Daytona’s Fast Tune & Lube

I have yet to have an issue at Daytonas. I’m taking the Jeep in there tomorrow for plugs because Corwin and Ricks have let me down. We will see how it goes. Plugs are not that hard, you just have to know what you are doing on a hemi.
They did fine. The Jeep is banging away like a champ.

Came in the afternoon on a Wednesday for an oil change hoping to get in and out quickly. When I arrived I was told there were 2 people ahead of me and it Would be about 45 min, maybe an hr, ended up being there 2 hrs. Apparently they ran out of oil filters and had to go buy another for our car, however, they did not offer any kind of apology or discount for our trouble or inconvenience. I also was unhappy with the fact that they advertise themselves as the «family mechanic» and family-​friendly yet they were playing a show on their tv that I felt was not appropriate for my kids and they don’t have a changing take in their bathroom! At least they didn’t cause damage to my car but they are plenty of other options in town which have better service and are cheaper. Will not be returning here.

They put a used transmission in my car. I drove it 30 minutes out of town and all the transmission fluid dropped out because they didn’t replace the hose clamps. They did send a guy out to fix it but…
Next after a few days I noticed that it did not go into park completely so you can’t pull turn the car off unless you tap the gear handle. They said it need a cable adjustment probably and I had it bring it in again. Shouldn’t that be all set up properly to begin with. I am not sure whether the price was fair for what they did. I would not go back. There us a significant trust factor missing here.
To their credit they did try to be accommodating but it stuff that should have been done right the first time. And because it wasn’t it took extra time out of my life.

Wow, I can’t believe this place took such a beating. I needed my car inspection and Dayton took care of it right away. The waiting room is clean and nice w/​a tv. As far as the guys being tools, it appeared to be a female in charge to me. Oh well, good experience and I will return in two years!

I only visited Daytona’s for an auto inspection so I can’t claim to know anything about their «real» services like tune-​ups, lube, repairs and the like. They had me in and out as quickly as any other place for the inspection and of course it was at the state-​mandated price so I have no complaints on that end. However, I fully admit that I was drawn into Daytona’s by the kitschy and modern sign with an empowered-​looking female. Inside it’s your standard auto shop with a bunch of guys leering and being condescending to any ladies who come inside. I’m really not surprised, but also not very impressed.

What a friggin’ joke.
Nice looking place and they get the money to pay for that by ripping people off!
Telling me I need $ 450 in repairs just so they can better tell what’s going on and find out what additional work is needed. Uh, no thanks.
I left and took my car to another mechanic. The problem was a radiator hose.
Take your car here if you have hundreds of extra dollars laying around that you want to spend to pay for their flashy sign. If you want your car fixed from an honest mechanic, go somewhere else.

I see things don’t change over the years… so here’s a review of my experience there few years back…
Essentially, I had a minor problem (corroded wire) that they tried to make into a big deal. Another experience just like Eric R.‘s review.
It is very, very hard to find an honest mechanic around here. I went to Daytona’s after the one I trusted for year lied to me…

Worst. Place. Ever.
Filled with liars.
Expensive, half-​assed service.
I don’t know much about mechanics, but I DO know a lot about logic and common sense. I looked up how a flywheel is removed on YouTube and realized that I didn’t have the tools to replace that or the clutch, so I took it in to these guys.
Sensibly, the flywheel could be replaced at the same time as the clutch. They told me that a job like this would take seven hours. The idiots, although they wouldn’t tell me up front, only replaced the clutch and heard the same noise I complained about (flywheel). Having realized what they had done, they had to start all over and replace it.
What should have taken one day took three. In fact, I don’t think any honest mechanic would take more than one day to do that job, now that I know more about it.
How do I know they screwed up? I heard the overpaid bone-​ass boasting about how he was gonna «beat the shit out of that pissy customer up front» because he made a «simple mistake» by missing what was written on the work order. Hey, buddy! Time is money and you’re wasting mine!
You’re better off hiring a meth head to do your car mechanics – at least he’ll be speedy about it.