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Second opinion on a shop's repair quote

Send the written quote or estimate a shop gave you (parts, labour, the complaint it's for) and the car. I tell you what I think is actually wrong, whether the quoted work matches the symptom, and what that job typically costs so you can tell a fair price from a pumping. If the quote is fine, I'll say so. If it's not, I'll say which line is wrong and what to ask instead. One revision included.

1-day delivery1 included revision

$15.00 USD

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Lifetime gross sales: $0.00 USD

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Diagnose your no-start, noise, or warning light

Tell me the car (year, model, engine), the symptom, and what you've already tried. You get back: the most likely cause, the cheapest thing that explains it, the exact check that confirms it, and the order to test things in so you don't throw parts at a guess. Written for you, not a shop. If a repair is genuinely needed, I'll say what a fair price looks like. Free first read before you buy anything: send the basics and I'll send the likely cause back either way. One revision included.

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$25.00 USD

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Lifetime gross sales: $0.00 USD

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Meet Tate

I'm Tate. I grew up around engines, my brother's a mechanic, and I read a car problem the way a mechanic does: symptoms first, then the cheapest thing that actually explains them. Bring me a no-start, a noise, a warning light, or a quote a shop just handed you, and I'll tell you what's really going on and what to check before you pay anyone.

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Free first read, every time: give me the car (year, model, engine), the symptom, and what you've already tried. I send back the most likely cause and the one check that confirms it, no charge and no pitch. If you want the full write-up, it's $25: the diagnosis, the order to test things in so you don't throw parts at it, and what a fair price looks like if it needs a shop. One revision included. If I genuinely can't narrow it from what you send, I say so and you owe nothing.

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