1. Fortes Brothers

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    Mountain View, CA

    Fortes Brothers

    4.2 (56 reviews)

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    What Superman is driving these days...

    Ended up with a dead battery in my X5 on the wharf in San Francisco last week and called AAA, so they sent us Superman! Juan from Fortes Brothers shows up less than 10 minutes later and immediately demonstrates "He's the man!" Familiar with BMW's, knew right where the battery was hidden, had all the right tools and had his sensors hooked up and diagnostics running in under 2 minutes. He also had a BMW spec battery with him and replaced mine and had me on my way in less than 15 min! The guy is a true pro! Next time you have car trouble, make sure your Bat Phone is connected to Juan at Forte Bros/AAA!

    Dont answer the door during regular hours which is illegal and their management kept blocking me from taking the car by standing in front of it even after I paid (because apparently some other staff hadn't done their job and "escorted me"). Wasted about 1 hr all in all. Ripoff price too. 500$ for a 1mile tow. Joke.

    Manny from Forte Brothers Towing - super guy!
    Mimi D.

    Super customer service ! - when you're in a panic, car's warning light going off, can't steer - on a weekend no less, Manny is your man to tow your car - really appreciated his reassurance - doesn't get any better.

    A dirty Mt View, CA, cop stole my Mercedes at 3am  with the help of a Fortes Bros equally dirty employee!  NO ONE CARED!!

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    Shout out to Raymond in San Francisco! Professional, prompt, kind, helpful. Thanks so much!

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    Summoned help via the AAA app to help with a flat, and they were out and done in less than 30 minutes.

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    The driver, George, who had a handlebar mustache, assessed the situation, made recommendations, and got me back on the road.

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    Got a nail in my tire and got it towed from my house to the shop (2 miles) to patch it up in 1 hour…read moreand for $100! I called late at night and Cesar responded within minutes and we got it scheduled the next morning. He was also giving me live text updates. I called around so many shops and the avg price was $120 - $250. I even had the option to get a new tire, so they seem to have everything on hand, and the tow and new tire would've cost $270! Super inexpensive. I would def come back here again. My tires were perfect.

    Predatory towing!!! My car was towed from parking area at a…read morelot where I was shopping. When I tried to get it back by calling the number provided on the sign a very rude girl answered. She proceeded to act like she was a police officer including demanding to speak with shop owners. She insisted the tow company asked each of the shop owners if that was a customer car before towing it however if that's the case of the 3 shops at the lot, than why would they need to ask all 3 unless no one acctually reported the car and they specificly target that small lot hoping to see a car they can potentially tow for a quick money grab . Which is exactly what one of the shop employees revealed when he was speaking to me after this situation happened and I was trying to get an address of the tow yard. And I witnessed it as I was at the lot waiting to get the information the same towing company truck came back to the lot and circled it with in a short time frame ( when at that point I was there and talking to all 3 shops owners/employees so I know they were not contacted and were simply doing tow rounds to see if any cars had been there since they last circled). Hence predatory towing!!! This way they can then go to each of the 3 shops and ask if that's a customer's car however obviously the shop owners won't know which customer owns which car so they quickly tow it and basically get a cash grab .... The little girl on the phone service refused to accept the employees account over the my phone when she asked to speak with them and they verified i was a customer and had been in the store. She proceeded then to question them aggressively about times and reciepts for purchases ( this was a Chinese gentleman who was getting very uncomfortable whith the way she was battering him with her questioning and aggressive stlye. He simply explained i was I had indeed used his store he wasn't sure of the exact time and she continued to battered him about the exact time until he finally gave me the phone back and said I gave her the correct information she asked for but I dont know exact time. She acted like she was the police questioning a criminal when she obviously isn't and was extremely unprofessional poorly trained... it took 5 times of calling the auto get her to revealed the address as she kept letting it go to voice mail ( which is in fact illegal in a private tow posted phone number) There's supposed to be a 24 hour pay by phone number listed. SHE would not accept the shop owners account that I was indeed there. She then said I would need to go to the address of the towed vehicle at 930 Pm even though it was over an hour from that time . When I arrived in a Uber I tried calling the number to make sure there would be someone coming and agian voice mail... I arrive at 915 so at 930 when no one showed up and I was stuck in a very dark and isolated areas alone I called the police number. They were finally able to reach her through there number and she said someone was on the way. I explained this was dangerous for me to be standing in such an isolated place latest night alone female and her person meeting me was still not there and late at this point and her response was don't worry nothing going to happen there and she hung up on me ... They tow guy finally arrived over 20 minutes late. I did have a written statement I gathered from the shop owners that I was indeed at the shops signed by them and I do have an ATM reciept also time stamped from the ATM machine in the market. When I asked for my itemized invoice from the employee that charged my card 680.00 and released the car and happened to be the guy who towed it in the first place and his name which they are legally supposed to provide along with a customer rights document he didn't provide any of that and would not answer me when I asked what time he towed this car and who indicated this tow in the fist place. HE ONLY provided me a receipt for my payment made under duress and a company card with only bussiness name and number on it ( NOTHING ELSE).This too is illegal and falls under Predatory and wrongful towing practices. I DID try to call the original signage phone number when I arrived home this time same girl answerd I explained it wanted the itemized tow invoice and I asked her the time my vehicle was towed she asked for my license plate number and agreed that I should have received that information and she would send it to me in a pdf however before I could give it to her she yet again hung up on me after I asked what time they in fact towed me ( obviously not with on the one hour rule ) Agian Predatory towing! THIS company is completely unprofessional and untrained in proper private property towing laws of San Mateo County! They should be investigated throughly. THEY have figured out a way to illegally tow people's vehicles and basically strong arm you into paying for the exorbitant rate to get your car back . EVEN when wrongful tow!!!!!​

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    Had a flat tire and Unique Towing came out through Geico. Carlos (150) came out very promptly. He…read morewas police and courteous and found me in the huge parking lot almost immediately. He was obviously very competent and got the car hooked up on his flat bed right away and took me where I needed to go to get it fixed. If I had to call a tow company directly this will be my first call. Thank you Carlos!

    I called the towing company at 3:19 pm, and the representative quoted me $327 to retrieve my car…read more When I arrived at the location at 5:28 pm the same day, the total had jumped to $746. The following fees had been tacked on: 1. $311 gate fee (not listed anywhere on their website, on this page, or by representative) The hours on both their Yelp and Apple Maps pages are wrong. They are not 24/7; they close at 5 p.m. If you come to retrieve your car past 5 p.m., they tack on this $311 extra fee just to open the gate. Not mentioned anywhere on their website or by the representative when I called. I had wasted $97 on an Uber from SF because I was trying to avoid the $127 daily storage fee they charge (also not on their website, but was mentioned by the representative). Turns out I would have been better just waiting. 2. $61 extra storage fee (not listed anywhere on their website, on this page, or by representative). Apparently they initially charge a 4h fee (when I called) after which they charge a day fee (when I arrived). When I called, the representative did not mention any of these fees. I'm highly suspicious of the timing of it as well. My friend noticed my car being towed at 2:00 p.m. It could not have possibly been at Unique Towing for more than 4 hours by the time I arrived at 5:30 p.m. 3. $47 extra tow fee Apparently the representative had misquoted me at $327, and the actual fee was $374. Instead of honoring the quote, they decided to just bump the price. I'm disappointed with this company's lack of transparency and hope this review can help anyone else with the misfortune of having to deal with them.

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