# Local Mechanic

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/local-mechanic/81369>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** chevrolet, s-10\
**Created:** [September 16, 2013, 10:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/local-mechanic/81369 "2013-09-16T10:29:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![ka1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ka1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ka1)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 10:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/local-mechanic/81369/1 "2013-09-16T10:29:45Z")

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Looking for a good and honest local mechanic who knows Chevy S10 in the Milwaukee Area.

Any suggestions?

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**Author:** ![keith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/keith/32/5518_2.png) [@keith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/keith)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 10:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/local-mechanic/81369/2 "2013-09-16T22:07:26Z")

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click on the “Mechanics Files” link on the gray banner at the top of this page.

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**Author:** ![oldtimer-11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e79b87/32.png) [@oldtimer-11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldtimer-11)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 7:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/local-mechanic/81369/3 "2013-09-18T07:15:23Z")

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A Chevy S10 isn’t exotic enough to need a specialty mechanic.

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**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 7:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/local-mechanic/81369/4 "2013-09-18T07:23:30Z")

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I agree 100% with @oldtimer11

Many, perhaps most, problems could be solved by a competent and experienced mechanic

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**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 7:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/local-mechanic/81369/5 "2013-09-18T07:29:58Z")

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For finding a provider for the four services most important to your life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness – i.e. doctors, dentists, lawyers, and auto mechanics – you need an unbiased recommendation. You can’t be certain a recommendation is unbiased unless you personally know the person who gives it. So make full use your personal contacts. It’s a local thing. Your personal acquaintances are your best bet. Friends, co-workers, fellow church-goers, gym-goers, dog-walkers, play-date parents, whomever. Ask them all for a mechanic recommendation, then phone each mechanic up and see if they have experience working on Chevy’s. Be sure to tell the mechanic you choose who it was that recommended you. That will give the shop an incentive to do a good job for you.

Here’s some general info you might find useful on the topic …

[http://www.agcoauto.com/content/news/p2\_articleid/310](http://www.agcoauto.com/content/news/p2_articleid/310)

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**Author:** ![JoeMario](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@JoeMario](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JoeMario)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 3:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/local-mechanic/81369/6 "2013-09-18T15:42:05Z")

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I agree with @GeorgeSanJose.  
I’ve never been comfortable recommending anyone use the “Mechanics Files” on this forum. It’s impossible to know the bias any author has in that list (or any similar list).