Kudos Import Auto Service

The owner knows his stuff, that’s for sure! He is very thorough when checking out a car; almost too thorough, because it really hit me in the wallet. One practice that he had that I didn’t appreciate was billing us several hours for the diagnosis. This occurred when we told him that we didn’t want to buy $ 3K worth of work from him at once for a 2003 Lexus RX300 with 100K miles on it without having a hard think about whether we should just sell the car instead. We decided to keep the vehicle though but break up the work into a few months worth and he gave it back to us as a discount on the next job, so I guess that’s okay. Just something people should be aware of…
The car is running great now and will be a nice car for our daughter to drive for another few years until she is in a position to pick out (and pay for) her own car.
Also of note is the fact that this place can be a little difficult to find. Its sort of at the corner of Jungermann and Old SR 94, but it is tucked behind a building that faces SR94. Go S on Jungermann, turn West on 94, and take the driveway right next to the bank’s driveway. Follow the road around behind the strip mall and you’ll find Kudos.

Syd runs a good shop. He is incredibly knowledgeable about any number of foreign nameplates and seems to have a bit of a following among exotic car owners. We don’t own an exotic car but we do own imports. He recently did a great job on a tricky electronic component rebuild and a run of the mill timing belt/​water pump replacement.
One note… not the place to go if you’re in a hurry but worth the wait.