I just spent $955 on my fucking car and now it won’t start if it’s raining. The goddam asshole at the shop denies that it’s anything they’ve done, of course. Ugh, car repair is a racket. Finding a good mechanic is nigh impossible.
Asshole Dave @ RH Auto [now defunct because they sucked] wanted $600 for a new distributor plus labour, natch. NO. I called Honda and they wanted $300 to put in plug wires!! Can you believe the balls these people have? The distributor is around $400 (NOT $600) from Honda, but you can get an aftermarket for $135. The plug wires from Honda are $75 or $48 from NAPA. The distributor cap is $18. The rotor button is $11. So I got all new replacement parts for $100 from NAPA and I will do the fucking work myself. [I did replace all that stuff, but it all got replaced again when we did a big maintenance a few years later at Avondale Independent.]
I have used Avondale Independent in Avondale Estates for years now [Feb 2013]. They are not the cheapest, but they ARE the best, because they specialise in HONDA. Dave and Randy know their shit and they take great care of my now 19+ year old Civic EX. My Honda still gets ~30mpg in the city and almost 40mpg on the highway. TOP THAT, new cars!
I highly recommend Avondale Independent if you have a Honda, especially. They can work on anything, but Hondas are their specialty. :)
I hate mechanics. Too bad most of the people we know who like to tinker with cars can’t actually fix anything.. Wouldn’t be nice to be friends with someone who could actually FIX broken cars?
dru can fix stuff for real, but he doesn’t have any tools anymore. and you wanna have a certified shop monkey do it anyways, just for insurance purposes.
dru kep my jeep running LONG after it should have given up the ghost. poor thing finally succumbed to electrical problems.