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in washington, oregon, california, nevada, arizona, new mexico, texas, illinois, new york, new jersey, pennsylvania, georgia and florida; the best car shops tend to be in the industrialized areas with no shops nearby and while the most overpriced car shops are nearby other shops. i hope you're not spending too much $$$ on your repair bills.
Nah, I just live in a rural area. There's closer shops to me, but a very honest local business I've been going to for years is a bit further away and it's worth the extra distance for their service. They're a fantastic shop and they've always done great by me.
i'm convinced that there's some undiscovered natural law out there that says a mechanic's artisanship is proportional somehow to their distance and inconvenience for you.
an of course half the city has heard about them before you, so they're completely booked for the next decade or so. lol
Businesses that can get by on convenience, natural visibility, and first-time clients alone don't need to have good quality.
Businesses that are inconvenient to reach will die quickly unless they have something else (i.e. price or quality) to make up for the inconvenience.
Yep! These guys are booked solid around the clock. I have to schedule well in advance any time I want to take my car to them, unless I want to camp out and be the first customer when they open at 5am. Worth it, though. They're good people.
Thats an interestingly specific list of states.
Why those specifically?
that's where i've lived and got to experience to joys of paying too much for car repair