So you are looking for a star certified smog check station in Redding, and you have realized there…read moreare only a couple and the reviews are bad?
Welcome to my life!
I was just visiting Redding (my sis lives there), and I needed to help her with smogging the car. No problem, I thought, and then I saw the reviews. OMG. Where am I going to go? If you are looking and reading, you know what I am talking about!
Because my DMV notice required a Star station, my choices were even more limited. So, since it was all bad, all the way around, and I needed to also buy a part from the Advanced Concepts computer store on Bechelli, I decided to try the smog shop right across the street from the Advanced Concepts, reviews be damned.
And what do you know? I have found and am happy to report to you here, that at least the bad reviews about this particular smog shop are not true. Or, maybe they have changed things around? Not sure, but I had a great experience. The check in lady asked me what I want, I said a smog, showed her the paper, told her my monitors are all green, and she told me to wait my turn. There were one lady and one gentleman ahead of me. So, I gave her the keys and went to the Advanced Concepts (btw, need to write a review for them as they are nice guys). When I came back from the computer store, my car was just being pulled in.
I paid attention to the entire process (because I was spooked by the bad reviews). The technician was very careful with my car, gentle even, I did not see him doing anything wrong at all. Only the things he was supposed to do, and the way he was supposed to perform them. Zero issues. And the check in lady, as I mentioned above, was super sweet too. The whole shop was efficient, my wait wasn't long, I passed, I paid exactly as advertised, so, in short, none of the bad thing from the reviews happened to me. I don't think I was treated in any more special way than the folks immediately before or after me. Nice, quick, pleasant experience. Done and done.
So, I decided to write this review, because it is not fair when good people are blamed for things that are just not true. My experience at this Bechelli location was perfect. You be the judge. My guess is there is nothing wrong with this shop.
Ah yes, there is this another thing. My sis car was previously failed by the shop not to far from this A-1 shop. I don' want to name them, because maybe this was just a fluke. But it ruined her day. So, she called me to help her, and I came and fixed the issue, and passed the car. But, I just want to say, you don't fail the car for a monitor not being ready (green), ok? You just don't do that. You don't charge the customer the full smog check price for simply connecting your ODBII scanner (something the AutoZone gladly does for free), seeing that it is not ready for smog yet, and then telling the girl the B.S. about "some hoses that don't look right". Oh and they don't give you a free retest, (I called and asked) I guess that would be a loss. So, I made the car ready, and then chose a different shop, and I am VERY happy with my choice of the shop.