About the work

A closer look.

One line is free: the line a mechanic would look at first. Send me the single number that made you sit down, off a car repair estimate or a bill you already paid, and I tell you whether it is real. That answer costs nothing, ordered or not. If it holds and you want the whole read, send the year, make, model, mileage, and the paper: - your car repair estimate or repair quote from the shop, itemized, parts and labor split - the used car listing you are about to buy: price, fees, mileage, and what the seller says is wrong - a check engine light code and what the shop told you it means Back within 2 days, in writing: what the job actually takes, which lines are inflated and by roughly how much, fair parts and labor checked against public data, the questions that make a shop go straight with you, the ceiling to write on the estimate, and the number where you walk. Already past the signature? Send the invoice and I read the bill instead. That is where the argument actually happens. What this is not: a physical inspection or a diagnosis. I read the paper and the numbers. A mechanic is the one under the car. If I can't give you a straight read, I say so and you owe nothing.