Advanced Tire & Auto Care

We have taken our cars to Advanced Tire and Auto for many years. They are extremely honest (even fixing minor things for free), they do an excellent job in a timely manner at a reasonable price. I’ve had car issues out of town and been quoted $ 1000, brought the car home to Advanced and they tell me the person was ripping me off, it’s some small thing for only $ 150 and they fix it right away. Great prices and service on tired too! We highly recommend Advanced!

Chris is by far the most friendly, honest, and skilled mechanic in the area. I was referred to him through a friend and I have no need to take my car anywhere else.
On our 2006 Subaru, was estimated a 1100.00 dollar repair and drove away paying under $ 600. Fantastic experience.

Ok, I have used this place three or four times over the 14+ years in this community. Once when my serpentine belt slipped off my van engine and few little things here and there. I think once I used a coupon here or something.
Anyway, the reason I am writing this review is an experience I had just last week. I almost totally forgot to Unilocal it, but I was on here because of a bad experience and just now remembered it. lol Isn’t that just typical human behavior. Don’t praise people for doing their job, but man if they screw ya over… shout it from the roof tops.
Anyway, I live close by and I had to get my toyota camry smog checked at that DOL station behind taco bell off meridian. I didn’t follow the instructions (duh) and I started my car for the first time in the morning. didn’t even bother to warm it up, and drove straight to the smog check place. I FAILED the smog check. Too high an idle and too much CO emissions if I remember correctly.
Anyway, I took it to Advanced cause they are right down the street. All their car bays were full and some cars in their parking spots, so I figured I was going to have to get in line and wait. I walk in and the main guy is at the register. I explain what happened and he says right off the bat that I should probably go drive it in 2^nd gear for about thirty minutes, get the engine piping hot, and go take the test again. He also asked me to go out to the car and get me my FAILED test so he could read it.
He shows me the two places on the test where I failed. AND THEN he comes out to my car and asked me to pop the hood. He spends about twenty minutes turning my idle down and having me restart the engine and see if the needle dropped to acceptable limit. Then he tells me a secret. He says, «Ya know how chevron advertises that they have additives that keep your engine running clean?» We’ll you can pass your CO test right now if you go buy a bottle of rubbing alcohol and pour it in your tank. It’s just an additive and it will eliminate the problem temporarily.“
He also points out that the emissions place tells you that you can go spend $ 150 bucks on repairs at an approved dealership and they will waive the emissions test completely. His shop isn’t on their list, but I am sure glad I came to him.
NOW CHECK THIS OUT, HE DIDN’T EVEN CHARGE ME. He had customers in his waiting room and his car bays full and he came out and worked on my car and talked to me for like 20 minutes and shook his head when I offered to pay. He said, «Come back when you need us in the future.»
I was shocked. My teenage son who was with me was shocked. What a guy! Anyway, long story short I followed his advice and I passed my test. The idle adjustment helped too.
Support local mom and pop shops like this one. The guy cares about people and it shows.

I have taken my cars to many mechanics over the years and Chris (the owner) is by far the best! When I took my car in the other day to check the front end, Chris informed me the drivers CV joint was shot and gave me an estimate I thought was very fair. That was Thursday afternoon, I was the first one at his shop on Saturday morning and he had the job finished in less than a half hour. Chris and Rich are both excellent at their craft! Thank you, very much!