Alan Motor Auto Repair

I love this place. These guys saved my car. I was looking to get a repair done to pass my inspection, and on my way there, my transmission cracked from trying to get off the ice (old car, ’96 Honda Civic) and by the time I got there it was really bad. I was looking at repairs upwards of the value of the car and had to consider scrapping it. I had just lost my job and this would have seriously put me over the edge. The guys at Alan Motors were so kind and understanding and did magic and my bill ended up being under $ 300. Instead of replacing some of the parts I needed, they cleaned and repaired them instead. The car is running so smoothly now.
I think most other mechanics would have just replaced the parts, not thought outside the box like these guys did. They’re truly problem solvers and excellent mechanics. I will certainly go back here and recommend them to everyone I know.

One-​star review for being too busy to take your call about an inspection seems unfair, so I’ll reiterate my review with an update on a recent experience.
I got hit and had mechanical damage that was estimated at over $ 2K. I took it in, they did the required work and more — replacing needed struts, and more. With tax it was 860.00 and it drives better than it did before the accident.
To the One-​star reviewer — it seems like you were inconvenienced, to be sure. But, I think you should give this small business that does good work at fair prices a bit of a break. You didn’t actually use their services and you cut their Unilocal rating by more than half. They’re busy. They have two employees.

I called to see if they could schedule an appointment for me to do an Auto Inspection and they hung up on me. Twice (so I know it was no accident). I don’t know if that means they don’t do them, or they just don’t care, but I won’t be calling them again to find out.