*DISCLAIMER: Shady things are afoot. It appears RTS Imports ( the original name that this business went by) simply changed their name on Yelp to avoid the bad feedback they had been receiving. The same owners and workers are running this business and nothing has changed besides their online name. Below is my original review.*
I honestly have no good way to describe the sheer frustration I have experienced as a result of RTS Imports (ARC Automotive LLC). Listen, I've been around the block, and dealt with my fair share of shady wrench-monkeys, but nothing has even come close to the terrible experience that resulted from a visit to Craig and RTS Imports (ARC Automotive LLC).
To start, the pictures located on this Yelp page are horribly antiquated. Maybe at one point, the garage and office looked like that, but today they are dilapidated and unkempt. That is always the first warning sign that a mechanic is not up to snuff.
Now comes the issue of customer relations. I really cannot remember the last time I had to deal with a bigger prick. My car didn't even need service, but instead I was hoping to upgrade one of the systems on it. I would be able to do this at home, but for this particular job I wasn't able to get the car high enough off of the ground. I was happy to bring my car to a local mechanic and truthfully, money was not an issue. I had spent 3 months researching, learning, and acquiring every single part (down to the nuts and bolts) needed for the upgrade. But instead of just saying "okay, looks good and easy. It'll be done in two days," Craig decided to get high-and-mighty over installing just one part... a $40 sensor that needed to be swapped. He was insistent that it would mess everything up (even though I am certain it would not have) and that it was a waste of my money to have even bought it. Well, Craig, if you are reading this, let me just say that I couldn't have cared less if it worked or not, that was the part that I wanted installed. Frankly, $40 is nothing to me. If it didn't work, oh well. I would have gladly just reverted back to the OE part.
But of course Craig couldn't keep his mouth shut and ultimately reverted to name calling and insults so juvenile that a second grader could have strung together a more scathing and harsh diatribe. So I gladly packed up my parts and left. I'd rather give my money to somebody who wants it. The best part was that as I was packing up, Craig insisted (backhandedly) that he would install everything for me. HAHA.
It also doesn't help that Craig has some pretty well known issues of his own. I won't go into detail, but if you're unlucky enough to be stuck having a conversation with him, chances are you will SMELL his problems all over him. Chances are, if you use him as your mechanic, he drank all of the money he made off of you... that same day.
Oh and by the way, I had no difficulty finding a friendly mechanic who was happy to install everything that I had purchased. It was finished in a day and a half with no problems.
And that $40 sensor that Craig insisted would cause all kinds of problems... yeah, it works absolutely brilliantly. Just what I had known would happen. read more