High Street Smog

I’ve taken three of my vehicles here over the last four years to this smog station. Reading some of less than positive reviews I can’t understand what happened. whenever I’ve gone in there I’ve always been given good service. Juan did the inspection on my car I was in and out of there in about 15 minutes. I mentioned the Unilocal ad was given $ 20 off service.

These guys are really great.
My car was salvaged a while ago, got my brake and lamp inspection here along with a smog check.
Nick was a really cool guy, really accommodating and really reasonable.
Would definitely come back.

I went to get my 2010 Toyota smogged so I can registered. The older white man (I think his name is Nick) in there saw that me and my boyfriend were a young couple and he made several rude remarks about teenagers to the person he was currently working with. Then they began talking about people who buy cars off of Craig’s list or people on the street and he was making fun of them. He was laughing at the fact that they bought a car they can’t register because they can never find the owner again to sign it over to them. I don’t see anything funny about that. Anyway, I told nick that the guy I bought it from said it hadn’t been ran in a few months so we need to drive it 70 – 80 miles before we smog it. So we did that and I asked him to check to see if it would pass before he did the actual test. And he did no problem and he said it would pass. Then he did the check and said it passed and everything then I went to pay and said «so it passed and everything is good?» And he gave me an dick head smile and said no. He said it passed the smog test, but he said he can’t pass it because it was blowing out blue smoke which had something to do with the oil. Then I went to another smog place and he was so shocked that he didn’t pass it and was just as mad as we were about it! He also mentioned he has a reputation for that. I will NEVER RETURN and NEVER RECOMEND!!!

This is my «go to» place to get my vehicles smogged (and repaired to pass the smog test, if necessary). Especially since it is one of the few Star certified smog/​repair businesses in the area, and I can renew my registration on the spot (as opposed to having to spend hours at DMV). Nick, the owner, is a pleasure to work with, as are his mechanics.

Nick, the owner at high street smog is a great guy and a big help for getting titles and car registration sorted out. Always helpful and knowledgeable in navigating the world of he dmv. Plus you don’t ever have to wait in line.

consumer warning!!! do not bring your older car (obd i) here to be smogged unless you want to be ripped off for $ 90 or more.
these guys took over an hour probing my car to death only to tell me my car didn’t pass smog.
their visual inspection is utterly ridiculous!
car was stock with no mods.
$ 100 to pass was the deal he told me
and $ 90 to fail
final outcome —
i’m out $ 90 for slow service and bad attitude from these lame technicians.
wtf!
take your car to a different smog check location!

Fast & friendly and professional.
I got a $ 50 quote for a SMOG for a 2002 Toyota, before mentioning their website offer. I know that $ 48 – 50 is as low as a SMOG gets, including certificate.

My mother and I had taken her older van to get a smog at a different place and it had failed the test. The mechanic there was going to charge us a fortune to TRY to fix the problem and after driving around Oakland trying to find a decent place, we are so happy to have found High Street Smog.
Again my mother and I (both women) drove in and explained to Nick the problem. He was very friendly, sweet and honest. He looked at the paperwork the other guy gave us and told us to bring in the van the next day and he would diagnose it for $ 100. The next day we left the vehicle at about 9:00am, he worked on it the entire day and thought he had fixed the problem (he quoted us $ 215) but the van still failed smog. He said something unusual had happened, apologized and said he would need another day to look at it. This was fine but we were thinking in our heads how much is this going to cost??? The next day he called us early in the morning to let us know the car had passed and was ready to be picked up — final cost $ 215!!! We were shocked. We were expecting a $ 500+ bill like the other shady mechanics had quoted us, but Nick was very honest and reasonable. Plus, we paid and extra $ 20 and got our tags and DMV paperwork on the spot (so worth it to avoid the long DMV headaches!) We never felt like he was taking advantage of us because we were women or felt uncomfortable; in fact, he was very patient in explaining to us what was going on.
We will definitely be returning to smog our vehicles here and RECOMMED this place to others.

I’ve been to High Street Smog for 6 years. It’s no frills but they are always friendly and get me out as quickly as possible. What more could a person ask from a smog check station?

If you want to get swindled… go here! They had an online offer which I printed out and brought with me; they jacked up the price once they realized that I brought it. They were shady, rude and I would NEVER get my car smogged there again.

I was supposed to get my car smog test at Speedy Smog in Alameda but my Dad said he has a coupon for this place, but it was in Oakland. Thus, I dragged my Dad early Saturday morning, with coupon in tow, to this spot.
Location: really sketchy. Ladies, please bring another person when you go to this neighborhood. Really, «girl power» doesn’t work here unless your loaded.
Service: it was very prompt and fast. The technician/​owner (Levent Bukum) was friendly and helpful. At first they couldn’t get the traction control button off so they told us to come back and he’ll give us another test for free, just $ 10 for the state fee. Long story short, the boy fixed the problem and we went back the same day. There was a couple of cars already in the garage so we had to wait for a few.
When it was our turn, he gladly check everything and within 15 minutes, we were done.
Total (with the $ 30 off coupon) was $ 49.95 (with the $ 10 state fee)
PS: look for the coupon on your phone book!