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Permalink Reply by Elliott Jason Ridgway on May 28, 2012 at 1:14pm

My family's mechanic in the Seattle, Washington area is located in Totem lake (Kirkland)...

PNF  Tune & Lube

11919   120th Ave NE   Kirkland, Wa   98034

(425) 821 - 1533

They went out of their way to be kind & helpful... and charged less than the estimated price...

 

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Permalink Reply by Morgan on May 28, 2012 at 4:29pm

Without some idea where you're headed I would think this would be an excercise in guesswork, ei you might save a hundred bucks if you went several thousand miles out of your way.  Were it  not that you live in the Seattle area I wouldn't bother but so saying I blew a water pump in Cannon Beach Oregon with the car loaded with my family.  Gary's Cannon Beach Service Center stopped what he was doing and put me at the top of the list at his normal reasonable price.  I was very appreciattive to say the least.

 

Gary's Cannon Beach Service Center

280 North Hemlock

Cannon Beach Oregon 97110

503-436-2280

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Permalink Reply by terry sperling on May 28, 2012 at 5:07pm

I always use the first listing.

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Permalink Reply by 201smellsfunny on May 28, 2012 at 6:04pm

I know of a guy who does stuff out of his home near here... need to luck up his name.

As a side note, a friend of mine has a good method of checking to see if a mechanic is honest. He'll take the car in for work (whatever it is) and mention a separate completely false problem (e.g., "while you're in there... I've been hearing a squeak in the engine compartment... can you check that?") If they tell him they found something that supposedly explains the false problem, he knows they're dishonest. If they say they found nothing, he knows they're upstanding.

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Permalink Reply by Hilts on May 28, 2012 at 9:44pm

De Robles Auto in Wenatchee, Washington is fantastic. The man works himself to the bone and is an incredibly friendly and honest man.

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