Mountain View/Bay Area Peeps!

[eeyore_grrl]

So, we went to go to the store and are having some (likely) minor car issues (higher revving in park, e-brake light stuck on) and we need a check up anyway....

Can anyone recommend a car shop that is in/near Mountain View, reasonable, and, most importantly, trustworthy?

thanks.

Edited to add: It's a Late 90's Honda Civic (97 i think), automatic

Comments

[tarzxf.livejournal.com]

Fortes Bros Auto, just down the street from you at 365 Villa, and http://www.fortesauto.com/

[eeyore-grrl.livejournal.com]

have you dealt with them?

[tarzxf.livejournal.com]

Yes, all 3 of my cars have been through them for various maladies, and all repaired correctly the first time.

[eeyore-grrl.livejournal.com]

Sweet. Dropped it off this morning. :) Thanks for the recommendation!

[tiger-spot.livejournal.com]

We've mostly been to the Precision Tune Auto Care on El Camino at Shoreline/Miramonte. I don't actually know enough about cars to tell whether any of the work they've recommended is unnecessary, but I haven't got any complaints.

[mapache]

Yeah, the guy there has always been friendly and explained any problems found, and I've never felt like he's pushing us to do things. If they are ripping us off, at least they make us feel good about it. :)

[brooksmoses]

I've had good experiences with Felix's auto repair, on the corner of Evelyn and Calderon. They seem to be trustworthy, reasonably priced, and good for the likely-minor issues. The one time they were doing the "you should also get this expensive thing done" mechanic sales-job on recommending a water-pump replacement, they were not pushy about it -- and, a month later, turned out to be completely right when my water pump leaked antifreeze all over the street. But the stuff they've fixed has stayed fixed, and the fixes have seemed reasonably priced, and the explanations made sense. They're also the sort of shop that will sell you the premium $140 battery rather than the cheap $80 battery -- but they have a good explanation for why it will last twice as long and save wear on the rest of the system.

For complicated jobs, I go with Larry at B&L Auto, off Middlefield. He is the sort of person who runs a repair shop to support his habit of fiddling with cars, and so he charges a little less than Felix's and is really astoundingly good at doing all the tests and everything to know exactly what the problem is and fix it right, and he'll probably take a week to do it.