This 1-star review is in response to Levon adorning his waiting/room office with…read morepsychotic-pro-Trump propaganda magazines. I guess he wants to shock and offend his customers with his peculiar political sympathies.
This 1-star review is NOT an account of the hideous rip-off work he did on my Subaru Outback which had an obvious ignition coil problem (diagnosed and fixed instantly at the Subaru dealership after Levon relieved me of $1,000 on a wild mechanical goose chase, not ever mentioning the ignition coil, and when the problem persisted, he told me he planned to continue on a "transmission" journey, which, as it turns out, had absolutely nothing to do with it.) He also replaced my front brakes, after which I had to return FOUR TIMES due to excruciating squeaking, before he got it right.
This review also does not reference the estimate he gave us to fix up my mother-in-law's aging Toyota Avalon for *drumroll* FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS*. The Avalon was fixed up nicely and has been running smoothly for around $2,200 at a different mechanic's shop.
P.S. In anticipation of Levon responding with one of his attack dog review responses, my wife and I were loyal, happy, enthusiastic customers, patronizing Calstate for, I'm guessing, 15 years----entrusting him with every car we've owned in our time in Burbank. We told our friends, we told strangers, and our words were true. Levon was a magical, brilliant, resourceful, fair, reasonable, honest mechanic.
I don't know what changed-----was business off? Were the bill collectors knocking on the door? All I can say was, he made me feel like he was taking me for a sucker on those last visits. I am not especially mechanically inclined, but I did my homework----online, and I asked 5 different local mechanics, what they thought my car's symptoms indicated, and every one of them instantly said: "It sounds like an ignition coil is failing." Even a guy at JIFFY LUBE.
After I got the car fixed properly at the dealership (bye bye $500 more) I returned to Levon and asked him how he could have overlooked a problem so obvious. His response: *pointing to an Audi in his service bay* "You see that Audi? If that car had the missing/jumping symptoms I would check the ignition coil. But I haven't heard about that problem with Subarus."
Oh yes you have, on your first day of mechanic's school.
Anyway, he can kiss my business goodbye and kiss my rear end with his Trump magazines.