I decided to use H Heaven Auto Repair for work on my Volvo. I found out they do work on Volvos from their website. Part of the problem is location: I think it makes them charge more than expected.
They recommended I do something that my car didn't actually need and seemed to misrepresent it as a deathtrap. The mechanic made it seem like the steering was going to fail and wanted to charge me $900 for the service. When I didn't pay that, they said my car didn't actually need it. Initially, they just said my hoses were cracked and leaking. Later they told me they weren't broken, just dry.
It feels like deathtrap wasn't a real analysis or realistic assessment of how the car was. And it was just really expensive, $3,000 or so, but I only paid about $500 for the car.
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