Serna Automotive & Mobile Service

Lupe Serna just about saved my life. I can’t possibly give anyone a higher recommendation. Here’s my story.
My beloved cargo van (a 2003 Ford Econoline E250 v6) spontaneously and spectacularly blew its brake line as I started it up one day. I hadn’t been able to pass DEQ in Oregon (even though it passed in NYC, which is where I’d bought and driven it from). I’d taken it to a couple shops but nobody would work on it (this was before the brakes blew). So when the brakes went, I feared the worst. My beloved van might have to be put down for good.
Having explored every other option I could find, I had AAA tow it to the nearest dealer, Landmark Ford, and they told me it would cost at least $ 3,000 to fix the brakes alone (it would take at least a week to get the parts), and they wouldn’t even commit to fix the emissions problem. And by the way, wouldn’t I rather buy a new van? They’ll give me $ 500 trade in…
I was devastated. I started looking for a used van just like my old one which, despite the rep for «Fix Or Repair Daily» had happily trundled across the country from NYC to PDX without issue, hauling a 10-​ft packed-​to-​the-​gills trailer, no less. I love that van.
One of the vans I saw in Craigslist led me to a phone call. It turns out that Lupe Serna finds and fixes up vans just like mine (and many others) in his spare time. He is a full-​time mechanic with over 25 years experience. He asked for my story and I told him, and he assured me he could fix my van.
To cut to the chase, $ 500 and 6 hours later my van had spanking new brakes, a tune-​up and was ready to pass DEQ. It passed, in fact, within two minutes of driving into the bay. No revving the engine, no driving around — just a fast, easy PASS.
Lupe Serna is a stone cold pro, a genuinely nice and honest person, and I’ll never take my car to another mechanic (except maybe his son — see «Serna and Son Mobile Services» here in Unilocal — who shows every sign of being as big a rock star as his dad one day).
As a musician who spent years touring the country, my safety and livelihood dependent on the health of the «band van», I know the value of finding that «perfect mechanic». Lupe Serna is that guy. Tell all your friends, go to him, and he will put you right. Word.