Mr D’s Automotive

Sitting here in the downstairs waiting room in this comfy a** chair. No air conditioning but it’s lofty with the doors open so there’s a nice breeze. There’s no t.v., omg I’m so bored!
There’s a McDonald’s across the street with free WiFi if you’ll be here for a while like me, and there’s paid WiFi for $ 2.95/hour through time warner. The shopping center across the street has lots of food and stores to keep you busy if you’re in for a long wait like me :-\
I called Mike yesterday, being transferred here through my drivetime warranty trying to get repairs on my 2005 Mercury Montego (which is a Ford, unfortunately I didn’t know that at the time I bought it haha). Drivetime pretty much sold me a lemon, it’s had a delayed start from the beginning that’s progressed to the stupid passive anti-​theft system causing a no start sometimes st only 7 months into ownership, usually happens on exceptionally hot days. Now I’m at 10 months of ownership and the air conditioning stopped turning on yesterday, a month ago the steering wheel started making noise whenever I move it, and the dashboard has been reading that the fuel gauge is open since 6 months into ownership. So I was hoping Mr. D’s could somehow make a bad situation better.
So far they have. I took it to America’s Tire and they quoted $ 850 for just the gauge problem. The Drivetime approved auto shop for Riverside was going to charge $ 650 for just the fuel gauge problem. This dude… like I’m about to cry because I’ve had a horrible week and so many frustrations with this car… he’s charging $ 725 to fix everything. Not just the fuel gauge problem, but everything. In fact for just the fuel gauge problem it’s about $ 425, way lower than everyone. They haven’t done repairs yet so I’ll have to update afterwards, but if everything gets fixed and the check engine light goes off I’ll have a major headache taken off of my plate.
They seem really honest, it’s like a discount auto repair shop compared to everyone else. I’m never buying from Drivetime again, but I’ll definitely bring my future cars here for major repairs (I’ll still go to America’s Tire for oil change because they always have coupons for $ 19.95 oil changes, but that is the ONLY reason, eff them otherwise).

Appreciate the service… fair priced fast work done. Will return with my future car maintenance

I came here at the end of 2014 for an oil change and tire rotation. Normally at most places tire rotations are a part of the service for no charge but I was charge $ 20. This must be some sort of new policy, but I was actually surprised. I paid for it anyway because the holidays were around the corner and Michael’s given me fair prices and good service in the past. But still! I thought tire rotations were usually included.
Because of that whole tire rotation ordeal I decided to knock off a star from my previous review. Overall I spent $ 51 for both the entire shebang.

I would like to thank Mike for his honest and hard work he has done for my car. I recently hauled in my 99 celi in for repair since it wouldn’t start… later found out from mike it just needed a basic tuneup… well to be honest, now my car runs so much better than when I first got it in 06… have to give it to mike and his crew for the awesome quality work they did… thanks!

i took my chevy malibu to mr. ds to get fixed mr. d and his staff very pleasant and helpful. i will recommend to anyone that this shop has great prices and good work. thanks mr. d

Don’t bring in a BMW! After thousands of dollars spent and a few trips to return car,; had hub assemblies and rotors replaced and still have same issue plus a few more, a scratched window, a flat tire fault; their scanner is not resetting the code. Now I need to go to the dealer to get the flat tire fault reset. Unbelievable! Unilocal requires you to give a star, a star is undeserving in this situation.

I love Mr. D’s!!! He always has open doors and extremely knowledgable! I don’t take my car anywhere else!

Oil changes are quick and the prices are fair. Can’t beat it. I’ve been going to Mr. D’s for several years now and he has always been fair and honest with me. I rarely have to take my car in for major service like I had to with previous mechanics and now I only go for the regular stuff like an oil change, new tires, tune-​up, etc. I figure, if the police and the paramedics take their vehicles there then he must be a legitimate and reputable man. I highly recommend this place to anyone that’s in a search of an honest, fair, and knowledgeable mechanic that will provide fast service.

If I could give less stars I would! Mr. D talks a very big game and comes off as a very nice guy… however, his work is an absolute joke! They had my car for 3 weeks for collision repair and still returned it to me with a flat tire (in the collision the wheel was damaged and needed to be repaired). When I picked it up, unbeknownst to me, they temp fixed it by filling the tire, by the time I got home it was flat! I had to take another day off work to drop off the car again to have it re-​fixed and they ended up having it for another week, forcing me over my rental car allowance and more money out of my pocket. Now the car has been done for 6 months and the paint is LITERALLY CRACKING and CHIPPING off! Steer clear of this shop! Would not recommend to anyone!

Great place, beat the dealers by a $ 600 and they work is just as good if not better, here is the kicker they had my truck back to me the same day!
This is my new go to place if i ever need anything. Thanks guys