Precision Motive

I will never do business or recommend anyone doing business with these Rats! If you like being lied to? These are your guys! If you like being over charged? There the best @ doing that! If you like scratches on your Classic 70 Cutlass with a CANDY PAINT? They can take care of that too! These Ladies scratched my car, denied doing it, said they would pay for it, & didnt do shit! Said I needed a original invoice to show there were no marks on my car. I wax my car once a week so let’s just say I know every inch of my car. These COWARDS know they scratched my Cutlass! That’s why BOB said they would pay for it originally! Then I called to speak to the suppose boss (PAT) who’s got his head between his legs & needs to man up! Tells me I need an original invoice. So one day your shop says we didn’t do it, another day don’t worry we’ll take care of it, & then the final outcome. I originally thought this was an upscale business that took care of their customers but as you can see just another bunch of snakes in the automotive business! If your looking for a honest & reliable shop I definitely recommend John’s European Auto Service (925) 551‑7822. That’s who I go to now! I’ve had a bunch of work done on my 70 Cutlass & now it runs better than ever! Thanks Pat & Bob now I have a shop I can TRUST!!!

Our family has been bringing our Corvettes to Pat and the gang for over 10-​years. Pat, Sue, Bob and their technicians are first rate people. They’ve taken expert care of our cars over the years; specifically they’ve looked after our ’65 fuelie, our ’69 427/​435, and our ’58 convertible. They’ve helped troubleshoot and fix quite a few problems with the cars over the years. Aside from their skill and expertise, they are all very nice people and are a pleasure to work with. They’re fair, honest, and very knowledgeable. We’d never dream of taking our vettes anywhere else.

These guys do great work. I needed to have the valve seals done on my iroc-​z and they were one of the few shops that could do it without taking the heads off. (gotta float the valves up). Anyways After having the everything done, the same day I noticed the car was still burning some oil. Took it back the following Monday and found a few of the seals were crushed.
Long story short, I had them re-​do the valve seals this time I provided the part number because I’ve read others experiencing the same issue on the forums.
Pat ended up charging me… After some negotiations he ended up charging me half the price.
Overall I’m glad I know how to work on my own cars, just wish I knew how to do internal work. I feel like I paid way too much. So if it’s not a special repair on an ultra rare car, take it somewhere else and save some major bucks.
Ps. If you plan on dropping your car off make sure you have over a ¼ tank of gas because they will charge you a butt load.

I have been bringing my personal cars to Precision Motive for years and I have never seen any «old cagey mechanics» working there. Yes the shop is big and clean but not necessarily fancy, unless you consider tool chests fancy. They always have nice collector type of cars in their shop which is probably why they keep it so clean and neat.
I have not owned a Corvette in years yet I still bring my family cars to them for small and major types of repairs. They have been in business for over 30 years and you don’t stay around that long by over charging your customers. They are not cheap but I always felt that I received a good value for the work that was done on my vehicles. If you are looking for good quality work done by knowledgeable experienced mechanics then I would highly recommend Precision Motive.
I have had brake jobs, tune ups, rear end replacement, engine code diagnostics, shock absorber replacements, wheel bearing repairs, battery and alternator replacements, front end alignments, engine rebuild, and numerous other repairs over the years on at least seven different vehicles including my children’s and my mothers cars. I could have done a lot of this work myself but I chose to have it done by a professional especially when it comes to my family’s safety.

This shop is fabulous! I drive a 2002 Taurus and had a terrible squeak in the motor somewhere. I went to this shop and Bob the service writer was very helpful with answering all of my questions. I felt comfortable leaving my car for the technicians to work on. It was done in the time promised and the price was exactly as quoted. Pat and his crew were great and I will not hesitate to take my car there again!

I’ve known Pat (he’s the owner) for almost 30 years now and have spent plenty of time at his shop watching him and his mechanics work on my vehicles as well as others. There was no other shop I would take my vehicles to until I moved to Los Angeles several months ago. I came here to write a review after experiencing what Los Angeles had to offer for car repair. Clearly I was spoiled, to put it lightly. I called Pat a few days ago as a last resort to get some advise on an issue I was having with my Camaro. He took time out of his day to help walk me through it and steer me to a more honest mechanic. He didn’t have to do this since I wasn’t a paying client any more, but he did and saved me thousands of dollars. Pat was always more than fair with his pricing and went to great lengths to make sure I was happy. The man really cares about his clients and their cars. Kind of weird, but I miss that place. Not something one normally says about a car repair shop. But I do.

I think i finally found out what the meaning of their name is, Precision Motive = they have a precise motive to rip off their customers to they can have their big fancy shop and these old cagey mechanics can fatten their wallets.
While Precision Motive has a reputation to do good work on Corvettes and are capable of souping up classic cars they also greatly overcharge for the minor repair. I unwittingly paid them $ 520 to remove and replace a computer on my ’81 Vette. A task that I’ve since done by myself since the new computer was giving me some problems and I had to send it to have it looked at since it was still under warranty. Removing it required the disconnection of the battery, removal of the battery, removing three screws and two wire harness connection for the computer. This task took a whooping 15 minutes at the most, and since it was my first time most of that time was devoted to finding the correct socket size. Yet Precision charged me $ 520 for this. While Precision’s rep may make it the place where people with a lot of money want to take their classic cars to get tuned up I think one should consider other options. This place clearly over charges the naïve customer. Never again will I take my car to Precision.

PAt & his crew are honest and do excellent work. i would always take my chevy to them until someone stole my baby.

Precision Motive is about as good as it gets. If you need a shop that you can trust, knows what they are doing, and that will go the extra mile for you. This is the place. The techs there know what they are doing. This is one of the few places I trust 100%