Dave's Ultimate Automotive

"Mark even called the Kia dealership to check to see if I have part that might be under a recall without me asking. He carefully thought about what might be causing the problem with my car and was honest in his assessment that if we did X it may or may not help so we ended up doing the two higher likely things which did end up helping some of the problems quite a bit."

"I’ve taken multiple cars here for variety of services and service is always great, friendly and trustworthy. They are great at giving updates, too. Even though sometimes it may take about a week for me to be able to take my car in (because they are so busy), I’d rather wait than take my car elsewhere."

"Great Automotive Shop/Service. Very Honest and Upfront. Got an air conditioned waiting room w/ a bathroom and Beverages including Coffee, soda's, and water Have an Over Night Key Dropoff. And Many Experienced Technicians/Staff/Mechanics. Rob and Tim are Amazing at what they d in the Mechanic Bays. As well as the other Guy's. The Front Desk help is on top of getting You in and out in a timely manner. Marc, Daniel, and Keith are Top Notch at getting the right diagnosis, and getting You up and running down the road!!! Highly recommend."

"I wasn’t going to leave a review but I got two reminders to. The shop tried to charge me $650.00 to change my battery (and they also reminded me it was $350.00 for the diagnosis, since the battery was $300.00). If they try do to this to you, I recommend saving an easy $450.00 by getting AAA. AAA will drive to you, test your battery, bring you an additional battery, and change it for you, all for $200.00. Dave’s even tried to argued with the AAA guy saying he had the wrong battery; and that I needed theirs. Thankfully AAA stood firm and said the more expensive battery was not necessary. Once the battery was changed, the mechanic told me the check engine light was now on and if I wanted them to look at the code, I’d have to pay them more. I told them I would handle it and bring it back if needed. At this point they let me take my car and even though they did absolutely nothing for my vehicle and tried to over charge me, I was still forced to spend $70.00 for the “diagnosis” that was previous $350.00. After paying, the mechanic graciously informed me that he checked the code and something was wrong with the transmission. He said, that’s the reason the check engine light had turned off. A few days later, and the check engine light has not clicked on again as they insinuated. 10/10 would recommend if you like getting over charged and purchasing items you don’t need. Thanks Mark and company!"

"As a mobile massage therapist, it’s really important for me to know basic car maintenance in case I’m stranded somewhere, keeping clients waiting. I’d hate to have to cancel on someone due to a dead battery or flat tire so I’m super grateful for the recent event with Women of Austin at Dave's Ultimate Automotive. The owner, Brad, gave us a brief intro then paired us each with a technician who works at the shop nearest us. Duke from the S 1st location spent 90+ minutes answering questions and showing me how to jump my car and change a flat tire. He was really kind and knowledgeable and I'm relieved to have a place now to get my car serviced which had been stressing me out since my previous mechanics moved out of south Austin. Another cool thing about Dave's is that the business is not commission based so I feel good knowing they won't try to upcharge me on unnecessary services."