I have a 94 Mazda 626, bought in Jan. from Gabriel. A week later, I found it has smoke for two minutes when it starts every time. Auto Evolution charged me $1272.58 and promised to fix the smoke. After fixing, the smoke is still there and the car even works worse. They refused to take the responsibility and said they already did their work, no matter it worked or not.
It seems all the garages in town are black. I went to a garage the other day as a firend suggested... since he said it was very cheap down there... However, it turns out it is not... I came back and asked him. He said you have got to bargain with those guys there... He did not tell me the most important part...
So the best thing to do seems to be negotiate the price before starting the repair work... If you feel the price is unacceptable, just try somewhere else:p