Jared had everything I needed when my old catalytic converter started coming apart. Had it done in…read morea day, at an affordable price. Highly recommended.

I'm not trying to tarnish anyone's reputation, but had a bit of a bad interaction with the owner on…read morea phone call. Seemed like he was in a bad mood and didn't want a new customer. Told me to just drop it and pick it up in a few hours. I decided to go to Economy Muffler & Brake. No problems whatsoever.

Truly cannot recommend this place enough!! Recently had my car here and they were kind,…read moreprofessional, and transparent! My car was in the best hands and I am so grateful to everyone at Oren's for their time and professionalism. It's clear they take pride in their work and care about their customers. I highly recommend Oren's Automotive to anyone looking for reliable, trustworthy service. I'll definitely be coming back for any future maintenance or repairs!

TLDR: I gave Oren a bad review. Instead of responding like a normal person, he showed up at my…read morebusiness at 9pm the next night to try to intimidate me. I called the police and he left. He then emailed his customers (including me LOL) asking for good reviews after my negative review. See screenshots. He also just emailed me asking me to vote for him for the Independent's Best Of, which prompted this update. Creepy and pathetic behavior. Considering how comfortable he was showing up at my business over a Yelp review, I have to wonder whether he has confronted other negative reviewers. I'd take the sudden positive reviews with a grain of salt. Full update: Less than 24 hours after I posted my original review below, Oren stalked my Instagram and viewed my personal Instagram story (see screenshot) and showed up at my business around 9pm. He drove by, then parked down the street despite plenty of parking directly in front of the store. He paced outside several times, then yelled my name from the street. I came outside and, after his rant, called the police and Oren left. I have a police report and security-camera footage documenting the incident. He then sent an email blast asking people to give him good reviews online. I know because he sent the email to me too. See screenshots. He then sent another email saying he had "sent the wrong link" and again asked for reviews. Afterward, a number of 5-star reviews appeared. I even have a screenshot of a reviewer explicitly saying they were posting because Oren asked for a positive review. With the SB Independent's Best Of currently going on, I think this raises legitimate questions about the integrity of a system where a business asks its mailing list for positive reviews and votes while a negative reviewer is confronted in person. I will be sending the documentation to the SB Independent and Better Business Bureau. We're giving you a way out Oren, you can email us and we can setup a time to address and resolve this in a semi public forum, where there can be no dispute later about what was said. You have our email address since you've been emailing us asking for votes. Original review below The owner Oren and his coworker Erick are both sleaze balls. If I could give this place a negative star review I would. This event that I'm going to bring up is from around 2020 but I decided to write this review now because ironically at our thanksgiving dinner a friend of ours brought up what a horrid experience they had at Oren's and it prompted us to bring up ours. In short we had one of our classic mustangs at Oren's. Side note, Oren during the entire process referred to the car as my dad's "mid life crisis" in a condescending manner. I always laughed in my head because little did he know my dad has about 20 cars, 10 of which are classic mustangs, and I bring this up because we are well versed in classic mustangs and restorations etc. Anyway long story short Oren was doing an insurance job on one of the cars (it took over a year since he said his mechanic had to go to Mexico. While the car was there for the insurance job we asked Oren to fix a leak with the power steering. This was outside of the insurance claim and was paid for by us. Oren charged us approximately $700 to fix the leak, in doing so he changed the power steering pump to address the problem. The day we took the car home it was still leaking and we immediately called him to say it was leaking and not fixed. This was the start of a long drawn out case of Oren dodging taking our car back and actually fixing what we paid him to fix. He eventually said there was no one to actually fix it and he would not refund or remedy the situation. He took the $700 and ran essentially. We then contacted the better business bureau and the bureau of automotive repairs to report this. Eventually under the pressure of the BAR (bureau of automotive repairs) Oren's said they would take the car back but that they were booked out etc. Anyway, they never took the car back and the problem was never fixed and they made off with that money. Ironically at cars and coffee I've heard horror stories from others about their bad experiences at Oren's as well. I wish we had spoken to others prior to us ever going to Oren's because Oren and his staff are terrible and I would never recommend them to anyone. Hey Oren if you read this I challenge you to deny it What Oren could not do regarding the original repairs it was brought in for, another shop Mastercraft accomplished in a super professional and efficient manner and hardly billed the insurance company much either. I'd highly recommend them over Oren's any day

Today we met the General Manager of Toyota of Santa Barbara, Cami Perez…read more We had just gone there to get some technical help with our new car. She personally came over to us introduced herself and asked how she could help resolve our issue. We went to the service area which she accompanied us to and made sure we were personally taken care of. Then, she offered us a complimentary car wash. We were totally flabbergasted. How nice, how accommodating. You don't see this type of service every day. Thank you Cami for making our visit to your dealership such a rewarding experience. We recommend everyone who is looking to buy a new or used Toyota to go visit Santa Barbara Toyota. You will never be sorry and will be completely satisfied with your 5 star experience.

I took my Prius in for a maintenance visit. Sadly, we'd been accidentally sideswiped by a tall…read morepickup truck that hadn't seen us, and it left rubber on our rear wheel arch. There was no real damage except to my nerves, and the pickup driver couldn't have been nicer when we both pulled over. We said, "No biggie, we'll deal with it." I mentioned it to Daniel when I brought the car in, and he said he'd have their detail guy look at it. It looked awful. I'm thrilled that Daniel bid it and his detail expert did a superb job all on the same day as our service. You'd never know we'd gently collided with a big pickup. I was really happy not to have to go to a body shop. It's nice when your dealership is kind, understanding, and gets your sweet ride back to you quickly. Thanks, Daniel! And the detail expert!

Great place - I've been here a few times. I appreciate their honest assessment of what needs to be…read moredone and what doesn't. Very competent mechanics. They did my brakes which was comparably priced with better parts so overall better value. I came back for engine issues with my daughter's older car which they diagnosed and then fixed. When other issues appeared later (no fault of theirs), they replaced the part at minimal cost waiving most of the cost. Would recommend to anyone.

Amazing service, honest investigative inspections, reasonable prices and friendly smiles. Eric is…read moreto owner, (I believe) and has suggested upon bringing my Ford F-150 in for the 100K service that we change belts and spark plugs. He said he would be doing a differential oil change too. Upon inspection he said that they took out a spark plug and it looked fairly new, then took out another one to make sure it wasn't just one plug changed. He said it appears all the plugs were changed recently and we didn't need to spend money redoing that. The differential oil was changed recently too. He could easily have changed both of these, and charged me to increase his revenue, but chose honesty. It's a rare find to know that a mechanic company stands behind their reputation of honesty. I highly recommend Fairview Motors if you are wanting peace of mind knowing you are dealing with an honest company.

I reached out to Powell Garage because I suspected a gas leak. Paul said they were backloaded this…read moreweek but that I could bring it by to confirm the suspected leak. He took a look, confirmed the leak, and let me keep the vehicle at the front of the driveway while I waited for a tow truck to come take the car to the dealership in Oxnard. Echoing the reviews on here that say this is a stand-up establishment. This garage will be my go-to from here on out. Thank you Paul and team, I appreciate your help.

I went to Powell Garage with my 2012 Kia Optima because the engine was making a weird knocking…read morenoise. I called them to see if they had room for me to inspect my vehicle. They had me drop my car the same day and come back in a couple hours later. Before doing any work they informed me that I had multiple recalls on my car and one of the recalls should require Kia to fix the issue for me. They did not charge me and offered me the information I needed to go to Kia. Fast forward Kia had a recall that was causing hundreds of thousands of car engines to blow up. Kia had to replace my engine at no cost besides new fitting parts. Thank you Powell Garage for your honesty and transparency into what you would recommend without charging me for things I may not need. They did not even charging me for this diagnostic, which after reading other reviews on mechanics in SB they most certainly would have. I will be a long time customer of Powell Garage and recommending anyone who needs a mechanic to go to Powell Garage.

DO NOT GO HERE This place is price gouging. Who charges $285…read morefor an oil change? $140 of it was just labor. Totally took advantage of a college student. This price was more than the dealership. He did the work without calling her with the price like she had asked. AND changed her clock to military time?!??? What's with that? He was grumpy and had no customer service skills.

I darn near tore my right front wheel off my BMW 328i on a pot hole, and limped my way to Haik's…read morefor a repair job. I had a short time to get the car repaired, and Haiks worked with me to get my car back on the road. The bill for the work was very reasonable. In Houston where I live part time I would have been charged twice as much for the same work. Give them a try. You won't regret it.

Randy is a super nice guy. Swapped my handle for a new one in 15 minutes. I was originally going to…read moredo it myself but he made it easy and it was affordable. As of this morning his phone was only working about 50% of the time. It says "This number has been disconnected" but if you keep trying it eventually pushes your call through.

They took my order on 7-9-26 for retrax frc 4000 ezy off t -slot and elevate fs racks and cashed my…read morecheck same day. Two weeks pass time for my order to arrive and be installed and Arrow Truck Accessories closes for business. They have my money and I have no way to contact them and long gone.

Stoked! Pleasantly surprised meeting the new owners of SB auto truck accessories store in Goleta!…read moreSet me up with a new tonneau cover for my truck! Love supporting locals and having experts install truck cover right. Will be back! Thanks again!

Both Jake and Eli are very knowledgeable and helpful. First time ever buying anything of this kind…read moreand am super happy with my purchases, (rack and cargo box) They are both so kind and helpful to this old lady starting new adventures. Thank you both for making my experience so enjoyable. I will certainly return. Carmen and Kendra