more-heated debate... at which point I, a grown woman, decided to involve my dad. As I predicted and have experienced with other mechanics, Kelly lowered the amount of money he was asking for by hundreds of dollars pretty immediately after speaking to an older man instead of a woman in her later 20s.
In the end it turns out that GT was issuing new invoices AFTER my car was done, with duplicate line items that my insurance could not approve. I'm convinced I only got my car back when I did because GT was tired of hearing from me every other hour.
I was never given an apology when this issue was clearly a product of disorganization on their part and I got the feeling that they were hoping that I would be the one to get exasperated and just pay the difference to get my car back.
As someone who chose this auto body shop based on my trusted regular mechanic's recommendation, in an effort to support a small business instead of going to the dealership, I am extremely disappointed and angry after this debacle.
Cherry on top: my car was returned looking new and mostly clean but with a large section of tape gunk still on the windshield directly in the drivers' view that I now get to go scrape off. read more