An Honest Mechanic

honest sums it up. good guy. sadly, the business is closed :(
miss you, mark! happy retirement!!!

The name says it all!
I very recently went to «An Honest Mechanic» and couldnt have been more satisfied. first off I drive an older toyota, and several «highly Unilocaled» garages wouldn’t even touch anything below a 97. This guy works on all toyotas and knows his stuff.
He was very straight forward about my needing to replace my master cylinder and was scared that i was even driving it on the road to begin with. He ordered the parts broke down the charge and threw in several extra services for free.
Outside of the parts, his actual labor fees are very cheap and he did an excellent job! my car runs great now, and I will definitely be coming back in the future.

I may have caught him on a bad day, but the word douche comes to mind for first impressions. He was rude, curt and extremely unhelpful. Refused to look at a toyota we were considering buying because it was too old for his liking, and said we should buy a new one. If we could we would obviously! Don’t waste your time unless you enjoy being insulted.

I have known Mark since before I could drive and he is the reason I only buy Toyota. There is simply no better, more knowledgeable, or more trustworthy mechanic around. For the last 20 years, and for as long as Mark decides to keep his garage doors open, I will happily trust my car’s maintenance, and my family’s safety, with An Honest Mechanic.

Mark is fantastic. Can’t find anything bad to say. I have an Avalon that’s about 10 years old, and have taken it in on a few occasions for maintenance. Nice guy, fair price, great service. Won’t take my car to anyone else.

Mark is a great guy. He is indeed as honest as advertised, but also very knowledgeable and thorough. For an incredibly fair price, he got my Camry to run like new after two hours of work. He also helped repair a small cosmetic issue for no additional charge.
I hope not to need car maintenance, but when I do, I’ll go back to Mark’s shop.

Mr. Larkin is the only guy at this operation, so you’ll know who you’re dealing with right off the bat. There are other auto businesses in the same complex under different business names, but he’s the guy to go to if you need Toyota repairs. Call for an appointment in advance — he’s in some demand!
A friend who is very budget-​conscious, like me, happily recommended this business, but at first, I thought it was far too south for me to bother (I live north of 2222).
Then I went even farther south to Champion Toyota for a diagnosis for a few problems I’d noticed (I had a very trustworthy dealership mechanic back in my hometown; these folks were far less forthright), and I remembered my rule for important decisions: If you find someone who’ll do you right, stick with them if at all possible. So I figured I’d give someone with «honest» in the name a try.
I was told to bring my car in at 8 a.m., which is an ungodly early hour for me, and I did so. The shop is basically across the street from Ruta Maya, a convenient place to while away the hours while your repairs are completed (it took quite a while — so long I finished a 250-​page book — so I also walked up and down Congress for a couple hours browsing shops and eating lunch, but it wasn’t anything he hadn’t warned me about beforehand).
I got out for about $ 200 less than the dealership wanted to charge me for its bare-​bones services — Mr. Larkin also adjusted my tire pressure and refilled my power steering fluid and radiator fluid at no charge!
He was very helpful on a few other questions I had (I’m not super car savvy, but I like to know the basics), and as he was replacing my battery, he had the foresight to write down all my preprogrammed stations so he could re-​program the radio if they got erased!
I’ll be back, probably not before too long — my car’s a dozen years old and I’ve been putting off repairs for a while for lack of a good mechanic!