Dave Frost Automotive

11/18/09

Didn't check coolant when checking car

by snowman11 at Citysearch

Took car in for a oil change and ask to check car before a long trip. Got the car back and Dave said it is in great shape. Before leaving saw coolant looked low, but thought Dave Frost Auto know's best it was my wife's car and wasn't used to checking coolant on her car. The car ended up over heating and a bunch of things got fried. Costing a lot of money and being far from home I had to rent a car to drive home while car was getting fixed.

• Pros: Dave know's cars
• Cons: not detailed

08/22/08

Excellent Mechanic! Great shop!

by delema at Citysearch

I was recommended to Dave Frost Auto by a Friend that has used him for many years. I called him and made an appointment to have my car checked as I was hearing some unusual knocking noises and turning up my music until now had not made it go away or cured the problem. (I was hoping). When I arrived at D.F.A. I could see the shop was pretty busy, but Dave greeted me quickly and he went for a test drive with me, he felt it important that he hear the noise with me. We drove around the area and I pointed out the noise to him as we drove. I ended up having to leave the car as he informed me a further inspection on the lift was necessary! He told me I would get a call before 11am with an estimate for the repairs and an explanation of what was wrong. Sure enough I got a call at 10:30 am just like he said. Bad sway bar links was the diagnosis. He said it was going to cost $120.00 total and it would be ready at 4:00pm. Well guess what. At 3 pm it was ready and it cost $118.00. I love it, faster and cheaper. The car works great now I cant hear any noises, although I sort of miss the clunk clunk clunk. Dave Frost Automotive is great and I will certainly go back and I highly recommend them if you want straight talk, no run around and things explained to you in terms you can understand. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!

• Pros: Excellent mechanic Fast , good prices
• Cons: none

04/17/08

Old fashioned service

by Sahrang at Citysearch

We drove our Daewoo Leganza to LA to leave it with our in-college son. We had done our due diligence and had the car gone through eo ensure that it was in good mechanical shape. Unfortunately, the shop we took it to at home wasn't able to get new parking brakes installed in time (the car had been dealership maintained, but Daewoo dealerships are now extinct). They never really gave us a good explanation for this; nevertheless, since we were on a timeline, we took off for LA.

So, we used CitySearch to find Dave. Dave made a complete assessment and spent time shopping for new parking brake shoes. Unfortunately, because Daewoos are themselves nearly extinct, brake shoes are hard to acquire and even then, quite expensive. So, we chose not to replace them at that time (I'm shopping for a reasonably priced set). Dave was not only professional he reminded me of days growing up in the 60's when businesses would deliver great service for little or no cost. In this case, even though Dave had spent significant time on our car, he didn't charge us a cent.

Our son will be servicing this car with Dave when needed. It's also peace of mind for us to know that he has someone like Dave to take the car to.

Thanks again Dave!

• Pros: Thumbs way up