A neighborhood shop with dealer-level tools.
We started with two bays and one promise: treat every customer's car like it belongs to our own family. 17 years later, that hasn't changed.
Built on straight answers.
Rick Alvarez spent 15 years at dealerships watching customers nod along to repair estimates they didn't understand. In 2009, he opened a two-bay shop on the east side with a simple idea: show people what's wrong, explain it in plain English, and let them decide.
Today we're a team of 6 ASE-certified technicians with the same scan tools the dealers use. We still text you photos of every concern, still quote before we wrench, and still answer the phone ourselves.
Book your first visit
Three things you can count on.
We show, then we fix.
Photos, measurements, and a plain-English explanation for every recommendation.
The price is the price.
You approve an exact quote before work begins. If we find something else, we ask first.
Done right, guaranteed.
Every repair is backed by our 24-month / 24,000-mile parts-and-labor warranty, nationwide.
The people working on your car.
Certified, background-checked, and trained every year on the latest vehicle technology.
Covered at home and on the road.
- Parts and labor on every repair
- Honored at thousands of partner shops across the U.S.
- No fine print about "wear items." If we fixed it, we stand behind it.
Clean bays. Comfortable lounge. Modern tools.
- Des Moines
- West Des Moines
- Ankeny
- Urbandale
- Johnston
- Clive
- Altoona
- Pleasant Hill