How Do You Find An Auto Repair Shop

The best way to find an auto repair shop is to ask questions. Ask your friends and family if they have had a good experience when getting their own car repaired at a shop. Ask yourself a few questions also. Like, What is important to me?, Price? Quality of repair?, Getting the repair done quickly? First you have to know what you expect in order to find an auto repair shop that will suit yourself.

Which Auto Repair Shop Is Right For Me?

Everyone is different and every auto repair shop is different. Some auto & truck owners want to wait until their vehicle breaks to repair it. Some owners want every detail of auto maintenance taken care of for them. There are so many shops to choose from that you must have some qualifying questions to ask before you take your vehicle to an auto repair shop. Asking how much the repair is going to cost is the biggest mistake an owner can make when trying to find the auto repair shop that’s right for them. Instead ask if the auto repair shop is a member of AAA, American Automobile Association or the BBB, better Business Bureau. Ask if any of the auto repair shop mechanics are ASE Certified. Ask what the shop warranty on repairs is.

The old bait and switch trick

Asking for a price over the phone before anyone has had looked at your car is a bad idea because you will get auto repair shops that will gladly give you a low price to get you and your car into their shop. Unfortunately, when you get the bill after the repair is done the price you were quoted is sometimes a fraction of what they want you to pay to get your car back. This called “bait and switch”. The shop lures you wit ha low price to get you to bring your car to their shop with no intention of honoring that price. Don’t think this can’t happen to you.

The Car Whisperer Online aka, David DuPont, is an ASE Certified Master Mechanic and has been working on cars since he was 9 years old. For the past 17 years David has been helping car owners with their auto repair problems at his auto repair shop, Kar Hospital, 3419 Ella Blvd., Houston Texas, 77018. www.KarHospital.com