Roach’s Automotive Service

My wife and I have been bringing our cars to Mike and Steve for more than 10 years now and would not trust our cars with anyone else. Finding a good mechanic is like finding a good medical doctor. If you find a good one you stick with them.
We live less than a block from a franchise auto service shop but we would rather travel the 28 miles to Roach’s Automotive and get things done right.
The service is friendly, the advice is honest and their prices are very reasonable.

We’ve been taking our cars to Roach’s (Mike and Steve) for a few years now. Everything from electrical issues with a Dodge Caravan to pre-​purchase inspections on a used car I haven’t found a reason to think about looking for another shop. Knowing I can get my car in and out in generally a few hours if not the next day (usually based on when I dropped it off and part availability) keeps me coming back when trouble strikes.

Roach has been my family’s mechanic for the past 16 years! I’ve been living in LA for 6 years now and can’t find an honest mechanic like Roach. My family trusts them with every car we’ve owned.

Working with Steve at Roach’s Automotive was truly a great experience. Kids are in college in San Diego. While mom and dad are in Sacramento area. Had Triple A auto club tow a car to the shop. Steve and his crew were able to get car repaired quickly. In this day and age its very hard to find a great, honest shop. Well that’s exactly what Roach’s Auto is !!!

These guys have been taking care of my families vehicles for longer than i’ve been alive, that’s 28 years ya’ll! Mike and Steve, family operation treat your cars… well, better than you probably did! What’s remarkable is they have had the oppurtunity to ask for so much more than what they do. When I’ve been in bind myself, they seem to really make it worth it to me to keep using them, and find some reason to charge me less than what they intially told me. After any replacement, they always keep the part to show you why it’s bad. When getting my first car, they did a look over for a potential buy, basically told me to not to buy it, and then wouldn’t take any money when we tried to pay them. We brought them something else and they admitted that for a lot of what that car does enginewise they can’t work on, but said all around it was ok. Again, wouldn’t take our money. Now I wouldn’t promise they do that for everyone, but these guys are probably the most honest and trustworthy guys out there.
Sometimes they do forget to call you as soon as your car is ready, if it’s a same day expected deal. But I can’t tell you how many times they needed a part and Mike or Steve would run around town, get what was needed, and still finish the fix before closing time. Recently, i called them 15 minutes before they closed, and Steve said he’d take a look at it, and it took me about 20 minutes to get there, he spent another 15 – 20 tinkering and testing it.
I’m glad my parents found these guys and i’ve been able to trust them ever since!

We have been using Roach automotive for 11 years after a friend recommended them. They are honest, and reasonable and we wouldn’t go any where else.

Just got my 4runner back from Steve & the guys at Roach’s & they’re the best! It wouldn’t pass smog so I drove right over to there to asked Steve to check it out… he ended up having it for 2 weeks, but it drives great now. Before I took it in it was surging when I would step on or off the gas & now it’s as smooth as can be & the best part is he kept bring it in to the smog shop & fixing whatever was wrong until it passed – BUT NOT WITHOUT CALLING & TELLING ME FIRST WHAT HE WAS DOING & HOW MUCH IT WOULD BE! I had to spend a pretty penny, but it was well worth it & we won’t go anywhere else, ever. Thanks Steve!

This place is the BEST! Finally an honest mechanic shop! We won’t take our cars anywhere else. They are friendly, good, and they don’t try to take advantage of you.

We LOVE this place. So, Roach has been taking care of all of our cars since we have lived in here is SD (over 13 years) and before that he has taken care of my friend’s parent’s car (over 20+ years).
They are good guys we don’t really take you for $$. Many times I have brought a car in thinking it would be a couple hundreds dollars and they were able to fix it for less then $ 30…or free sometimes :)