Mira Mesa 76

This place has provided free air for my tires everytime I have needed it. Unlike other gas stations in mira mesa.

Cheap gas in the mira mesa area if u pay cash.

One day my car broke down at the stoplight right next to this auto repair gas station — the engine simply shut down while idling at a red light. A technician helped me roll the car in, we dealt with some paperwork, and I went home hoping everything would be fine.
Over the next several days, the technician working on my car would intermittently think he figured out the problem, order parts, prepare paperwork… and then find that the car still would not run. This happened three times, and on the third day I was running out of patience. Finally the owner spent a night taking a look, since this issue was obviously consuming too much time for too little payoff. Ultimately he conceded defeat; the problem was too difficult to be worth laboring over, gave me his best guess as to what the problem was, and shooed me away.
Why three stars then? I think the tech and his boss definitely put in a lot of effort, and they didn’t end up charging me anything for their time or parts since they couldn’t solve the problem. At least they have some decency!
I towed it to a different mechanic (thank goodness for AAA), who within a couple hours came up with the same solution as the 76 boss. Unfortunately he wanted to charge 400 bucks for the part required (ECU), and would not install used parts. So I towed my car home, looked up the part on ebay, ordered a used ECU for 80 dollars, and installed it myself. Worked like a charm, and I felt extra awesome for stickin’ it to the man.

worst place ever. did a smog check and i feel like he really wanted my car to have problems. he trapped me too. let me have a free retest if i fixed it there. he made sure i wouldnt pass cause he saw something wrong in the beginning but he kept going. made me go back because smog checks are more expensive than the fix. i failed and had to go back to fix it, he out two hoses back into place and charged my 50 dollars. i watched him do it and thats all he did. he was really mean about it to when he figured i knew what was going on. this place will trick you. left me a bad feeling the whole time. i will not go back there. the whole thing with the fix cost me 125. dont go here you might be ripped off and hes not a nice person

Our intrepid hero arrived at this independently owned repair shop /​gas station /​convenience store to find a very small repair facility with just two lifts and 2 mechanics working. The time estimates for the regularly scheduled service he needed (3 hours) were very accurate and they called to recommend a replacement of the timing belt and water pump at such a high mileage as well (which was a very timely preventative measure). Again, the promised time delay was very accurate and expedited.
When our hero went to pick up his car, Amir explained in detail the different parts that were changed and even showed the old parts that had been taken out and what condition they were in. On a whole, they worked on exactly the problem points and were timely in getting work done on the same day.
PROS:
— You can get 20% off parts from an online coupon
— They don’t try to sell you totally unneeded repairs
— Open on some statutory holidays
CONS:
— Billing of labor hours was a bit sketchy because an exact hourly breakdown was not available on the invoice
— Labor was billed by the job, not by the hour
— Not a whole lots of specialty parts available, very generic universal parts used
* EDIT: +1 star for excellent follow-​up service. Our hero’s ride broke down a week after being serviced due to an unrelated hose that disconnected while driving on bumpy roads and they helped fix it and pay for towing at no charge! Although he never smiles, Sam is a really nice manager here!