If your car needs servicing, this is where to drive her to. My family has lived in Huntington, since 1956, and I can tell you that Halesite Sunoco is the very best service station for cars as well as purchasing used quality pre-owned automobiles in the town. The owners, Robin and Vishal Verma are honest, sincere professionals who know cars inside-out. If they feel that something does NOT need to replaced on one's car, they will tell you. That is an old fashioned value of true honesty that one does not see much these days.
The owners will try very hard to accomodate you with regard to appointments. Also what is really important is that if they feel that the auto-servicing will take longer, they will tell you upfront, so that there are no suprises.The servicing is TOP QUALITY. They pride themselves on doing an EXCELLENT JOB! It is as though, they are working on their own cars---that is the big difference and what separates them from many of the other stations in town.
Their mechanics are terrific!!! First, they know how to service cars, and they are familiar with so many different types of cars. One of the cars our family drives is a 2001 Chevy Lumina. They have done an outstanding drive of servicing her--they know the different characteristics of that each make and model has---that is truly important. They service older cars such as our Lumina as well as cars just out of the showroom.
Second, they will take their time the servicing in order to make sure everything is done correctly. The mechanics will test the cars after they finish their servicing in order to make sure that the car has been fully repaired---the right way. Tom Mayer is the service manager, and he along with the two auto-mechanics: Edin, (the head mechanic), and John are top-knotch in what they do. What really impresses us are their knowledge of cars, and their honesty about what has to be serviced and what does not. They will also show you where there is wear on the engine part or other part of the car and expain why it is needs to replaced. Another member of the Sunoco team at Halesite is a very nice young man, Nicolai who assists at the gas pumps and with the running of the station. What stands out so much about the Halesite Sunoco Service Station is the very friendly atomsphere that all the employees have to their customers.
Third, Robin and Vishal will give you a very good estimate upfront of the cost involved. This is NOT a service station, where the owners say, "Too difficult to say now, you will have to wait until after the car is fixed." They use top-qualtiy materials at their station.
Halesite Sunoco also is a New York State licensed pre-owned auto dealer. That is very important to know. We recently purchased a 2010 Jeep Liberty from them. Let me tell you that Robin and Vishal listened to the type of car we wanted. They went over with us the different aspects of the cars that were on the list.The brothers drew up a list of such cars, and they personally inspected the actual car inside and out before making the purchase.It was as though, they were buying the car themselves. We have been totally happy with the car!!! When we went to pick up our Jeep, she looked as though she had just left the showroom!!! My wife and I have said that any future car purchases, we will do through them. Their professionalism is everything!!! And if you have to do a finance program with the purchasing of your pre-owned car, they will take you through the procedure at the bank. We found that extremely helpful.
Finally, there is also one more really important point to us, and that is their service to the town of Huntington during the Hurricane Sandy. Owing to their strategic location to Huntington Hospital, they (the owners) set up a priority line for the hospital staff (doctors, nurses, lab techs, food, maintenance, and security personnel, and administration) could re-fuel their autos in a timely manner, if they needed any auto work carried out. This way, they could drive to the hospital and not be delayed because of the shortage of fuel. This allowed an extremely important service---the running of Huntington Hospital to continue at a time, where many people such as ourselves had no power for two weeks or more.Huntington Hospital is the major health center of town, as we all know. In fact, Robin and Vishal recieved an official commendation from Huntington Hospital for their very important service to our community---Huntington!
Lawrence S. Rosenstone, Huntington---Dec. 1, 2013 read more