Shell

During all of the construction in the area I accidentally hit a curb and took a nice chunk out of a tire, which also partially deflated. I was worried that it would not hold air and hobbled into this shell to fill it. A guy waiting on his Porsche repairs said, «Let Jim look at it, he’s the best and most honest mechanic in DC/​MD/​VA, I take all of my cars here and he’s underrated». So I waited two seconds for Jim to pop out and he took full control of the situation and filled the tire. Instead of telling me I needed a new tire and rim he told me I had just missed that by a hair and was good to go no charge, Sweet… so I decided to go back to him if need be in the future.
Jump to the future and the temperature control knob was sticking in my Altima on the first coldest day, so of course I did the worst thing and forced it. I love the sound of a good dash explosion in the morning. I took it to the closest place to my home and they wanted $ 300 just to fix the knob, if that was it… rip off I read afterwards all over the internet.
I took it back to Jim and he looked at it right away and tried all the quick fixes possible with no luck. I didn’t tell him but I took the dash apart myself so knew he wasn’t lying. He kept the car for a few hours only before calling to say that the cord that opens and closes the temp doors had frozen and I broke it by force. He said that I could fix that by summer but he was able to keep the door open and give me heat for the rest of the winter… and boy did he !! I can still control everything but the temp (don’t need to) and just missed frostbite on my feet. $ 120 bucks out the door and he even «pre-​inspected» my car for VA.
BEST MECHANIC EVER!!!

I loved this repair shop for simple things like oil changes, but I stopped by there yesterday and there’s a note saying it closed on March 18, 2015! I talked to the cashier at the gas station and he said the younger man who worked there (not Tim) might take over the business, but doesn’t know when.
Anyway, if the younger man sees this post, one time you asked if you could buy my 2002 black subaru impreza outback and I’m selling it now so contact me via Unilocal if you’re interested! (or anyone else really?)

I like the prices. I’ve never had a problem with shell gas.