My van was dead, while vacationing at Panorama, towed from Panorama Resort to Walker's, Invermere…read moreon Friday late aft. Local residents recommended Walkers. Keith from Walker's could not promise anything. Walker's are closed Sat & Sun. Sat morning Keith called to confirm that the battery and alternator needed to be replaced, and gave me a quote. Called me Monday morning to advise that the van was fixed and available for pickup at the quoted price. His mechanic Alex had come in on Sunday to do the repair. Can not emphasize how happy we were to have our van back to drive home to Edmonton, and enthusiastically recommend Walker's. Tom M. By the way, we were to leave Saturday, but were stuck without our van, and thought we might not be able to leave till later in the week.

Finding a good mechanic is damn hard. In Invermere I had a couple of bad experiences with places…read morecharging well over their quotes. One of these replaced my clutch and when we picked up the car they said I needed new ball joints ASAP. Unhappy with being charged $90 more than the possible maximum amount we were quoted, I went to Walker's, told them I was in the market for new ball joints and that I'd like to know when they could do it. Ross checked out the car on the spot and gave the ball joints another 8 months before needing to be replaced. And with that, I knew I found someone who wasn't just out to make bucks, but to actually provide customer care and service. I vowed to return when it was time and went on my way. I took the car in for ball joints 8 months later, they did it for under what they quoted and I was happy with how they took care of me and the corolla. Each subsequent trip to Walker's left me feeling so lucky to have a friendly, honest mechanic that I eventually told everyone I could to go to Walker's. A few times when I had an old worn out part replaced, Ross would take me into the garage and show me the old part, what was wrong with it and why it needed to be replaced. Kind of a "just so you know what that noise/problem was" kind of moment. Eventually, I gave the Corolla away and bought an Xterra, which needed far less part replacements and I could easily change my own oil due to the high ground clearance, but I still took it to Walker's for routine big things (timing belt, water pump) and the occasional B service when I didn't have time to do it all myself. Each time it was so easy: call and make an appointment for the next day, drop it off in the AM, stop by in the PM, pay and off I went. No need for them to call when it's done as long as you communicate with them that you'll stop by shortly before closing - at least it worked for me. Now that I live in Toronto I miss having a shop like Walker's just down the road from me, honest and reliable. So go to these guys for me, since I can't. (Review based on experiences from 2005-2010)