Rick’s Green Lane Garage

First time going to a mechanic. The guys at Rick’s were really nice, competent, and charged fair prices. Will return again.

I never write reviews, but I had such a great experience that I felt the need to. Went to one garage down the street on Ridge and had a negative experience, so after my friend recommended Rick’s, I thought I’d give it a shot. I called to schedule a state inspection and they were booked until later next week, but I was heading out of town before then. They were able and willing to squeeze me in and allowed me to drop my car off the night before. Everyone I interacted with (from drop off to the call confirming the car was ready to pick up) was as sweet as can be. It was a new car and I hadn’t yet put my license plate on because I didn’t have screws or anything. Left the plate relatively hidden in the back of the car (as in I didn’t leave it blatantly out hoping they would do something with it), thinking I’d just deal with it after I picked it up. However, when I walked up to get my car, they went out of their way and had already mounted it for me. Great experience overall and I’m sure I will go to Rick’s with any future needs simply because of how nice everyone there was.

I was deceived and played. Please read carefully.
I am a 23 year old female, my car broke down minutes from Green Lane so I sought out this repair shop. I am not from the area and felt helpless with my car breaking down.
I went into the shop and explained that my car was shaking and the check engine light was on. The repair man plugged in the testing device and told me the issues off the bat. This was comforting.
I turned in my keys and had a pleasant conversation with the receptionist, Melissa. I told Melissa that because I was unfamiliar with the shop, I needed to receive a call confirming all repairs before it would be done. I told her that I had a repair shop make repairs before letting me know the cost and I was charged a great deal of money and did not want that to happen again. Melissa assured me that Rick’s is «not a place that would ever do that». She went further to say that not calling prior to work is bad business– Rick’s even has a motto of «honesty, and integrity.»
I was lied to point blank.
I get a call saying that my car is finished and the total is $ 265. No call prior. I was shocked. Where is the honesty and integrity there?
I had $ 70 worth of frivolous charges for repairs that were unnecessary and did not affect the functioning or performance of the car. Where is the honesty and integrity there?
To top it off I was missing $ 20 worth of rolled quarters from the center console of my car (that I purchased that morning before turning my car over to Ricks). Yes, maybe I should have taken it out– but again, where is the honesty and integrity there?
I was given a mocking «sorry, but its already done» and a «I don’t know what to tell you» in response to my concerns.
I put my trust and money into Rick’s and in return I was deceived and made a fool of. This is my honesty truth and if you are looking for people with integrity DO NOT GO HERE.

Awesome local place. Honest work. Main line Toyota gave me a quote of around $ 2000 for maintenance repairs and an inspection. Took my car here all I needed was a serpentine belt and they fixed my light sensor on my door jam for free only costing me $ 100 ish total.

This was the worst car repair experience I have ever had! My husband and I had taken our car to Rick’s once or twice before for minor things like an oil change and had no issues. We like to go to small local businesses, so Rick’s seemed like just the place. When our car wouldn’t start one day we called Rick’s and were told to have it towed to the garage and they would take care of it.
The first day they didn’t look at it we understood and had no problem with as they had other jobs to finish before getting to our vehicle. Three days later they still hadn’t looked at the car! At this point I was starting to get a little upset as at the time we only had one car and both needed to get to work.
Some DAYS later when my husband called Rick’s again to see if they had found the problem he was told they thought it was the timing chain and would need to charge us for the time it would take for them to take things apart and determine the problem. We saw no problem with this and told them to go ahead and do it and we would pay for whatever time it took. More DAYS passed and still no word from Rick’s. My husband called yet again to check on the progress and was told yet again that no one had touched the car! AGAIN we asked if they could do it or if we should figure something else out and were told they would get to it.
Needless to say no one got to it, and after almost two weeks of us renting a car and calling Rick’s to no avail to check progress we were understandably becoming a little upset. When my husband called the last time the owner’s son said «It’s not my fault your car broke» … yes this we know, but when we called we were told that you repair cars and to have it towed over. After much conversation and incompetence and annoyance we were told by Rick «Well I didn’t say that», Yes Rick, but your son did, and he is your employee representing your business.
I would assume one would want someone who is a little more helpful or less ignorant speaking to customers. They then offered to get to it right away, and at that point after a week and a half of no one even looking at the car we asked that they have it towed to the dealership. We were assured first thing in the morning it would be taken care of and towed to the dealership for us. At 1:00pm the next day I happened to drive by the garage, and there was our car still sitting out front having not been touched or towed «First thing in the morning» as promised. Yet again a phone call was made and my husband was told, oh yeah its on the truck… (This was an out right lie, I had just driven by and seen the car sitting there with no tow truck in sight!) My husband politely replied, «Well, my wife just drove by and saw the car sitting there, and it is now the afternoon, the dealership is waiting to get the car so that they can fix it», The answer we got was oh yeah the guy just got here don’t worry we’ll take care of it right away.
Needless to say the car was eventually towed to the dealership and fixed within two days. We will NEVER do business with Rick’s Green Lane Garage EVER again.

I went to Ricks Green Lane Garage today to just have a simple repair and they were great. Extremely professional, knowledgable, and personable. The repair took no more than twenty minutes. I would definitely go back and recommend them to others.

I cannot believe this place. I drove up to the garage with my car stalling out in the middle of the road. I was afraid I was going to get killed due to an accident. These guys say they will work on my car at 12:00. I hear nothing from them until I end up calling at 3:00. (mind you I had a bad headlight when entering the garage). Instead of dealing with the problem of the engine and the car shutting off they decided to fix the headlight for 120.00 without consulting me first. Who charges 120.00 for a headlight? ??? My family works on cars and I have never heard of such a thing in my life!!! Then they actually send me out of the shop with a car that is stalling in the middle of the road. Knowing full well I could die crossing an intersection at any moment… but they got their money for the 24.00 part that cost me $ 120.00 for the labor… on a headlight??? They acted as if they tore my engine apart. I WOULD NEVER RECOMMEND THEM TO ANYONE!!! I am a single female trying to make it on my own… they should be ashamed of themselves!

I’ve gone to Rick’s Garage twice and both have been great experiences. The first time I went in because I was told I needed new shocks, ends up that wasn’t the case (issue with my wheel well) — they were honest and made minor repairs at minimal cost
I was at Rick’s this week to have (2) headlights replaced, which is a real pain on my Honda Civic (you have to remove the battery and other parts to get to it). Pep Boys was going to charge me $ 150 just for the headlights. I figured if it was that costly I’d rather go to Rick’s and hope to get it for less… which was the case. I purchased (2) new headlights, had them installed, got an oil change and an air filter replaced all for $ 130.
You really can’t beat their prices and honesty, it’s refreshing to know I have a trustworthy and affordable mechanic right in my neighborhood.

I have been looking for a good mechanic since mine has been injured and his location is not really convenient anymore. I found Rick’s on Unilocal,and probably would never have noticed the shop where it is. It’s a small shop with a small sign, on a mostly residential street. I left my car in their lot after hours for inspection the next day.
They called after inspection and told me what I needed and the cost. It was very inexpensive for the job. They broke it down by parts and labor for me. I had asked them to check out something that the inspection didn’t require fixing, and they didn’t hear anything at first, but I read from another Unilocaler that you may need to ask them again or remind them, and when I did, Frank said he would take the car on Henry Ave and see if he could hear it. He confirmed what I thought was wrong, and gave me parts and labor cost again, and told me I could go a couple weeks before repairing it.
I felt like they were inexpensive and honest, and being a woman, I felt like I wasn’t being taken advantage of. My past mechanic is a good friend of mine, so I have heard all about «bad» mechanics through the years from him, besides experiencing a few myself. Rick’s was great, and I suggested my parents to go there. Unfortunately, I’m moving, but if I’m in the area, or can work it out, I’ll definitely go to Rick’s again.

I have been going here for 10 years since I moved to Manayunk, I was refered by neighbor who had been going to him for 10 years also. Last week I thought my exaust was shot. I was dreading going in. To my surprise it only needed at $ 9 clip. My breaks had been sweeking and thought they needed to be replaced…$ 30 for rotating and cleaning. Most other places would probably reccomend replacing brakes and muffler, but not Rick. Honest as they come!

Cheap and quality oil change!