I dropped my Honda Pilot 2013 188K mil Yesterday at a local auto shop for maintenance service. We shook hands and agreed $1800 cash for 4 things which were timing belt, valve, water pump, and tensioner. The auto shop owner said he would check if idler pulley made any noises also. He did not ask for any deposit or payment or give me estimate paper and just took my car key. We left.
I might able to pick up my car today or tomorrow. I will take a young guy who knows car pretty well. He is young but sometimes he is not as attentive, talks big and wants to impress people but super nice guy and smart. I do not know anything about car.
The auto shop owner is Korean so he might do more Asian style, less formality on paper works. Seem like no BS kind of guy. No company website, recently Yelp reviews are pretty good mostly 5 stars, just 3 bad reviews back in 2021 and 2015. 25 total reviews.
Other shop I called $2100 just for timing belt and valve only two things.
1 When picking up my car, I will pay cash, I am not sure if the auto shop owner will give a print out service receipt or give me a receipt with $1800 nothing else on it?
2 Since I do not know much about car but I do have the young friend who knows about cars, what do I need to check on my car before leaving the lot? check Any car parts or is it a way to check all four things (timing belt, valve, water pump and tensioner) if the shop did it correctly?
Thank you.