Cobble Hill Super Service - Good or Bad?

Also, I just checked the AAA website (I need a jumpstart tomorrow and was preparing for a fight with AAA about my not wanting Cobble Hill) and they are no longer listed as a AAA garage.

I guess other people complained, as well.

Subject: J+E service station on Hicks and rapeleye

anyone have any opinions on their service?
or receomendations on auto repari shops in the area?

Subject: urban classics

that place (atlantic and henry) i'm pretty sure is a rip-off. i used to take our 96 camry there a lot despite feeling ripped off and confused as to why they couldn't hear the sounds i was hearing, so i bit the bullet and next time around went to urban classics, up near grimaldi's and five front. they are super nice there and somehow i just trust them more. the thing is i feel like car work is so expensive already, so why not go someplace where you at least trust the staff.

This place is a total rip off. Brought my car for inspection, when I went to pick it up, he charged me for new windshield wipers. I had new wipers installed a week before in preparation for the inspection!

STAY AWAY -TOTAL RIP OFF

While I may have a pretty low opinion of attorneys, even I very much doubt that a real lawyer would exhibit such abysmal grammar, spelling and email ettiquette (all caps, i.e. shouting). This obvious shill for Cobble Hill Super Service and his illiterate and vaguely threatening post should be reason enough not to patronize the place.

been going there for three years. excellent service. even when they're
extremely busy they find the time to service my car. would recommend
anyone.

man alive I have had a terrible experience with these guys too. This is really a shame. A shame because I wish I had read this sooner!!!

Subject: Kickback SCAMMERS (beware...)

This garage is totally crooked - and that's saying a lot for Brooklyn.

USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!

I talked to one of their former tow truck drivers who told me that the owner of the garage will kickback $10-20 to the tow truck driver for every car they bring in.

Here is the most common scam they use: Suppose you call AAA for a jump start. The tow truck driver will tell you to get in your car while he hooks up the jumper cables. (You cannot see what he is doing because you are in the car with your hood up.) He actually connects the positive clamp to the wiring, but NOT the actual terminal. The ignition will click and turn over because the circuit is not complete. By the time you get out of the car he has disconnected the apparatus. Then he gives you a line of BS about how your battery has "fried cells" and has to be towed to the garage for a new battery.

Of course, to make up for the kickback the owner pays to the tow truck driver you will be charged $150 for a new battery that you could get at Pep Boys for $50-75.

STAY AWAY...

Subject: AVOID COBBLE HILL SUPER SERVICE AT ALL COST!

You won't believe what happened to me at Cobble Hill Super Service on Atlantic and Henry. I was visiting a friend in Brooklyn when my brakes seemed to stop working, which was scary. So I pulled over and parked and waited til morning (Jan. 6) to call AAA. They sent out a guy (Michael Green) from Cobble Hill Super Service to have it towed there (the nearest shop open on a Sunday). I told the guy the brakes didn't work but was able to move it a little carefully to get it on the tow truck. I rode with him to the shop where he unloaded my car into their lot. I filled out the paper work with another guy on duty and also told him what was wrong with my car. Right when I was ready to leave, the other guy on duty asked Michael Green to move my car out of the way into the corner of the lot. I said I don't know if you want to do that, the brakes don't seem to work. But all he really had to do was wait for a car to finish gassing up and move it slowly forward several yards within the lot, riding the parking brake if need be. Next thing I know, this guy is in my car, gunning it in reverse out of the lot the wrong way up Henry Street, swiping one car at the intersection and swerving around still backwards at a very high speed smashing into a car waiting at a red light on a very busy Atlantic Avenue. It was insane. Cops and fire trucks came, 2 people coming from church got sent away on a stretcher with whiplash, etc. The driver Michael Green didn't seem to even care or think he'd done anything wrong, and came up to me and said "I don't think your brakes work." I was like, duh! That's why I had my car towed to the shop, like I told you! The cops did a police report, and the other guy on duty assured me that he talked to the owner and that he agreed to fix everything and take care of everything for all 3 cars involved. Well, the next day, the owner Tony called me to give me an estimate for the brake work on my car, not mentioning the accident at all. When I said what about the car wreck your guy caused, he had no idea. The 2 guys on duty from Sunday were trying to cover the whole thing up! Needless to say a million insurance companies are involved in this bizarre situation, but now Cobble Hill Super Service has been completely rude and defensive with me each time I've called to see what's going on, and their insurance company has determined my car to be totaled and I'm sure they'll scam me and give me the lowest blue book value they can. My car was in perfect condition when I took it in (aside from the brakes), I was just visiting from Washington DC where I live, and I really need my car, it has way more value to me than the highest blue book even would ever give me. Welcome to New York, right?!

i have an o3 outback. ive been servicing my car at the cobble hill
garage since i bought it. they provide me with exceptional service and
i will continue going i find difficult to belive that an establishment that
busy is crooked

Subject: Cobble Hill Super Service: THE WORST OF THE WORST

I've had two crummy experiences with these guys. One time, I brought the car in on an unrelated matter and Tony, the boss, told me that I needed all new hoses and belts. Interestingly enough, I'd just had my hoses and belts replaced maybe a month beforehand by a REAL mechanic, Mitchell's Auto in Boro Park (highly recommended). Tony (a real baldfaced lying shit) told me that Mitchell must not have done the work. Not only were the hoses obviously new, but Mitchell actually shows you the old parts.

Most recently my girlfriend (against my advice) took our two-year-old RAV4 in for an oil change. Lo and behold, according to Tony the car needs new rotors and new struts (He also suggested to her that the repair work would only cost around $300). When she asked me, I told her that it was bullshit, certainly the struts were fine (the brakes, who knows), and that she should cancel the repair -- she called and the fuck HUNG UP on her when she told him she didn't want the work done. That oil change ended up costing almost A GRAND. I've dispute the charge with Visa; we'll see how it ends up.

AVOID AT ALL COSTS.

Subject: rip offs

one person sayd this shop is honest. must be that scumbucket tony who runs the joint. this place stinks to rip off heaven. avoid. avoid. avoid. go up the road to on columbia street to the station up there. even for gas. lets put these crooks out of biz! please