Mahoney Auto Repair Inc. - St. Petersburg (FL)

1 /5 Erica Blosser: SHADY! I have photo/video evidence so don’t let him come to the comments and lie. He is a fake Christian, uses that coy to get business. We dropped off a vehicle overnight to get an estimate. Never got a written estimate. He called and gave a $1500 estimate we told him we couldn’t afford that and we would just pick the truck up. He then said could do it for $500. Seemed shady. We refused and sent a wrecker. He then told the wrecker that there was a $500 bill due for repairs (that we never authorized). When we arrived to dispute it he was visibly angry and said we had to pay it or he would remove all the parts. We agreed to pay just to avoid any further damage to the truck. He then refused payment would only accept cash (we have video evidence). When we advised we didn’t have cash on us. He kicked us out of the shop & shut the doors. We came back the next morning with cash. He then closed the shop doors so we couldn’t see what he was doing to our truck, said he took all the parts off that he put on and handed over the keys with no written record of anything he did. If I could give negative stars I would. *you realize I have photo (I’ve posted to their Google page take a look) of the truck in the bay with your employees under the hood? We’ve already filed the complaints with the BBB, Dept of Agriculture, and Attorney General. All public record for people to see. Your lies won’t help you here. Your “god bless” comment only proves your fake Christianity.

1 /5 Robert Cunningham: I give 4 because they are good at finding the issues however be aware there are hidden costs and high labor costs. $37 service fee for paying with a debit card? I feel like this should be disclosed in advance. UPDATE My car issues persisted. Took it back and mechanic on duty said "too bad, so sad.". 1k wasted for nothing. Basically stole 1k from me.

5 /5 Gary: Always an excellent mechanic very knowledgeable and fair

5 /5 M K: Bought a car from a "friend" and trusted him that the car is safe and sound to drive. Had issues with noises and too much oil in the engine since it was over serviced. Took it there and they dropped some oil and found the oil filter loos, muffler mount loose/disconnected and a few other issues. They took care of it gave me a great price and maintenance tips and send me on my way. I would recommend this garage to anyone and I would recommend that everyone that is purchasing a used vehicle to go there have them put it on the lift and inspect. Dont trust anyone when it comes to buy a used car. Have the car inspected before you buy it.

1 /5 Shir Kaduri: This place is crooked and completely dishonest. My boyfriend took his car there. On the phone my boyfriend asked him how much a check up on a couple things would be - the owner didn’t say any price and just said in an hour and a half. So that lead us to believe there was no charge for checking the car (like many other places do). He called back a few hours later and gave us quotes on a bunch of other things that we didn’t ask for. My bf asked him for a quote on one specific thing, owner said he will check and call back. A few hours later he called back and quoted us AGAIN for somethings we didn’t ask for. So my bf specified that he doesn’t want all that done and just wants the quote for what he asked for. Guy says he’ll call back. An hour later he calls back and gives a price. My bf says it’s been so many hours and we needed the car back at this point. Bf tells him he’s picking up the car and will likely come back to do that one thing another day. Owner says he’s adding the check up cost to the list of things that he’ll fix in the car later, which took us by surprise because there was no mention of a cost when he asked. Bf gets there to get the car and the guy says he HAS to pay him $132 for checking the car. Something my bf asked specifically about and got no price on before dropping the car off. Owner then tells his worker to LOCK the office door and told my bf he’s not leaving until he pays and he is not getting the car back until he pays. Then the worker boxes in my boyfriends car with a bunch of cars. Then he said “I’m bigger and stronger than you and you won’t be taking these keys from me”. My bf grabbed the owners keys off the counter and said they can trade (and even asked if he can just leave without the car). The owner said no. And then owner grabs my boyfriend by the arm and yanks him trying to get the keys back. My boyfriend gives him back his keys and asks to leave. He said no. Eventually they unlock the door and my bf walks out. Without his car keys. I came to talk to the guy and he was ignoring me when I was trying to reason with him. I ended up calling the cops for false imprisonment, assault, and theft. Cop made him give us back the car and we finally left after several hours. Traumatic. Disturbing unprofessional behavior and I’m honestly surprised this place is still running. How do you run an “honest business” without actually being honest ??