Looking for a good mechanic/shop around Atlanta for basic maintenance?

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to the answer to this right here highlighted! you dont have enough money to get that kind of service , when your looking for someone cheap you get cheap work, now if what your wanting then a price wouldnt be the issue if you got all that service!
If you pay someone an you want them to be cheap you get cheap work, if you dont care as long as you get everything you asked for each time no matter what kind of car it is, your going to spend alittle extra..
My 0.02 cents is , Dont search for the cheapest shop, search for the best customer service,and Great ASE tech that knows his stuff, Now he/she doesnt have to be ASE cert. I seen many that are not an are some of the best techs out there...
But from working at a few shops when a beater comes in they say ( here is a POS that the customer dont have any money to fix) and 9 out of 10 times there right, I dont agree with that statement but many many shops do!

So look for someone that is well known an know what they are doing an try not care about the price, you can tell the most part if a great Mechanic is ripping you raw~ but the ones that dont care an your a great customer will do many things for you,even work on your beater, thanks

Tech5...I think I get what you're trying to say but regarding your first few lines, how do you know how much money I have?

Nowhere did I say I was looking for "cheap" work or prices. I just want solid work at reasonable prices. Here is an example of what I'm not looking for.

I called Honda Carland on Alpharetta Highway, prior to creating this thread, and at that time all I was looking for was to have my rear brake pads and rotors replaced. They had the gaul to tell me that work would be $675. No joke. For a job that can be done in less than an hour they actually asked me for $675!? I then called the parts department and asked them for the price on a rear set of OEM Honda brake pads. $70. Didn't ask them for the price on rotors but let's just estimate that their overcharged price for them would be roughly $50-60 a piece. So $120 + 70 = 190-200. $475 for labor!?

That's the kind of bullshit I'm trying to avoid.

[Barefoot]

$475 for labor!?

That's the kind of bullshit I'm trying to avoid.

thats the dealership for yah. when they dont wan tto work on something because of its age. they give the customer a reason to say fuck that.