Mike's Affordable Auto Repair

My main automotive spot! Always done same day, very reasonably priced, kind staff with a ton of expertise. I'll be going here for as long as I'm in St. Pete for sure. Been here several times (I've got an old clunker) and every experience has been fantastic.

I had a check engine light come on in my car and just wanted to make sure it wasn’t something really serious. One of the technicians came and had a look, ran the obd reader and told me what the code was. Spent around 10 mins with me and didn’t charge me a dime. Gave me some useful tips too so that I can fix it myself if I want. Don’t see that kind of honesty and service much these days. Really went out of their way.

Rude, don't bother me again, quote "it's 5pm and I want to go home" attitude from Mike, but that is not the only reason for 1 star. Basically, he kept increasing the amounts to charge for an AC discharge line replacement and he kept the car for 2 days for a job that should've taken less time. The initial price quote was $350 but at the end we ended up paying $603 with a/c still barely cooling as before repairs. In addition, he noticed the compressor was not working only at the very end of the job (after doing the evac and recharge). I asked him if I could bring a compressor from autozone and he could install it and he said yes, and quoted 200. I called a week later to schedule appointment and he said he was too busy to do the compressor installation and he would call back. He never called back. Service: General repairs & maintenance