Mark's Automotive are Scammers

[thatguy]

Why ?? Does everyone always look for the cheapest place to fix a car. This thread is an example of what can happen when you do that.
Best thing to do is find a business that you trust. In the long run you will
get a much better deal.

I have used marks numerous times and never had any issues with them. On two occasions i dropped off a vehicle with a suspected problem, they checked it out and said it didn't need anything. that isn't like a company that is it to rip you off. Another time i had took my truck there to because it died on me (had it in a dealer for the same issue a week before). Marks replaced a part that i had replaced at a dealer the week before. I protested, but mark gave me the old part and said he stood behind the work he did. I didn't have another issue.

I trust Mark and his wife, the people who work there (as far as theft go) may be a different story.

 

[chernmax]

I have a simple rule, if parking outside or dropping a car off at a shop where others have access, remove anything you don't want stolen! Trust NO ONE!!!

As for spark plugs, depends on the car, motor, front wheel drive verse rear.

Example I have a front wheel drive 2004 Nissan Maxima and in order to get to the back bank of spark plugs you have to remove the intake manifold and that alone takes and hour to remove before you can even see a spark plug. As for parts, I normally prebuy the parts and ask for the old ones back to inspect!

 

[blazinlow89]

I have a simple rule, if parking outside or dropping a car off at a shop where others have access, remove anything you don't want stolen! Trust NO ONE!!!

As for spark plugs, depends on the car, motor, front wheel drive verse rear.

Example I have a front wheel drive 2004 Nissan Maxima and in order to get to the back bank of spark plugs you have to remove the intake manifold and that alone takes and hour to remove before you can even see a spark plug. As for parts, I normally prebuy the parts and ask for the old ones back to inspect!

Most of the v-8 cars can be done through the wheel well. Takes about 30 min to do a v-6 in an s-10 blazer, an hour if you run into some trouble. As for spark plug prices, $2-$3 tops for a set of AC Delco's, $5-$10 if you go platinum or Iridium. based on the age of the car the Delcos would work within spec.

 

[Porsche944turbo]

So my son is home from college for the Summer. His 95 Pontiac firebird was running a little rough so we took it to Mark's on Friday. Well the repair was just completed today. The wife made the bill as I stood in front of her. Talking to herself and doing some sketchy math. She said hmmm about $49 for the change of spark plugs and $40 for labor. Really figuring it out on the fly as to how much to charge us for a spark plug that wasn't firing. So I pay the trumped up bill and get the keys, my son goes out to his car and discovers his GPS is missing and the center console lid has been ripped off. We are a hardworking family with two kids in college and I am so frustrated at being ripped off twice by those jackals! The couldn't have cared any less. Needless to say I will never go back to that shop.

I went once a couple of years ago and will never go back. I had to go get my car and take it as it sat for a week for just an AC check with no calls or work. Showed up and said "Give me my key I'm taking my car, bye"