Just Smog

ive been taking my 3 cars over 8 years, theyve never cheated me for a repair, all my cars passed, BUT there was one car, 1989 bmw with230,000 miles, that they thought wouldn’t pass, and before he ran the test gave me some tips to help make it pass. octane boost bottle and to warm the car extra, THE CAR PASSED! HONEST BUSINESS!

What a bummer. I thought this place was a good business. After coming here for years they totally disappointed me today 11−18−10.
What happened is the mechanic gave me bad advice two times, failed my smog check, took my money and not only wouldn’t help me out with a discount if I was to return for a 3^rd check, but was rude and cussing at me!
The guy told me to simply drive my car 30 miles (since my battery had just been disconnected) so the computer would reset. I did, I came in for the first test the next day. After that failed he told me to go drive it 20 – 30 more miles and come back for a retest. That retest failed. The mechanice now tells me he has no idea how many miles I need to drive, but some cars need 200 miles on them before the test will pass.
Well isn’t that just nice. Take my $ 36.75, waste hours and hours of my time, and then not even try to work with me when I still want to bring it back for a 3^rd time.
That is not my type of business and if you don’t want to potentially put yourself in a situation where the owner won’t even work with you, then I would Highly Recommend Not Going Here!!!

It’s hard to say anything about quality of service for such a business… either they test or they don’t. The owner was reasonably polite. With nobody in front of me, I waited about 30 minutes for the test. Like many Test-​Only stations, it was overpriced at $ 41.75 (including tax) plus $ 8.25 certificate and $ 2 transmission. My test failed due to a faulty catalytic converter, so I paid for the test with credit card, got the repair and then got a free retest as promised, but on paying the certificate and transmission fee, they charged an extra $.75 on the credit card because the amount was less than $ 20. That was annoying.