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$80 for smog check is very expensive. But I am not going to dock them a star or two because of the price -I could have gone somewhere else.Met Doug and Chelse and both were very nice. Gave them 5 because they took me in immediately. I was done in 20 minutes!!
Doug Freddell is the mechanic here and we take both of our cars to him. He is incredibly nice and my husband and I think he is awesome.. I drove away once without paying him for the oil he added (yikes!) and he just laughed and told me to drop off the check later that day. He is very knowledgeable and I wouldn't trust anyone else. Prices are very fair!
2009 has been a bad year for my 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee. But Doug and Bud have eased the misery so it was about time that I wrote them a review. 2.12.09 -- Jeep's battery dies. I was parked in a street cleaning zone and had to move my car before the morning. Even though the service station was closed I was able to park it at the Shell overnight, left my key with the gas attendant, and Doug called me the next morning. He gave me quotes on the battery and a few other things I asked him to check out. I didn't have money to get it all done but Doug helped me prioritize and didn't pressure me into working on it more. I picked it up later that day and everything came in as quoted.3.3.09 -- Jeep gets broken into and the side window smashed to bits. And oh, if it was you, are you enjoying the crappiest after market CD player ever made? I hope it was worth it, a-hole. I called Shell and Doug advised me to call around to several auto glass repair shops to get the best quote. Apparently these business are very competitive and will match quotes. Thanks for the advice! See my review of Atlas Autoglass.4.16.09 -- Jeep needs an oil change. Ok maybe I could have saved a little money using some coupon at some shady place, but Shell is literally blocks from my apt and Doug gave me great service and was so friendly the first time that I brought it back. I didn't need an appt and he checked everything thoroughly. He also discovered that I needed some lights fixed possibly saving me from a fix it ticket. 4.21.09 -- Jeep emits death squeals on my way home. I had no idea what was going on, it wouldn't stop with the squeaking no matter what I did. So I panicked and drove straight to Doug at Shell. He jumped in and I drove him around the block to demonstrate the horror. He immediately guessed at what is was - the rubber was squeaking around the front bushing, probably due to the hot weather. He was right, a few squirts of WD-40 and it was cured. No charge. Sigh of relief.4.29.09 -- Jeep gets a flatty. Go figure. Luckily I signed up for AAA after my battery died in Feb so I didn't break a sweat. AAA got my spare on and I headed over to Shell. Bud was working when I showed up and he looked at the screw sticking out of my tire and assured me he could fix it. About an hour later he called and it was patched up and ready to go. Woo. Saved the day again.These guys are friendly, honest, fast, and most importantly they KNOW what they're doing. Thanks guys!
I took my car to California Shell for what I thought might be a relatively expensive job - an electrical problem that affected my right blinker which resulted in it not working when my headlights were on. Doug the mechanic totally took care of me. He fixed it in a couple of hours, charged me a very low rate, and didn't give me the whole mechanic shpiel of "you need this fixed, too" or "your flux capacitor is out of whack and I can fix that for $800." Thank you California Shell for being fast, inexpensive, honest, and friendly. I'm taking my Honda back fo shizzle!
I took my car to California Shell for what I thought might be a relatively expensive job - an electrical problem that affected my right blinker which resulted in it not working when my headlights were on. Doug the mechanic totally took care of me. He fixed it in a couple of hours, charged me a very low rate, and didn't give me the whole mechanic shpiel of "you need this fixed, too" or "your flux capacitor is out of whack and I can fix that for $800." Thank you California Shell for being fast, inexpensive, honest, and friendly. I'm taking my Honda back fo shizzle!
I recently bought a used Jeep Cherokee and the owner said he took it to California Shell for repairs. After taking the Jeep to a dealership for a check-up and getting a grossly overpriced estimate for repairs (some of which I knew weren't even in need of repair), I brought it back here. I was really glad that I did. I dropped it off right before close the night before and by 10:30 the next morning I got a call from Doug (my new favorite mechanic) telling me what he'd found and giving me an estimate that was almost a third of what the dealership quoted me for similar repairs (fixing rear brakes, replacing a cracked serpentine belt, some other small things). He was honest about what I needed and didn't need and didn't try to push anything on me that I didn't want. The repairs came in right at his estimate, and the whole job was done right away that afternoon. He also repaired a couple things I hadn't even asked for just because they were loose/making noise/etc. at no charge. He also gave everything a once-over and gave me suggestions of things to keep an eye on, but didn't pressure me to do anything that my car didn't need. He also pulled up all the repairs the previous owners had done so there would be a record of everything that was done to the car even before I had it. Doug is the best, highly recommended! Got my car back and it's running like a champ.
My back wheel encountered a flat after brunch on Sat and I was panicking and freaking out, not knowing what to do. My friend said to bring it into a gas station close by to have it checked out. Being on Pine and Fillmore, the Shell station on California and Steiner came to mind. I was freaking out that it would be several blocks away but Steiner St soon came into vision and we slowly drove the car in to this Shell station. We had the repair guy replace the spare for us with his workshop equipment and I tipped him some $$ and he even checked the air for the rest of the tire. Unfortunately, we found a nail...sigh...so I'll have to replace 'that' tire but since I have a full-sized spare, I'm able to drive around with it for now....
