Alwin's Auto Repair & Towing

"Alwins saved the day for me earlier this week - my car completely died while running errands (had a trunk full of groceries) - they came and jumped my car within 20 minutes, plus replaced the battery at the shop within another 20 minutes - all for a reasonable price - they were great!"

"Blew a hose fitting on 94. Took around 20 minutes to have a flatbed arrive, which was nice because I had groceries in my vehicle and my kids were just getting home from school. For a flatbed the price was fair and comparable to others I've used in the area. I just needed it towed home and did the repair myself. Based on my experience I wouldn't hesitate to have them do the work in their shop if needed."

"I was looking for a local shop that could give my mopar 318ci some extra life. It runs like a champ now and looks purdy too."

"This mechanic shop is great. They were generous to tow my vehicle even though it was outside their general range. They were honest and upfront with what was wrong, and they called the dealership of my vehicle to find a warranty that I was able to use for my engine being fixed! They also towed it to the Hyundai dealership in Minnesota! I am so thankful for them!"

"They lied to me and charged me $1650 to not do what I asked them to do. I had a duel carb intake I wanted removed and have one of my single intake manifold and one of my other carbs installed. After 9 days I called and they told me “the carb you brought us doesn’t work right, the car won’t stay running and the adjusting pins aren’t doing anything. So we are going to put one of the other carbs on so we can do the linkage. Should be done in a day or two.” They called two days later telling me it’s $1800 because they have 13 hours into it. They claim they rebuilt the carb, new linkage, and air cleaner (which I didn’t need a new one. One of the two they already had of mine would have been fine.) We paid cash, so they removed, what I believe was credit card fees, so the total was $1650. I went to pick the car up and they rebuilt & installed the wrong carb. The one I wanted installed was still in the box. I called them the next day and they told me that the other carb could not be installed because they would have had to get new linkage. It wouldn’t work with what was there. (I told them they might need linkage when I made the appointment) My linkage bracket was still installed when I picked it up, so I do I know what linkage I paid for? I then removed the correct carb from the box to find the fuel line hose I cut off was still attached to the carb. They lied to me saying they installed it and it didn’t work. So. I picked up the car, spent 1 hour removing the old carb and installed the carb I wanted without issue. All the brackets, linkage, everything was the same and worked just fine. It was a simple swap. The car fired right up and ran fine. It came out of a 289 so I adjusted it a little and put 50 miles on it without problems. They lied to me about multiple things and I honestly feel like they stole my money. In the pictures below are… how the car is hooked to the carb, the fuel line I cut off that was still there, and the duel carb pic is (left carb) the carb that couldn’t be installed due to “linkage issues”, (right carb) the carb that they installed. It was an easy swap. I was robbed."