I took my car in for a transmission check. Brad, the manager, seems to be an honest, approachable mechanic, so I trusted my car with them for a while. In the end, I paid to tow the car to a shop I trust in my hometown (hours away) because the cost was exorbitant and the owner said a lot without saying anything at all (he was slimy, condescending, and reminded me of every negative used-car-salesman stereotype in existence). AND when the car arrived at the new shop, my mechanic told me that there were parts missing AND they had taken out the pump, which is the last thing you do when dealing with a transmission in my model because it's rarely the problem and it's the most expensive thing you can do! I regret paying them to even look at the car, but hopefully someone else can benefit from my negative experience.
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