San Diego auto repair

This place is great! So glad I took a chance and tried them for my smog certification. Now I have them doing the oil and tranny service. Excellent customer service, friendly and so helpful. And my husband is a mechanic!

Great family that owns and runs the place. Been here forever. They do great work and are honest. Not the cheapest place in town but trustworthy, honest, and will do the job correctly and won't try to sell you maint you don't need. I know cars and engines and these guys are spot on and honest. Would definitely reccommend.

I took my vehicle in during a brief trip to SD and encountered a tire warning light during the drive after having left the Nissan dealership. Staff was extremely helpful and courteous. After reviewing the issue, turns out the Nissan dealership staff neglected to reset the maintenance light. Speedy quickly resolved the matter at no charge.

HONEST SERVICE BUT... trying to make me make purchases without the need. ... driving on a donut is NOT CUTE. SITUATION. Driving from the hwy 8 to the i-5 and hit a something which busted and dented the inner part of my upper right rim (pretty badly). I could barely drive my car and it was making this nasty metal to metal sound per car wheel cycle. These were my options. 1) Call progressive roadside assistance to help me get to a shop [could take up to 1-2hrs] 2) Locate the closest car shop still open and attempt to drive 3mph. LUCKILY there was guy in my passenger seat who knows cars and we chose the ladder. THE SHOP. This was the closest car shop open to my location near Little Italy. They charged me $90 for inspection only - take off the wheel to check if there was any damage. And NO damage to the brakes, disc brake hub, or any other major car parts - the inner rim was so badly damaged and the bent part was rubbing on another part but didn't damage anything. The only replacement was only a rim with attempts to salvage the wheel. However this place wasn't a true wheel shop but they could order if need be. THE PROBLEM. We know the problem, only need to replace that ONE rim. Test the tire on the new rim to salvage the wheel, if not buy new wheel too. Then get an alignment. They were honest with telling me there's no damage and what needs to be done. However they continued to try to get more service, we can replace yours wheels (which wasn't necessary at this time), they showed me a nail in a wheel (but the nail isn't causing any air leak... nails are always in wheels but doesn't mean you need to buy a tire if it's not leaking), they wanted to order the rim for me and etc (not picky on a rim because I have hub caps that cover the rim), they proceed to tell me my hub caps are crooked (hub caps don't have to be perfect and nothing was wrong with my hub caps). Again, luckily a guy was with me and intercepted the conversation and pulled me aside and said it's easy to get rim for cheap and we don't have to order with them. My dad was a mechanic so when car shop guys try to "sale" to me I'm a bit smarter than the average chick. And when a guy goes to a car shop with a women, a women doesn't get taken advantage off as much. Overall kudos quickly identifying the initial issue and helping me out. Other than that, I will take my car elsewhere. Until the next review....

I liked the Father and Son that run the shop and they stood by their word. They did forget to turn one of my check engine lights off after working on my car. I need to take it back tomorrow.

Saw the bad reviews after I got here so was a bit worried about service and being ripped off. But, maybe the people posting with car issues actually had car issues? Anyway, don't know the full story but my experience was great - they took my car in right away, completed the smog check, sent the info to DMV, and I was on my way in 25 minutes. They do have a yelp promotion on check in which can be used.

I was worried by all the negative reviews. Went there only because of closeness to my job just to get a smog inspection. I had a good experience, and staff were polite and prompt with their service. However, my car did not require any work beyond the smog inspection. So I cannot comment on their integrity when it comes to doing repairs and ensuring fair results, as other reviewers have complained about.