Pete’s Stop Tire

Found this place on my way home from another smog station (that I had a poor experience at). No coupon required, no added fees, $ 50 out the door. The lobby is pretty small and less than stellar. The parking lot itself-​old tires, non operable cars, rv trailer– is probably 2 stars.
I can overlook those things for providing simple, straightforward service. 4 stars for saying what you’ll do, and doing what you say.

DO NOT bring your car here. This place has horrible service and the owner Richard has a drunk for a mechanic who will leave tools in your car and has no idea how to fix BMWs. I brought my car in for a door handle fix, the guy put in the wrong part so the windows cannot roll up. I called him and Richard refused to fix it without charging me more money. I ended up fixing myself. This place is a joke, go to a real mechanic that has knowledge on foreigns.

This place is great. I’ve brought my car in for alignments, brake work, and transmission services. Always done in a timely manner (alignment took less than an hour) and for a very good price. Honest workers here as well. Don’t try to upsell or make up stuff either.

I’ve been going to Pete’s for tires for many years now, and always work with Richard. He’s a sharp guy, honest, and always gives me a great deal. Started taking my friends there now too. I used to use the chain places, but you never deal with the same person twice, and the work is not consistent.

Alignment done within an hour. Fast and great! Will come again for other services like oil changes, etc

Great prices. Straight forward. Got wheel alignment done in 45 min. Richard gives you awesome prices.

I found Pete’s Stop Tire while looking on Craigslist for a shop that would do a 4-​wheel alignment.
I purchased 4 tires at Almaden Costco and as we all know they do not do alignments. Just tires. This morning I went to Pete’s and in 40 minutes I was driving home. Excellent service & fast too. Will recommend Pete’s to all my friends. Prices are more than fair…

My 2001 Honda Accord dashboard was light up like a christmas tree with all the sensor lighs on and was shaking while driving. Thought it had to do with the brake system. Recommended to me by a buddy. Owner was a good communicator and the prices were very reasonable. Nothing to do with my brake system and car was fixed without breaking the bank. Runs well and I can’t complain. Good honest work and I’d defintely pass that recommendation to the next person.

I am first time customer.
Just brought in car yesterday for multiple problems for quote. I got all price cost from dealer and others already.
I gave Richard time to find problems, get pricing quote and any discount if applicable. Really not much he can discount, he did give his honest and really reasonable cost for part and his labor work. If you need cheap or non-​original part, go some where else, he is not your type to fix your car. I only recommend him if you need to do the same work as Manufacturer Dealer quality, especially your car is not cheap or you love your car.
Work done fast and treat your car like his own.
Polite and nice to communicate with. Tell him your situation, he will give advice of what need to be done, and what can be delayed when you got budget. No pressure of what you want to fix from him or not.
PS: Dealer like to attract you with great coupon for cheap oil change service, but offering you with some other expensive unnecessary prevention service, brake fluid, coolant fluid, transmission fluid flush, tire replacement deal. and sound like if not doing those sooner, car maybe stop working any time some where. So far I am good for two years from out of 4 years warranty.
from a BMW 328i owner

A+! 100%! Will come again!
The service was super friendly, attentive, and quick.

Straight forward and to the point. In a world where we see prices rising for everything, it is great to find a business that works with the consumer to keep prices low. Get your own oil and filter and go get a 15 dollar oil change. They are happy and smiling people. You will be happy you spent your hard earned cash with these cool guys.

They opened late! Which was a little annoying but besides that the service was amazing! I will definitely be coming back again!

They guys there were very helpful and friendly. I got a good price on tires and breaks.

I need to qualify this review as I’ve had two vehicles serviced at the shop with several visits. The last mechanical work relates to a catalytic converter replacement in August 2010 and a clutch replacement September 2010 for a single vehicle and my overall rating is based on that.
In Fall 2011, the clutch cylinder started leaking. I took the vehicle to another mechanic and had a few additional issues looked at. In the process it was communicated to me by the new mechanic that the catalytic converter was missing the gaskets on both ends where it attaches to the exhaust. The clutch lines were never flushed or bled. During disassembly for the clutch replacement, the console clips were broken off. My mistake is not taking it back to Pete’s Stop to fix. I just figured it was a loose or missing nut that was allowing something to shift around beneath the shift boot. I was surprised to find out that it was a more permanent problem.
On the positive, they did a good job on the two sets of tires that I had installed and the brake replacement on one of the vehicles.
This shop is a convenient location for me. Richard is amazingly agreeable. Maybe I was just unlucky.

This shop rocks! Went for a smog check and got VIP treatment. Got me in and out in 15 mins. Service and workmanship is top notch above the rest. I will be back next time!

I went to the DMV today to get my out-​of-​state tags taken care of. yeah I know, ridiculously late. Anyway, even though the internet indicated otherwise, a smog inspection was required so I found myself at
Pete’s. It’s a dirty lil garage that does things like breaks, shocks, oil changes and smog inspections. I think they do other more serious work too but I didn’t inquire. It’s my kinda place cause Daol and his helper were nice and quick. My smog check was 50 $ and I was in and out in less than 15min. Daol was a man of few words but answered all my nosey ‘what’s it (the smog check machine) doing?’ questions with patience and a bit of a smile and then at the end, he even took my license plates off for me so I could turn them into the DMV. After I paid, he said I could come back with the new ones and he’d put them back on! Now that’s service! :D