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December 2022 by Emily Prather
This place is EXCELLENT!!! You will not find a more honest and decent guy. Top quality work and very fast. LOVE this place!
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September 2022 by Darnay Adams
Great service all the time.
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October 2021 by Lauren Keith
Great service
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June 2021 by adam yates
Darwin is the best, great shop awesome mechanic.
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May 2021 by John Prather
Excellent service, fair price, Mr. Darlington is just an all around good dude.
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April 2021 by Dustin Curtis
Darwin is great, he will help you to the best of his ability.
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August 2020 by Philip B.
For many years, I trusted Darwin. We all make mistakes, and that was a big one. In my experience, he is an incompetent mechanic and performs consistently sloppy work. That shouldn't surprise anybody, as I never saw a shred of evidence that he had any formal training as a mechanic, or, for that matter, ever read a repair manual in its entirety. Time and time again, I had to take my car back to him to fix his screw-ups. As for diagnostics, you'd be better off consulting Zoltar. Or, more practically, the Dry Ridge AutoZone store: they will not only run an accurate check-engine process (at no cost), but give you a printout as well. Then there is what I call the "Darwin Tax": he routinely destroyed perfectly good parts during dis-assembly. I had to pay for the replacements. Darwin is the reason you want to get your old parts back, even if they are (supposedly) defective. Examples: - Replace timing belt on 97 Toyota Camry. Immediate 20% power loss. Belt was off a tooth. Darwin said car wouldn't run if that was the case. I had to practically pull his teeth to get him to fix it. As expected, he screwed up. - Coolant leak. Darwin said radiator and replaced it. Leaking continues. Turns out to be the bypass hose, which I replaced myself. In addition, he destroyed the radiator temperature sensor in the replacement process, and I had to pay him for a new one. - Ignition problem. Darwin starts running "compression test" (seriously). Says compression gauge is "fluctuating". Well, that's what they do! I told him to replace the appropriate ignition coil. Problem solved, but not as a result of his "diagnostic expertise". To this day, car has plenty of power: compression loss is not a problem, and never was. - I buy a car from him - his personal car (yes, facepalm) - a 2003 Toyota Camry. Found loose spark plugs, 100% clogged PCV valve, air filter box not screwed shut, wrong spark plugs, wrong battery (see photo). Car was using oil at an alarming rate (a quart every 600-700 miles). He claimed it was "weeping" out the drain plug...without any evidence of such a leak. He put 9,000 miles on the car and never noticed? Ridiculous. After fixing the various problems myself, it is now a decent vehicle. Find a real mechanic. There are a few of them closer to Dry Ridge. And, above all, do not even consider buying a used car from this man.
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April 2020 by chris smith
Have all my vehicles worked on by him as well as my dad's and the prices are amazing and the work A+ WOULD RECOMMEND
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March 2020 by Pat Flynn
have always got excellent service no matter what my car problem was
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September 2019 by Everett Berry
I'm sure it's a good place to get your vehicle repaired, but all I did was drive by like I do every day.
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August 2019 by Larrie Rippentrop Rippentrop
Goes out of the way to help you if you can
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September 2018 by Patrick Flynn
Great service and on time repairs
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July 2017 by Larry Jones
Great garage, good owner, good rates!
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May 2013 by Terri Williamson
We trust and use this garage all the time. Would definitely recommend it
