IF YOU WANT TO GET SCAMMED, you have come to the right place! That might sound like an exaggeration, but trust me when I tell you: if i didnt know any better, I would have been scammed so hard by these people. Let me start from the top: My vehicle had a coolant leak that was plainly obvious when you opened up the hood. It was near the thermostat housing: there was a bolt that was loose and coolant leaking from a hose connected to the housing. Now, I am by no means a mechanic, but I have done basic maintenance on my vehicle (oil changes, spark plugs, air filter, etc). I attempted to repair this leak, however I did not have the tools to do it. That is when i decided to contact Sailors Auto. I call them up, and I ask them if they have availability to look at my vehicle. I am a brand new customer to them, and so they just say "yep bring it tomorrow!". Red flag number 1. I follow up and ask them if they need to know what the vehicle is, what the problem is, what my name is??? Once I probe, then they start asking me those questions. Then I started to explain what the problem is and before I finished my sentence he was like "yea i already know whats wrong with your vehicle". Im thinking "ok cool, either this guy is the best freaking mechanic ever or he just BSed me." So, despite that, I come in and I meet I believe the owner, Kip. I perceived him to be a nice older gentleman, someone who I could trust. He was asking me about my background etc while taking down the important information that should have been collected on the phone call, but hey its ok, who needs to get to work at 9am? Not me apparently. So, I ask him a timeline, he says: "We will take a look at this morning and get back to you". I wait until 1pm, I call: no answer. 3pm, I call, no answer. 4pm. Finally someone answers me! Says hes checking with his technician and swore he would give me a call right back. Guess what? No call. Had to call again 15 minutes before they closed. Finally they gave the phone back to Kip, and this is where it gets good (not really): He says that I need a brand new thermostat housing, and then that plus some new bolts and the work involved would cost $500! Heres the funny thing though, I caught his BS a mile away, because 48 hours before I BOUGHT A BRAND NEW THERMOSTAT HOUSING AND PUT IT ON. Then once I call him out on his lie, he says "oh its new?" Well, then it will be $300. I still have to put a heli coil on the bolt hole, etc.". That is when right away I knew, this guy was a crook. Literally anyone can open up the hood of my car at the time and identify the issue, but this guy just thought I was too stupid to care (even though I told him exactly what was wrong) and he tried to take advantage of me. I immediately went back to the shop and collected my vehicle. Luckily, this has a good ending. I took my car to another nearby mechanic and they were professional, quick, resolved the issue in one day. Oh and, they charged $180 for the whole job and got it done in 3 hours. I knew they did because I knew what the issue was, and knew the costs involved. Please, please do not come to this auto mechanic. Honestly driving back from his shop I was saddened thinking of the hundreds of people he has ripped off who didnt know any better about their vehicles. If I didnt know any better, not only would I have paid hundreds more than I should have, the issue would not even have been fixed!! Please, just avoid this place at all costs. read more