This is about an auto mechanic afoul experience. My car coolant gage ... read more This is about an auto mechanic afoul experience. My car coolant gage was going up to about 3/4 way and then back to normal , so I decided to take the car to the mechanic shop to avoid overheating. The mechanic stated that the thermostat needs to be changed, and I agreed. Later that day he calls me seeing that there is a small leakage at the water pump also so I agreed to change the water pump to. When the car was ready I paid the bill 457$ and left the garage, next day on my way to work the car overheated in the highway and I had to call a tow truck, so I took the car beck to the same mechanic shop thinking that the car have some warranty on the work was was performed. When the mechanic is taking the lover plastic shield down, one of the water pipes from the radiator (witch supposedly should be secured to the body of the radiator was loose so it touched the pulley and the front belt eating the robber and loosing all the coolant).He stated that he didn't touched that hose, of course he did otherwise he had to remove the radiator in order to change the thermostat and the water pump. So I told him to change that hose an I will pay for it just don't charge any labor hose cost 40$.After he changed the hose we find out that another hose under the intake manifold is leaking to. Hose cost 70$. this was on a Monday, so he kept the car there till Friday when he called me to pick up the car.. I went there and he mad me pay another bill for 160$. After I paid this he left the facility and I left to. After 2 blocks of driving the car overheated again, so I took the car back , demanding that I want my money back because he done more damage to the car than good ,I never got my money back and he told me to call the police, so I did and of course the officer didn't helped at all Don't go to this crock, besides he doesn't know what he is doing he is pretending that he is smart
Alone and Afraid On A Dark Rainy Night but No Help From Shell Station ... read more Alone and Afraid On A Dark Rainy Night but No Help From Shell Station on Pembroke Road On November 19, 2013 around 10PM, I was traveling north on I-95 to my Hollywood home when the clutch in my car failed, disabling my vehicle. I rolled onto the exit for Pembroke Road, pushed my car to the side of the road, and having left my cell phone at home earlier, I locked my car and walked a dark block to the Shell station at 2801 Pembroke Road in Hollywood, Florida. At the Shell station's food mart, I asked an employee if there was a pay phone. She told me no; therefore, I asked if there was a phone I could use to call for help or if she had a cell phone I might use. I explained that my car broke down on the Interstate. She told me she did not have a cell phone I could use and also, I could not use the store phone. I asked her if she would call help for me. She said no and told me to ask someone outside the store. Right outside the door to the Shell food mart, a man (wearing a Shell Oil Company shirt) gladly let me use his cell to call my daughter, and he said to get the number of a tow truck company off the sign hanging in the Shell gas station. With the tow company number I got off the sign in the Shell gas station in hand, I asked another man if I could use his cell phone to call for assistance. A woman in a car nearby suggested I call Florida Highway Patrol Road Ranger, which I did. Next, I went inside the Shell store and asked the man who had let me use his phone if he would tell my daughter I was waiting the I-95 Pembroke Road exit for FHP. He said he was leaving, so I asked the woman. Instead of saying 'yes, sure,' and being helpful, she acted like I asked her to clean the rest room, finally nodded her head and dismissed me by turning away from me. I walked back to my car on the I-95 Pembroke Road north exit, and while I waited for FHP Range Rover, my daughter arrived. Since Range Rover still hadn't arrived, she called the tow company whose number I
Paul Ferrara is probably the last honest mechanic out there. The deale... read more Paul Ferrara is probably the last honest mechanic out there. The dealer had quoted me $1059 to fix my AC, he did it for $700, same warranty as the dealer.
