I had a great experience at Faith Automotive that I want to share with you all:
The other day, the “Check Engine” light on our ancient Honda CRV lit up and stayed on. My daughter brought it to Auto Zone for a free diagnostic test. They said the car needed a new catalytic converter.
I then brought it to Faith for a second opinion, at about 3:00.
The owner, Dev Sharma, confirmed the diagnosis, and surprised me by saying he could have it ready by 6:00 and gave me an estimate of $1,100. (The average cost to replace it is between $1,710 and $2,395.)
I told him I had a family obligation at 6:30 and definitely would need the car at 6:00.
At 5:30, Dev called to say that all of the nuts and bolts holding down the device were heavily rusted and causing a delay.
But he offered to bring his personal car to my house for us to use overnight.
15 minutes later he was out in front, handing me his key, with his wife behind him in their second car.
The next day, Dev reported more issues with the rust and confided in me that he was afraid they may need to “drop the engine” in order to complete the job. An effort that hadn’t been considered in the original estimate.
But lo and behold, they got it done. And despite the many, many hours of additional labor, Dev held to the original $1,100 estimate.
He told me I’d save on the credit card fee if I paid through Zelle but I had a hard time getting into my bank app while I was there and he said, no worries, I could complete the transaction on my own time from home.
He now has a customer for life.
This is the way a business is supposed to run.
You gotta have Faith.