TKP Auto

Bac Tuong knows his way around cars and is a very genuine, down to earth person. He always takes care of me as if I were family.
Excellent service, more than fair pricing.

they worked me in even though they were busy. Also it was a lot cheaper than any other place I have gotten a smog check. I would definetly go back.

Honest and fair on pricing. A good mechanic is hard to come by, and mike is one of the very few that fits into this category. Highly recommend.

This is my Go To Mechanic, any of the bad reviews for this should be deleted. Because Mike the main mechanic is fantastic! His service is honest not like any other mechanic who will rip you off for your money. Mike will tell you exactly what the problem is with your vehicle. Prices are unbeatable and he works with you there is no other Mechanic here especially in Orange County like him. If you’re having problems with your vehicle and you’re unsure of taking your vehicle to somewhere safe where they won’t over charge you. TKP is the place to go to save your money! Go to TKP AUTO trust me! He will do the job at a price you’ll be surprised at paying for :)

They say you need 4 good professionals you can trust in California, which are 1) a CPA, 2) a Lawyer, 3) a Doctor, and 4) a Mechanic. However, in Southern California for some women, it’s 1) a CPA, 2) a Lawyer, 3) a Doctor, 4) a Mechanic, and 5) a Plastic Surgeon.
TKP Auto is the best mechanic in the area and I always go to them with my car issues. TKP has been my family’s mechanic ever since I was in elementary. My whole family goes to him when we have issues with our cars. Tuong/​Tong is the one I always go to with my issues. I don’t even have to go there. I can call him, explain the issue with my truck and he’ll tell me to do a few things to see if it resolves my issues before I bring it in.
Lastly, I totally recommend TKP Auto for your car issues. BEST mechanic in town, son!

My go to mechanic, the owner (Tuong/​Tong)! He always gives me a fair price and is very timely. He knows that I am a student, and is very reasonable. On occasion he would do things free of charge for me/​next to nothing. Honest mechanic, would recommend!

Was referred by a neighbor… Good mechanic… ask for Tong the owner aka Michael… brought our 2004 acura tl because car woulden’t start. Asked the owner how much for new starter and I was quoted $ 180 for universal starter or $ 210 for factory/​original starter. I thought it was a fairly good deal. Decided to go with original factory starter. All in all Tong was honest and very nice guy, joking with him was cool, will be visiting again on my next major problem.

Got super offended when I tried to haggle with him and told me to leave.

I have never been to a mechanic that has told me what was wrong with the car and how I can go home an fix it myself if it’s a small fix that I can do myself, ie replacing a fuse etc. He is the best mechanic and I have recommended him to ALL of my friends and family that no longer have their car under factory warranty. Good mechanics are hard to find, and when you do find one, you stick with them. I’ve stuck with TKP Auto and Mike the mechanic for the last 8 years. I highly recommend him.

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After a fantastic string of mechanics in San Diego, I’ve hit some duds recently. One, though nice, forgot to put the cap back on after changing my oil. They were very nice to pay for my engine cleaning so I’m not going to name names.
With TKP Auto, my luck seems to be changing. TKP was much much cheaper than I expected for my 60,000 mile check-​up and I understood and saw all they did to my car. I’d trust them with my routine check-​ups from now on, which is also cheaper than most places.
This place is pretty busy and from what I can tell, they have long-​time customers. They don’t take appointments (it’s first come first serve). Correct me if I’m wrong.

edit* ouch ouchhhhh, Unilocal removed my original review because it «falls outside their content guideline.» after carefully reading through those, i’ll re-​post my review, but without the inappropriate content; just the consumer experience.
highly highly NOT recommended, please save yourself the trouble and inconvenience and AVOID this place because there are a LOT of mechanics in this area. the mechanic, tung, helped me (though i could barely consider it «help»), and he just had an unprofessional demeanor and treated me like crap… worse experience i have EVER encountered as a customer.
my mother asked him to order brake discs/​pads/​whatever from him so he did that for us at the local toyota. i went to toyota to pick up my part and (per my mom’s request), i went back to him to ask him if he could check the part + look at my car to make sure it was the correct part. HE GAVE ME HELLA SHIT FOR THAT. yelling at me in informal vietnamese and broken english (i HATE when people use «tao» and «may» in vietnamese, SO LOW CLASS), he told me, «i don’t need to look at your car, i know it’s the right part. so what you want me to do? NO, i am not going to look at anything! how much was it?!?»
«i don’t know. i looked at the invoice, the person looked at the invoice as well and it doesn’t say… it just said you can come pay them on monday because they’re closed now.»
keep in mind, at this point, after enduring his angry ranting and crap, i was still politely speaking in vietnamese.
«WHAT? HOW CAN you not know how much it is? GOD, you people are SO HEADACHE (no, my grammar is not improper, that’s how he said it), SO COMPLICATED WASTE MY TIME and bother me BLAH BLAH BLAH» more angry b*tching as we stormed to his computer to look up the price of the part… all this while everyone there stared at me. so awkward, and very rude. he stomped back to me with more anger, «I DON’T KNOW HOW MUCH IT IS. MY COMPUTER DOESN’T SAY. this is your fault, you should know how much it costs. so WHAT YOU WANT? you don’t want the part then??»
at this point, i was beyond pissed so i yelled back at him, «UHM NO, when did i say i didn’t want it??! and YOU ordered it, shouldn’t YOU know how much it costs?!? forget it, just give me the damn part so i can go home and take care of it myself. «
“OK FINE, you BETter remember to pay me on monday.»
where’s the respect and professionalism? please avoid this jerk who clearly only seemed to care about his damn money. not a trustworthy mechanic… and since auto maintenance can add up, you definitely want to go to one that you know won’t milk you for money because that’s all they’re concerned about.
better, Unilocal?no inappropriate content, no violation of privacy, no hearsay or secondhand information. just pure consumer experience.

I love going to my mechanic. My entire family has been going to him for at least 10 years. He always gives me a fair price on all of my services. I once needed to change my lights and he gave me the biggest and brightest ones and he did not charge me for labor! The other day my BF needed a a new light and he just gave it to him for free! I know I can trust him, you should too. :D