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    Jim Allen's Auto-Matics

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    Read the rear window. Me needed help!
    Chris P.

    Jim Allen's Auto-Matic helped us make the best of a bad situation while on cross country vacation almost 2,000 miles away. I'll start my story by saying that the transmission on my 2000 Ford Excursion went out at 9000 foot elevation 4 miles south of the Yosemite gates. When our rollback tow truck showed up we had no idea where to take it. Being in a tough spot 2,000 miles away from home expense was no object, but reliable service with a warranty, and quick service while on vacation, in a place you know noone, was very important. So we had the "Ground Force One" towed to a Ford dealership with comments on our urgency, all contact info, and clearance to fix whatever was broken. The dealership opened at 7 but when I called at 9:30 noone had even bothered to pull my truck to a service bay. After finding this out I began calling the FEW other shops in the area which all recommended JAAM. I then called JAAM where I spoke to Brett who was very courteous, very knowledgable, and had a sense of urgency. I called a tow truck AGAIN to move it and had it brought to Jim Allen's. When I got the vehicle there I was given all of the possibilities and estimated costs even when I told him to spare no expense in fixing this vehicle, which I will own till I die, he explained how some options would be overkill. A new transmission was needed, he called me with cost, gave me a timeline, got approval, and got it repaired. It came with a nationwide manufacturers warranty that I did not expect from an independent. He asked that we call him when we returned home which was my pleasure. I enjoyed satisfaction of a strong transmission as I drove right past where we had broken down near Yosemite, Knob Hill and Lombard Street in San Fran, and the turns and elevations of Pacific Coast Hwy, much less the 1day 5 hour drive home 6 days later. Highly Recommend their services!

    Brett and Dave and the guys at Jim-Allens are genuine folks and totally know their stuff with transmissions.

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    Rob and Nicole are amazing and Shorty's is a total asset to the East Side community. They're…read morethorough, honest, and very competent. I brought my Audi in to Shorty's for a routine service and to see if Rob could help me out with the catalytic converter codes I'd been running. The Audi mechanics wanted to replace the catalytic converter and the o2 sensor, which would've cost several thousands of dollars. Rob was super honest and upfront with me about Audis not being Shorty's bread and butter, but that he could help by giving it a diagnostic, figure out what things needed attention, and decide if it was time for me to shop around for another car. In the end, he recommended that I shouldn't default to replacing the cat or the sensor and hypothesized that it was a vacuum leak, also putting together a list of priority items--which Nicole explained in detail--for my independent euro car mechanic in San Francisco to go through and replace with Audi parts. My mechanic in the city read Rob's report and agreed with everything, remarking at how thorough it was. It turns out, the car did indeed have a cracked vacuum hose. He used Rob's notes to fix all the other little things that needed attention, and now I'm back to having a perfectly running car with 160K miles on it. It's really nice to have a shop out here that can pinch hit for this kind of troubleshooting and, even if they prefer not to get into some things themselves, provide a real honest and detailed diagnosis of the likely causes and solutions are. We're lucky to have them.

    After trying my regular mechanic and being told I could not get my car in for at least two weeks, I…read morecalled Shorty's. I will forever be blessed by this set of circumstances. They just earned a new customer! They were very knowledgeable on the phone and instilled confidence immediately. They said they could take a look at my car if I brought it by. They ended up keeping it and I got it back in two days! Shorty is very knowledgeable and explained to me everything that he did and why. There is nothing wrong with my former mechanic. But a couple of weeks is a long time to wait. They were just so above And beyond on my expectations at Shorty's. I'll never think twice about heading there again.

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