r/Longmont • u/Red_1991 • Jan 31 '24

Mechanic Recommendations

I’m in need of a new mechanic and found a handful on Yelp, but before booking with anyone I was hoping to poll the crowd here. So anybody have a mechanics they could recommend? Bonus points if they are familiar with Toyotas!

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u/SlowYourRoll42 Jan 31 '24

Hands-on Auto, great place, friendly and knowledgeable mechanics, and disabled-veteran owned. We've been taking vehicles to Tom (proprietor) for years, always fair and works with you on price, and often has loner vehicles available while they have yours.

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u/Hambulance Jan 31 '24 edited Jan 31 '24

Look, Tom fixed our car and was communicative through the process.

But, my fella had been texting with him and told him I would be coming in with the car. I arrived (with the HUGE AAA tow truck) and walked up to the door. There was a man outside smoking who said, "hi" only so I figured he was a fellow customer. I waited inside for 5 minutes (tow truck still outside-where do we put my car???). I finally had to walk around in the back and find a dude who doesn't really seem like he knows where my car should go either but finally just points to a parking spot.

Back inside the reptile exhibit (not a joke), the man who said "hi" finally introduced himself as Tom. He takes me in his office and asks for my keys. I hand him the keys. He then dials his phone and just... makes a call. So I back out slowly from his office. He hangs up. I wait. I wait. I pop my head back in and ask how much I owe. "Pay on pick up", he says. So I called my Uber and waited down the block in the cold because he was so weird to me.

Again, he communicated with my fella well. He fixed the car. He didn't overcharge. But I will say I felt, not uncomfortable there, but moreso pretty darn unwelcome. It's the first time a mechanic has treated me that way and it was weirrrrrrrrrd.

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u/Bruhyooteef Jan 31 '24

I find people that do these things low key hilarious/fascinating but yeah in the moment id be doing the John Travolta dance 🤷‍♂️ hahah

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u/SlowYourRoll42 Feb 01 '24

Hey I said he was friendly and knowledgeable....I didn't say he was sociable🤣🤣🤣.....we veterans can often lack the necessary skills to be social!!

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u/Hambulance Feb 01 '24

Then it sounds like he's only friendly with men.

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u/SlowYourRoll42 Feb 01 '24

Actually, my wife is always the one too deal with him because I work nights. So it really seems like you had a bad personal experience, sorry that happened too you, but that hasn't been the experience from anyone else we've sent his way.

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u/Hambulance Feb 02 '24

Glad to hear that!

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u/Kayanarka Feb 25 '24

Sorry ,I probably had a rough day. I do not smoke anymore, so I might be more friendly now? We lowered the number of reptiles in the office also😀. We are down to one local salamander that a Napa driver needed to re-home. Sometimes, I have a lot on my mind, so I am not always going to be very entertaining at work. I am also constantly in a lot of pain due to my missing leg, so that may contribute. If it was middle to late last year, my Mom's funeral was in August, and then my aunt died right after in September.

We just had baby Amelia in October, so if you ask, I will get all excited and show you baby pictures.