For my way of thinking, some testimonials from folks who are known in the community, as to your ability and your HONESTY! My local guy is a very good mechanic, and scrupulously honest (he told me one time about learning the Golden Rule in Sunday school, and just "never could quite forget it")! He doesn't advertise at all, and always has as much work as he and his helper can handle. People take stuff to him, some tell him to just go ahead and fix it, others want a phone call to discuss after he diagnoses. He'll work with you any way you want. If its over his head, he'll tell you, and not just throw parts at it until something sticks.
Got a kick out of the comments on dealerships. I don't buy new cars- I like luxury cars, and buy at around 100K miles, sell at around 200K. '95 Lincoln has 216K, time to make the move. I bought a '98 Buick Park Avenue from a dealer just before Christmas. 109K miles, beautiful car- problem was, driver's side power seat and radio did not work. They dropped the price from 4 grand to 3, because they didn't want to spend the shop time to diagnose and fix. I talked to the service manager- he said they check the fuses and connections in their "safety check" when used car comes in, so "it isn't something easy- probably an electronic module of some kind." I knocked them down to 2,500, and took it "as is".
Took it to my local guy- he said he has "pretty good luck" solving those problems (that's an understatement- nothing I have taken in has fooled him yet!).
He called me a little while later- two fuses in the fuse block under the rear seat. Hot shot dealership guys apparently didn't even know that fuse block was there (although it showed it in the owners manual).
I think more than anything, people just don't want to get cheated! Of course, you have to have some ability to go with it, but trust goes a long way. My banker lady uses the same guy, and she summed it up best- "Just too many things to worry about anymore. At least with Donnie, you drop it off, he fixes it, he doesn't hose you, so its one less thing to worry about".
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