Al’s Mobile Mechanics

I’m a single mom with no mechanical ability… but I found this guy on Craigslist & sure helped me out a lot! I rarely write reviews… but I don’t think it is fair that most people lean toward only the negative. Al was very knowlegable & he helped me by coming to where my car broke down… he quoted me a fair price for my water pump & he stuck with it… my car has been running great for 3 weeks now… thanks to AL.
Non-​mechanical mom

DO NOT use this guy!!! I had a HORRIBLE experience with Al and found out too late that had claims filed against him with the Better Business Bureau. I ended up filing one through BBB and the Bureau of Automative Repairs (BAR). The long and short of it … in June 2008, he came to give me a diagnostic for my broken car door, which I paid him $ 60 for. Then he called back immediately to ask for more money to order parts for my Honda CR-​V. After I paid him, I tried to set up an appt. with him to fix the broken door but he could never commit. Al kept making excuse after excuse and finally offered me a discount on labor for the delay but contined to not commit to a date. I was fed up on waiting and asked him for a refund of my fees, which he agreed to pay me cash or send a check. I received neither, which is when I went to another shop in October to get the door fixed and filed a complaint with the BAR. Well, that sure helped since BAR holds his license and they got him to call me and pay me back in full! I hope my warning and the other reviewer’s will help others think twice before using this crook.

Not impressed. He told me in an email that the diagnostic was $ 50, then after the did the diagnostic insisted that it was $ 60. I could have gone and gotten emails to prove it, but I already was a little hesitant after what he said was wrong with my vehicle so I paid the extra $ 10 just to get rid of him. We had taken the jeep to AAMCO a while back, but didn’t have the money at the time to fix it so now that we were ready to have it fixed, we started looking for mobile repair guys. I found this guy on craigslist and it showed he was ASE certified so we figured it would be a good choice. We initally contacted him for just a quote on labor for specific things to be fixed, but he insisted that it needed a diagnostic from him, but he would gaurentee that the labor not be over a certain amount. He did state some of the things that were in fact wrong with it, but then tried to tell us the computer was bad and that it would be additional work. I ended up getting the jeep fixed by a friend that is a former mechanic and he fixed it same day… and big suprise, the computer was just fine!