Top Tune

Mohammed is friendly and works hard. I’ve been going to him for years and he has always been straight-​forward and honest in dealings with me and in diagnosing my car. He’s very knowledgeable; I’ve never had a problem with my car that he couldn’t fix.
Unfortunately, he has had to rely on helpers that don’t always measure up to his level of skill, and he sometimes has to deal with other repair shops in the area that don’t have his work ethic. I respect the guy for doing his best in a difficult situation, and always trying to get the best deal for the customer; he really cares about making new customers into return customers.
He’s never tried to sell me things I didn’t need. He’ll show me exactly what maintenance needs to be done on the car based upon the manufacturer’s specs, then shows me what he’s doing while he’s working on my car. I’ve never had another mechanic that does that. I now live more than an hour’s drive away from Top Tune, but I trust the guy enough (and I’ve been screwed enough by other mechanics) that whenever I need more work done than an oil change, I always drive down to San Clemente.

got a good deal on tires and an oil change. did the job. cheaper then a place down the street. i would reconmend…

I took my VW van to Mohammed at Top Tune and he quickly diagnosed and replaced the air control valve. I thought the charge was a little high, but he could have suggested a tune-​up as well and I would have swallowed it, so I figured he was being honest.
I then took my Mustang GT for some work. Needed a new coolant level sensor (he had to replace the reservoir) and a belt. I thought it needed a new rear axel as it sounded like the rear wheel bearing was bad. He convinced me it needed a rear transaxle rebuild at 4x the cost. I gave him the go-​ahead. He said it was a one– day job.
I call after 3 days and he says it’s not done. I call the next day and he says one more day. I drive down there to see where he is on the project and… dude, where’s my car???
He sent it to Capistrano Transmission to have the work done and the guy kept putting off the job. WTF? He then was going to have it towed to a different shop up in Fountain Valley since the first guy didn’t do it. I told him no thanks and to have my car brought back. This just seemed unethical to me. I like Mohammed and he seems like a good guy, and I might go back for minor repairs but for anything major I’ll keep looking for an honest and resonably-​priced mechanic in SC.