|
|
| Author |
Message |
| 7 new of 31 responses total. |
jaklumen
|
|
response 25 of 31:
| 
Apr 14 06:00 UTC 2002 |
Well, a friend of mine who helped me out and other people he knew for
free wasn't exactly doing it for fun-- I think it was because we
needed it.
Besides, he taught me quite a bit about the 87 Chevy Nova I had at the
time.. at least enough that I was no longer ignorant.
|
slynne
|
|
response 26 of 31:
|
Apr 14 20:23 UTC 2002 |
*shrug* My parent's neighbor likes to work on cars and will work on
cars for people in the neighborhood for a discount. He does pretty good
work too. He also likes to shovel everyone's driveway when it snows (he
has a plowblade on his snowmobile.) And come to think of it, he mows
everyone's lawns for free too. But, those kind of guys are pretty rare.
I would say he is definately competent. I will leave it to everyone
else to decide if he is sane or not.
|
gull
|
|
response 27 of 31:
|
Apr 15 20:29 UTC 2002 |
Re #20: That would sort of make sense -- a fair number of Saturns are
actually made by Isuzu.
|
goose
|
|
response 28 of 31:
|
Apr 22 04:08 UTC 2002 |
Let me chime in as a less than happy former customer of JAP. I had a car
worked on there many years ago (a Toyota Camry) and while the specifics fail
me right now I remember being quite irritated that they were apparently trying
to gouge me. I had gone there based on lots of reccommendations.
I now go to Main St Motors West.
For brake, suspension, and exhaust work, The Quiet Zone in Ypsi can not be
beat IMHO. The same goes for Discount Tire for tires.
|
mary
|
|
response 29 of 31:
|
Apr 22 12:06 UTC 2002 |
Back in the early eighties, when I first started using JAP, it
was owned by either two or three guys who were Quakers. Quakers
have a work ethic that they can only charge a fair price for their
goods. On my first visit I brought them a repair problem that
Howard Cooper was going to charge half again as much more to fix.
I know at least one of those original guys are still there. Don't
know about the other and I don't know if anyone is still a Quaker but
I've repeatedly had them tell me something I thought was a problem
could easily wait a bit and get take more wear before needing replacement.
I've also had them tell me that something should be taken care of
right away and when I balked he chided back, "Don't expect me to
take it in one busy morning as an emergency 'won't start' problem."
|
jmsaul
|
|
response 30 of 31:
|
Apr 22 12:53 UTC 2002 |
That's similar to my experience. They've always been cheaper than the dealer
on the occasions I've gotten quotes from both, and they've occasionally talked
me out of getting something fixed. I have trouble imagining them "taking"
someone.
|
gull
|
|
response 31 of 31:
|
Apr 22 14:02 UTC 2002 |
From what I've seen of their work on my friend's Immortal Accord, they
*are* extremely meticulous. It wouldn't surprise me if they often
recommend repairs that other mechanics would let go. I've noticed most
mechanics seem to regard any car with more than 100,000 miles on it as
unworthy of any serious repair work.
|