What a mobile mechanic actually is, what we take on, what we refuse, and how the pricing works. All of it in plain language.
The traditional way to get a car fixed costs you most of a day. Drop it off before work, arrange a ride, wait for a phone call that comes at four, arrange another ride, collect it. In February, in Milwaukee, with a car that may or may not start, that whole chain becomes considerably worse.
Coming to the car removes almost all of it. Your car is already parked somewhere for eight hours a day. That is enough time to do a brake job, a battery, an alternator, a starter, an oil change and a full diagnostic scan without you rearranging anything at all.
We will do diagnostics, brakes, batteries, starters, alternators, cooling systems, suspension, steering, tune-ups, filters, oil, external transmission work, sensors, gaskets and most bolt-on engine repair, at your home or your workplace.
We will not rebuild a transmission at a curb, pull an engine in a driveway, or do bodywork and paint. Those need a lift and a controlled space, and anyone offering them from a van is either not doing them properly or is about to leave your car in pieces. When a job belongs indoors we say so before we take your money, not halfway through.
A flat $79 call-out that includes the diagnostic, not just the driving. Labor at $115 an hour after the first half hour, billed in half-hour increments rather than rounded up. Parts at a fixed markup over our trade cost, and we will turn the screen around and show you the cost line if you want to see it.
No shop supplies charge. No environmental fee. No fuel surcharge. No separate diagnostic fee stacked on top of the diagnostic. If a quote we gave you turns out to be wrong because something underneath was worse than it looked, you hear about it before the work happens, not on the invoice.
Every job gets photographed - before, during where it matters, and after. The failed part gets a picture. The corroded line gets a picture. The measurement gets a picture. You get them all.
Partly that is so you can see what you paid for. Mostly it is so you can take a second opinion somewhere else with actual evidence in your hand, which is a thing we think you should always be able to do.
Anyone can write "honest" on a website. Here is what it looks like in practice.



$79 flat call-out, diagnostic included, 7 days a week, 7am - 7pm. If you decline the repair that is the whole bill.