Truckee Unocal

My old 1994 Fleetwood RV was overheating on a Saturday before we were headed to Burning Man. Everything in Truckee was closed except the 2 Unocal stations. Union 76 reviews were too scary so I called Truckee Unical for a quote on a new thermostat (I was pretty sure that was the problem as it was having all the classic signs).
Was told they didn’t care about my thermostat theory and it would cost $ 89.99 to diagnose the problem (they would hook it up to a machine). Then it costs $ 150 per hour (2 hour minimum) plus parts to fix it. So I could count on paying at least $ 390 plus the cost of the thermostat and anything else they could bleed out of me.
I Unilocaled and googled much of Reno and found mechanics were either closed weekends, didn’t work on RV’s (which is stupid the engine is a chevy 454 and it’s easy to get to everything) or too busy to squeez me in.
I was prepared to suck it up and pay the vampires at Truckee Unical when I came across Franks Automotive in Verdi, NV with no reviews and an address that won’t work on my GPS. They were open on Saturday, only about 12 miles east from Truckee… see my reviw under Frank’s. In went their and paid less than ¹⁄₃^rd of what Truckee Unocal was asking as a minimum price.

As local and as friendly as a service station can be in a small community. If you are in ‘downtown’ Truckee and headed N-​E-​S-​or West, (forget prices, who can ‘control’ the price per gallon?!) — STOP here. It’s quick and convenient (forget the higher-​priced mongers on the Interstate!