Posted on Sunday, September 21, 2008 by
Michael •
I don’t have much data about the multiplier effect of Front Porch Forum, that is, how much off-forum activity does an FPF posting stir up? So I was interested to read the following from Mike in Burlington’s South End. His small neighborhood of 120 households has about 70 of those subscribing to their FPF neighborhood forum. And in response to his request for a good mechanic? Nearly one of ten responded with a personal recommendation! That’s typical from what we hear.
Hi neighbors, I received a lot of responses regarding mechanics last week, and also had a request from Sandra to share what I learned. Here’s what folks had to say:
Katharine says: “we went to the other Kaigles and have had good luck, plus they sell fine xmas trees in nov. they seemed to honor Christian’s work and were sort of in a position to help the customers that were formerly from RKaigles.”
Ryan says: “I’ve used the guy down at the Rotary for several small jobs….brakes, suspension…things of that nature. There not set up to do alignments or machine work so you may need to find another place for those items. What I do like about him is how he goes over the car with you to show you the problem and his hourly rates are pretty low, 45/hr last time I checked.”
Stephanie says: “I highly recommend bringing your cars to SVS on Batchelder St, just off Home Ave. Darren is the main guy there and he is fantastic. As a fairly naive, female car-owner it was important to me to find a straight-forward, no-nonsense mechanic. SVS is the real deal. I have had a few instances where the dealer has told me it would be over $1200 in work and Darren has taken care of it for $400. And it’s a no-frills kind of establishment. He’s a bit gruff, but I take comfort that I’m not paying for a socialite, I’m paying for quality work.”
Tom says: “I have been pleased with the work of Double G Auto on lower Birchcliff Pkwy. They used to run the Rotary Gulf, until 2-3 years ago. I have been pleased with their reasonable, quick and well done work on our 13 and 9 year old foreign cars. Hope you find this useful.”
Patricia says: “‘double G auto’ on birchcliff pkwy (behind champlain chocolates) is where i go and would highly recommend them.”
Mary says: “I use Double G Auto (Gary Sylvester) at 43 Birchcliff Pkwy (which is real close). He used to be Rotary Gulf but wanted to do auto repair without pumping gas.”