Ans Auto Care

Very happy with the ongoing work done on my car for the past few years. They are trustworthy. It is always fun going there because everyone is so friendly.

I recently moved to New York from up-​state Connecticut. On the way back from one of my apartment-​hunting visits, my dad’s car broke down somewhere in Queens. I later found out it was Malba. If any of you Malba residents see this, thanks for not calling the cops on my dad’s hideously out of place 2003 Chevy. You might recognize it as the one that had white steam flying out of the engine. Maybe you even remember me, the bawling redhead with zero life experience who had no idea how to get from the rich part of Queens to a part that had trains.
Anyway, after I got home, I googled up some mechanics in the area and checked for their reviews. With the kind of unfortunate luck I have, I was expecting to get scammed. I found Ans Auto Care on Google Maps somewhere near where I broke down. Google had two positive reviews dating back to 2010, so we took a shot and got the car over there.
I’ve personally spoken to both mechanics (who are brothers), and can vouch for how amazing they are. They couldn’t fix the problem in my dad’s car (apparently it’s something only the dealer can do because it involves some proprietary programming), but they didn’t charge us for looking at it and ruling out some easier fixes. They even let us keep the car there until we could tow it back to CT. Google reviews suggest that they charge well for the work they do — since they didn’t charge us, I can’t verify this, but I completely believe it based on their character.
And they care about their customers. When my dad was down there to get the car out of the rich-​folks’ neighborhood and into the garage, he mentioned I was looking for a place to live. The mechanic whipped out his business card and wrote down the number of a good realty firm in Brooklyn and Queens. I ended up scoring an apartment on my own (the one I had looked at the day the car broke down, actually), but I really appreciated the gesture. I’m going to end up living in Brooklyn, but would recommend all of my neighbors go to this north-​Queens repair shop for their vehicle maintenance, despite the 30-​minute stop and go traffic and the fact that there are probably a ton of repair shops closer to home.