OC Mobile Mechanic

AVOID AT ALL COSTS! Unless you want to be scammed, verbally abused and threatened… (Don’t let the «NICK» reviews trick you — This DOES NOT reflect upon the previous reviews that mention Nick, as I found out NICK IS NOT AFFILIATED WITH THIS Mobile Mechanic and Mobile Mechanics has been trying to use Nick’s outstanding reviews to trick other people into thinking they are affiliated and legit even though Nick has never worked with them).
Spoke to Steve, which I assume to be the boss/​owner, who was prompt about sending a mechanic asap BUT found out AFTER THE MECHANIC ARRIVED AND BEFORE ANY DIAGNOSIS OR WORK WAS DONE that he expected me to PAY IN ADVANCE for DESPITE THE FACT
(1) they didn’t know what was wrong with the car
(2) admitted to not having any parts (though they told me earlier over the phone they had all the parts in stock) but would pick them up after diagnosis
(3) it was late on a Sunday evening, which most part stores would be closed and
(4) obviously, they had yet to diagnose and find out what needed to be repaired YET expected me to pay.
After refusing to pay anything BECAUSE NOTHING WAS DONE and THEY DIDN’T know what was wrong, the owner kept harassing me, calling my phone and the mechanic’s phone and trying to scare me into paying, lying about a $ 145 minimum for sending a local mechanic and then kept threatening to sue me and to send a tow truck to impound my car.
I apologized to the mechanic for his time and thanked him graciously for coming, because it was not him that was rude, but it was his boss/​the owner (who’s obviously some sort of violent, abusive dictator type) and quickly ended the conversation with the owner who kept calling my phone until my phone battery died (because being stranded on the side of the road with a dead car wasn’t enough).
AVOID THESE PEOPLE AT ALL COST or at least MAKE SURE you get the service done BEFORE paying, you get a paper receipt, invoice and warranty and business card from the company and the mechanic himself. Protect yourself b/​c these people (or the company/​owner to say the least) WILL SCAM YOU and not only leave you on the side of the road, but happily take your money as well or threaten to impound your car and then leave you on the side of the road. The owner Steve should be under investigation and arrested for his illegal, threatening and verbally abusive conduct. Good thing I was smart enough to walk away instead of being threatened and scammed. Spare yourself and go elsewhere.
P. S. It became more and more apparent that these people attempt to scam you b/​c he kept changing his prices and then even tried to get me to pay half of some ridiculous amount before the service was done and then to pay the remaining half after the work was done WHEN THEY STILL DIDN’T EVEN DIAGNOSE WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR YET just so I would agree to let the guy start to work on my car and I would be stuck with whatever they do to my vehicle and having already paid. TRUST ME — STAY AWAY FROM THIS PLACE AND ALL 22 OR SOME ODD LOCATIONS THAT THEY CLAIM TO HAVE.
Need I mention, the mechanic was not surprised and even apologized on behalf of Steve b/​c apparently that’s how the company/​his boss works. Horrible experience!

Since Jonothon G. decided to chirp up about this review I posted two years ago, I thought it was appropriate to respond. Here’s what OC Mobile Mechanic posted today:
«I’m a bit confused. You are complaining about a service you never received or paid for? Some people you will never please…»
Jonothon G~ You are correct. I took up OC Mobile Mech’s offer of a free look at my RV due to his availability that particular day. Free is always good. Until the opinion you are getting throws up a red flag. Look, I’m no mechanic, but I’m mechanically inclined enough to know how to troubleshoot my RV and narrow down an issue. What I needed, was an expert’s opinion on the issue. I have always been leary of anyone who looks at something for five minutes and immediately comes to an instant conclusion and is so definitive in that opinion, that they are not open to alternative hypotheses. That indicates to me that either he was such a wiz with RV’s that he just cold nailed my issue, or… He wasn’t really sure.
So when I took his word for it (still a bit leary) and had my 40′ RV towed to a service center and found out it was a fuse, I was a bit irritated. Free as it was, I still took his opinion as a professional. But when I mentioned that it may be a fuse, he was so adamant against that theory that I bought it. My problem I guess.
So the bottom line is, no, he didn’t do any work for me and I paid nothing. But I would have paid top dollar if he would have known what the hell he was talking about.
Get over it, bro. I had a bad experience. I won’t use OC Mobile Mechanics again. There are still plenty of other suckers out there for you to choose from. Quit trying to explain your way out of something that happened 2 years ago just to make your ratings look better on Unilocal.It sure does resonate what I said about the cockiness of this company, doesn’t it? Well done.

Great guy, very polite, and efficient… He made multiple trips out to my complex to work on my girlfriend’s Volkswagen. He was very informative and kind enough to make follow up phone calls as well as answer any questions I had about the work being performed. On top of all that his pricing is VERY competitive! Thanks again for all the help and time you put into that headache of a car!

Fantastic job, this is the second time using him. Great prices and super work. A mechanic you can trust.

I used his service in June. He fixed the problem of the power steering leak at minimal cost. The regular shop quoted $ 1100 including a new part! Would defiantly recommend.

Not much to tell. Found this business on Craig’s List, read the reviews from Unilocal members and sent a request for a quote. Never heard back from anyone and we waited a couple of days. Job still needs to be done…

Just called them to have my headlights replaced and was advised by the machanic that with my year and type of vehicle they are very easy to replace. He even went so far as to describe the procedure. Wow! That is the way business used to be run… think Macy’s vs Gimbles! Thanks and I will refer you to anyone needed your service!