Franklin Automotive Center

It all started out as paying back for a favor.
After Hurricane Sandy, we had that early snow and I realized I needed my truck ASAP. I knew my sports car was not going to be useful in a bad snowy winter. I wanted to fix the truck and park and cover the car so I don’t risk damage and excess mileage.
I called Frank over at Franklin Automotive and he said he really needed the work and once his power is back on from the storm, he’ll call me and we can get me going.
Two weeks later he was ready for my truck. I bring it over to him 10 days before Christmas 2012. As of December 24, 2012, my truck sits there untouched. December 27, 2012 I get a call that my truck was hit in his lot and it’s smashed to bits. Great.
If he fixed the truck in a timely manner this would not have happened. Now I have a second repair and insurance companies to deal with.
Fast forward to FEBRUARY 2013 and my truck is STILL not fixed. For someone who needed the work, he’s sure not in a hurry for the money for the repair. My boyfriend called him no less than 5 times the week of February 4 and was assured the truck was in the garage being fixed. That right there was a bold faced lie.
Wednesday, February 6 my boyfriend called and spoke with someone who said Frank was scrambling to get that truck done so I have it by Friday. Friday night, 6:20 PM we get a phone call stating he can’t lift the truck and fix it. Seriously? Shouldn’t he have known that BEFORE I even brought it to him?!
So today I pick up the truck and give him a bit of my mind on the whole situation. He’s a liar on top of everything else! He tells me the vehicle hasn’t been there months and he had no idea how big the transmission was (that’s what was preventing the truck being lifted he claims) until he tried to lift it. LIAR! He had the truck in the spring fixing an electrical issue (the favor I mentioned) and he had to run the wires from UNDER the truck. I’m sure he banged his head on that gigantic tranny a couple times while under there. Surely he noticed it!
I call him out on his lies and the big baby threatens me with calling the cops. Seriously? Are you that sensitive you can’t handle a little truth after you prove to be a chronological liar? Go ahead and call the cops.
If I count right, December, January, February add up to three months. Do you get the same month count? I bet you do!
If Franklin Automotive was the last place to repair a broken vehicle, and you desperately needed a repair done, you’re better off investing in a bicycle instead because you’ll never see your vehicle for months on end even if he’s capable of fixing it.