Blake's Auto Service

Great shop and great people. I be taking my trucks and family's trucks to them. They have my business. They make feel like you have known them for years. I really appreciate them and like I said be doing more business with them though the years.

Updated...This is customer service at it's best. Had my van inspected and they told me that I needed a little work to be able to pass, I agreed to the work and being that it was going to take a little more time than what I had they gave me a ride to work while they finished up working on my van. I will not hesitate to use this business for all my car repair needs. This was my first visit but it definitely won't be my last. Previous post above. Normal headlight cleaning, bulb out failure. Post below is from my 2nd visit. Took my second car in for inspection. Failed due to windshield, Ball Joint and Defroster not working. And to add, the normal headlights not aligned and this or that bulb is out. As a consumer, I am aware that companies of this type markup the cost for parts that they provide to fix your car. Looking back on the services that I have needed from other shops I've noticed that the trend seems to be anywhere between10-25% and sometimes 50% in rare cases. These shops also get the parts a little cheaper than the customer based on the volume of parts that they buy. Not this place. Bruce Blake charges 100+% of the normal retail price that you can get from any auto parts store (Searched the part numbers that they put on the receipt). I questioned him about this as I thought that it was some type of mistake. His response to me was that the known parts stores charges him more for parts because he runs a business. WTH?? (Asinine) This explanation was the deal breaker for me. If that is the case, why not go in there as the average Joe Smoe and get the parts cheaper or even have the customer go there to get the parts. If you care about your customers, why not try and save them some money if you can. I also understand that some repair shops won't guarantee the part if they don't provide it. But in those cases if the parts fail then the customer is responsible for any labor that it takes to remove & replace the faulty part. I understand that running a business has its cost, but why gouge the customer to cover those cost? Needless to say, as a owner of 4 automobiles and based on my first visit to this place, I thought that this was a shop that I can use for all my car repair needs as it is very hard to find honest repair shops these days. This last visit let me know that the search continues. I am not going to be the one to tell you to stay away from here, but I will tell you to be mindful of the services that they are suggesting and to compare prices. Just my 2 cents.

Very first place ever taken my car that I did feel ripped off. Very transparent. Very affordable.

An exceptional auto shop with respectful and prompt service. Great for a quick state inspection if your looking for a local insp. station. They appreciate their veterans!

I’ve taken my 2 cars here for inspections for the last 3 years, I haven’t had any issues,they normally get the job done within a reasonable time, and fair price every job they quoted me was reasonable I like to shop around before agreeing to the repairs and their prices were very similar, last inspection I had, my 2 of tires had 3 nails he quoted me 40 to patch them I agreed to it but then he noticed none of the nails went through the tire, and he told me, some other places would’ve just charged me to “fix them”