Sam’s Smog Check

We had a miscommunication about the price and Sam made it right for my husband and I. Did a fast and friendly job, no wait. Thank you!

Friendly, excellent service, quick and reasonable price.
I brought my car for a smog check after already having paid for the tags.
I had a check engine light and had already been to another auto shop, whose name will not be mentioned. They wanted $ 700 to repair the problem. I am not kidding.
I told Sam that the light was on and he said he couldn’t help me because he is a «test only» station. He offered to read the code and tell me what it said.
I had some kind of evap002 code. Sam told me the most common problems that result in that code. He said the easiest and cheapest one to try was replacing the gas cap. Then I had to clear the codes (which I googled on how to do) and drive it for 50 – 100 miles. I don’t know what that’s all about, but I followed the instructions.
This is not my daily driver so it took a while to rack up 100 miles.
I took the car back to Sam (the check engine light never came back :-). He checked the codes again and said it was clear. My car was ready for testing.
Sam hooked up, did his thing, and 15 minutes later…
IT PASSED !!!
Lo and behold, the whole problem was the gas cap. Those other guys wanted to suck $ 700 out of me for a gas cap. They are not as Purrfect as they claim to be.