# Honest mechanic?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/honest-mechanic/5387>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [October 2, 2007, 4:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honest-mechanic/5387 "2007-10-02T16:24:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![bergamot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@bergamot](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bergamot)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 4:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honest-mechanic/5387/1 "2007-10-02T16:24:54Z")

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I just moved to the Albany area from Burlington, VT. My former mechanic recommended logging into this site for car info. My car will soon need an oil change and I don’t like going to “box” garages (eg. Jiffy Lube, etc). I prefer giving the small business owner my business. Can anyone recommend an honest mechanic in my area? I drive a 2003 Jetta and it has 31k miles. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Cadude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Cadude](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cadude)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 5:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honest-mechanic/5387/2 "2007-10-02T17:48:14Z")

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>
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