A friend of mine who works for a dealership had told me if I ever need any work done on a car, to order the parts online and call around to mechanics to give you a quote just for labor, since the mechanics make a big chunk of profit on parts, not just the labor.
My sister's car needed brakes and new rotors for a Toyota Camry so I called around to a bunch of mechanics on yelp to see how much their labor was to replace the pads and the rotors and found this place to be the cheapest one out of 10 that I called. Others were quoting me $100-$150 just for the labor and Vu, the owner of Master Auto Repair, said he would do it for just $50!
So now that I found the cheapest person to do the labor, I checked on Amazon to get the parts. I found brake pads and rotors for $110. So I called Vu again to ask how much if i get the parts and labor all together from you and he said $150. That was cheaper than if I would have ordered the parts and came in to pay the labor. Plus I wouldn't have to wait for the parts to arrive in the mail. I called other mechanics on yelp with high ratings to check how much to replace brakes and rotors and they said $360! I don't know how they got high ratings, but maybe it meant high prices haha
I went to his shop today and he did what he said he would do, and he did it all under an hour. I spent time talking to him while he was working on the car and got to know him.
Great guy, came from a poor family in Vietnam, dad was an American soldier who he still does not know who he is till this day. He moved out of Vietnam to the Philippines for 7 months till he could get sponsored to America, worked at an auto shop with his uncle for 3 years in anaheim, learned the business, then opened his own successful shop in Pomona in 2004. 10 years and he's still there doing well.
Proof that the American dream is still alive and well! I told him he picked a great place to open his shop. The rent is way cheaper in Pomona than anywhere else. He said yes that is how he is able to offer much lower prices to his customers. He said in Anaheim they had to charge a lot because the rent was much higher.
One more thing I should mention is that I took auto mechanics classes for 3 years in high school and my teacher always preached to us to never get work done at a shop unless that mechanic is ASE certified. It's a national certification that a mechanics have to take to prove they are competent and knowledgeable in repairing cars. Vu is ASE certified, so you can count on them to do a good job and know what they are doing to repair your car.
So if you need any work done on your car, whether you order the parts online or get it all through him, this place is worth the drive to get your stuff done. You'll save a couple hundred bucks. He is even confident that he is the cheapest. He told me I'm sure you called around before you came here and found out I was the cheapest right? I told him yes you are right. I will recommend him to any of my friends or family that needs to get work done on their cars. I know this is a long review for a mechanic, but I thought it would be nice to get a little background on the place and the owner so you too can feel comfortable taking one of your most valuable things you own to them. read more
