Stay FAR away from this garage. A mechanic at this garage clearly has anger issues and verbally…read morethreatened me.
I had never used this garage before this incident. They happened to appear on Google as open on a Saturday, and the garage I normally use is closed on Saturdays.
I just dropped my car off for an inspection (literally--hours before writing this review). They said the car should be ready to pick up within the hour. I didn't anticipate any issues with inspection, but you never know if there's something wrong that would cause it to fail. That being said, I'm fairly knowledgeable with basic car maintenance and can tell when I'm being scammed.
I received a call less than an hour later, with the mechanic (whose name I didn't catch, he appeared to be the only mechanic working at the time, latino guy in his 30's) saying that there were a number of issues with the car, ranging from suspension, to power steering, to who knows what else, and that they weren't
"even going to try to do an inspection until we get that car on a lift." This set off a bunch of red flags. I'm not a mechanic, but fairly certain none of these things were true. I said on the phone, "no thanks, I'll just come and pick up the car."
I swing by about 30 minutes later to pick up the car. When picking up the keys, the mechanic gave me the riot act. "The car needs this, and this, and your pump is going, and your belt is going to snap..." etc. Since, ostensibly, he "didn't get the car on a lift," I'm not sure how he was able to diagnose all of these problems. I said, "OK, thanks," took the keys, and left the office.
The mechanic proceeded to also leave the office and follow me out to the car. He said, "I think you're f**king disrespecting me, walking out of the office like that." I said, "no, sorry, I said thanks." He said, "You know, I could've f**king scraped that inspection sticker off of your car, don't walk away from me when I'm talking to you." I said, "I'm going to put this on Google and other review sites, you're being threatening." I then got in my car, and he proceeded to open the back door of the car and yell, "you're f**king disrespecting me, I'm going to kick your a**." I said, "please close the door or I'm going to call the cops." He closed the door and I drove away.
I don't think I'm going to file a police report because I'm not sure what good that is going to do here, but I IMPLORE you to avoid this garage AT ALL COSTS. I sincerely believe that this mechanic may end up hurting someone.