Shannons Foreign Car Services - Ocala Algenis morillo: "17 years in business, or better yet, 17 years scamming clients. I took my car in August to this person for a diagnosis. The man was very polite at first. He told me the problem was with the transmission and that he was going to work on it because the transmission needed to be reprogrammed, etc. He said the whole process, including labor, would cost $1,200, which I paid right away. Once I paid the money, the excuses began. Every week, there was something different causing delays, like delayed part deliveries, etc. When they finally called me to say the car was ready and I went to pick it up, he told me that he had added a new battery to the car and a couple of extras, all without my consent. He said I owed an additional $350 on top of the $1,200, which annoyed me, but I paid because I needed the car. They gave me the keys, and I drove the car home. The next morning, when I tried to start the car, it wouldnt turn on. I called the shop several times, but no one answered. When someone finally picked up, they said the owner wasnt there and would leave a message for him. The next day, I received an email saying that they couldn’t help me, that they don’t offer any kind of guarantee, that the owner had told me my car needed a new transmission, and that he had just taken a leap of faith with me. He said he was sorry, but he couldn’t guarantee the car would work well, and they wouldn’t help me with anything. An interesting detail: he couldn’t guarantee the repair of the car, but still took nearly $2,000. This doesnt end here; it gets more interesting. Several weeks later, I took my car to Audi in Gainesville, and they told me that the man never touched the transmission. All the seals were intact. The only thing he did was a manual reset, and that wasn’t the problem. Audi fixed the issue for $1,320, and the car is working perfectly now. The moral of the story: don’t take a chance with local businesses; take your car directly to
the dealer, even if it costs more." RUN AWAY FROM THIS PLACE WHEN YOU CAN.
