I've been going to Chris Hunter's Auto Repair for over 10 years. The 2 most important characteristics of a good mechanic for me are 1) honesty/integrity and 2) knowledge. Chris and his staff meet both criteria. They never tell you that you need repairs that you don't need nor do they try to run up the bill. In fact, Chris seems to put genuine effort into keeping costs down as much as possible for his customers without cutting corners.
As a woman, another thing I appreciate about Hunter's Auto repair is that the mechanic's take time to explain to customers how things work and the process to replace what's broken. I can't tell you how many mechanics I've been to in the past before I found Hunter's who just assumed that because I am a woman that I either wouldn't be interested or wouldn't understand what they were talking about. Chris explains everything and you leave with enough knowledge to research things further on your own if you want.
My most recent visit was for inspection. My "check engine" light had been on for several months (although the car was running fine) and I was pretty sure it wasn't going to pass emissions.
It didn't. Chris put in a new fuel pump for me, however before he could put the inspection sticker on, state law requires that you drive the car for a while because the car's computer needs to go through 'drive cycles' in order for it to reset so that when the mechanic tests the car again, all of the error codes are cleared. Chris walked me through exactly what I'd have to do in order to complete the drive cycles. It would have been easy for him to tell me, at this point, that the reason the error codes were still registering was because I needed additional expensive repairs and I would have taken him at his word. But thankfully he's honest. Eventually, after a couple of weeks of driving the car around after the fuel pump had been installed, I completed all of the drive cycles and got my inspection sticker.
You can't go wrong with this place and I'd highly recommend Hunter's Auto Repair to anyone. read more