Santa Monica auto repair

My boyfriend took the car to Car Nerds today for an oil change. He found this place driving by. Romy is honest and fair. The oil change for our 2010 Kia Rio was $36. There was what we thought was oil leaking from the car, but Romy told us it was probably condensation from the A/C. He checked it out and indeed it was. It was nothing for us to worry about. We let him know we would be driving to Chicago, IL soon and asked if the car would be okay. He assured us that it would be fine. We still need to repair our timing belt, but he let us know if we take it nice and easy we would be okay. He quoted us for the timing belt about $300, which is far cheaper than what Pep Boys had quoted. Also, he let us know the transmission oil was dirty and quoted us at $100. I think we found our new mechanic.

Honest, fair and reasonable. We all want one mechanic we can trust. Car Nerds is that mechanic!I took my 2008 Prius to Car nerds last Saturday for an electrical short. Rony immediately began to triage the problem. He knew so much about the car, he had a short list of typical problems that cause battery-draining shorts in the system. Within in a day, they'd found the two problems, tested it overnight, tested my battery, and installed a switch that I had bought but had not installed yet. All for less than half what I had paid in the past to have a short repaired.I have already recommended them to two friends.

Amazing place and service!!!I used to take my car to the dealership but now that these guys are open I will always come here. It's less expensive and I just love knowing that my car is in the hands of honest people who will take great care of it.I recommend this place 100%!

Took my Camry in for it's routine intermediate service and new front brakes (including the rotors) and paid much, much less than if I had taken it to the dealership. Thank you Rony and your amazing team of certified TOYOTA technicians for your outstanding service and hospitality!

I've been a client since day 1. Superb customer service and attention to detail. The NERDS ´Walk the Walk´.