My Mechanic

TL;DR — Do not take your car here. Terrible mechanic. They put a bad starter in my car and overcharged me for it. They knew they didn’t fix my car, but took my money anyway. Were rude, and unapologetic.
Where do I begin. So randomly one night my car wouldn’t start, Ive been having issues with the starter for years, so I guess it finally gave out, it was making this weird ‘wurring’ sound when the key was turned. So the next morning (Friday) while Im at work I call this place (My Mechanic) because it had good Unilocal reviews and was the closest one to my house. And the guy answers and tells me that he could get it looked at and possibly fixed that day and to go ahead and bring my car in. So after taking off work and paying $ 70 bucks to get it towed there, we have a chat and I tell him the car probably needs a new starter. He goes to try to start the car and comes back and says «I don’t normally charge a diagnostic fee, but Im gonna have to charge it to you cause Ive never heard a sound like that before.». Now already Im seeing red flags cause why would you tell a customer «I don’t normally charge a diagnostic fee but I’m going to charge YOU!». and why would you need to diagnose the problem when I already said I need a new starter?! But I had to get back to work and the car was already there so I went with it. Anyway, I call a few hours later and the guy tells me that not only has he NOT looked at it, but he wont be able to look at it until Monday. Great. So now I have to get a rental car for the weekend! Thanks for that, I could have taken it elsewhere and saved some cash!
So Monday comes along and he tells me that YEP I need a new starter (Duh.) and quotes me on the higher end of a starter rate (Around $ 400). Its a 2000 Altima. Its old. The quoted rate was probably worth more then what my car was. But. Im just like «Fine, get it fixed». Thankfully, he finished it that day. So both me and my wife take off work again to go pick up the car and he tells me that they replaced the starter. So I sign some paperwork and pay them. And this is where is gets worse. After he takes my money and hands me the keys he says «Oh, and just to let you know, its making a weird noise when you start it.’. Wait wait wait! Aren’t YOU guys supposed to fix the «weird noises»!? Then he yaks on about something with the flywheel and transmission and how he doesn’t deal with those things so I «need to take it somewhere else to get that fixed». WHAT?! That would have been NICE TO KNOW before I agreed to have THEM fix it! I could have just gone somewhere else and had them fix everything at one time! But again this was all told to me AFTER they had my money. So I go out to my «fixed» car to see what this weird noise is he is talking about. As soon as I turn the key the car makes this AWFUL GRINDING sound! It was ANNOYINGLY LOUD! My car had NEVER made a noise like that before! And also the Check Engine light was on. That wasn’t on before! But hey, it started!
At this point I didn’t want these guys touching my car anymore so a few days later I took my car to a different mechanic to get it looked at and get the grinding noise (THAT MY MECHANIC CAUSED) fixed. And the new mechanics tell me that there is nothing wrong with the flywheel or the transmission and also «Whoever worked on your car last PUT IN A BAD STARTER». So the new mechanics fixed my car CORRECTLY and for less than $ 250 and it started up and ran PERFECTLY. No thanks to My Mechanic. And when I contacted My Mechanic about the problem and told them about the bad starter, they brushed it off rudely and just said «Sorry No Refunds». I DO NOT RECCOMMEND THIS PLACE TO ANYBODY! GO ELSEWHERE!

Ellis has taken good care of our 2004 Ford Truck and our daughters car. He always offers a fair price and gives expert advice. I highly recommend him!

So, over the last year I’ve been slowly repairing the many problems of my car. And every time I go back to this shop, I am more and more in awe of just how honest and good a mechanic Ellis is.
He has my estimates on file, so I just call in and tell him my name, what I want to fix, and when, and he’s ready to go. Except for the second time I was there. That time was different. I was all set to get a radiator hose replaced, but he spent ten minutes looking at my car before walking back out, looking me in the eyes and telling me that we needed to fix the oil gasket first (which was around the same price). I was stunned. He had the part already for the radiator hose, I knew he did, but he was more worried about me breaking down somewhere than taking my money and just doing the repair I had asked for. So I brought the car back a few days later (after he got the new part), and he repaired the gasket instead. And he didn’t charge a cent over the estimate.
Since then I’ve gotten both my front and rear breaks done, and plan to finally get my radiator hose fixed very soon. He also did a small repair on my door for me, and he made it not chime while I’m driving anymore – which makes me super happy. He does repairs faster than just about anyone I’ve ever seen, and he does them right.

Extremely friendly and helpful service. I’ll stop here again when I need any auto work done in Tulsa.

Honest mechanic found here. A+ all around.
Great prices! Great customer service!