Smitty's Auto Service

2920 NE 19 Drive, Ste 8,
Gainesville, FL 32609 US
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Smitty's Auto Service, Inc. is a family-owned and operated business known for integrity, expertise and commitment to excellence providing the highest quality auto service and repair in the Gainesville, Florida area for over 20 years.

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  • Joe Brower
    Joe Brower11 years ago

    I am located in wake forest north carolina, I originally found an ad online for a vw golf. I fell in love with the car and contacted smitty about the car. I had a plan to hitch a ride with a friend to get the car but unfortunately smitty said he wanted cash asap no exceptions. I pulled some strings, spent more money and made the trip down there early to get the car. When I was about to get the car he swore to me, man to man that the car was mechanically sound. I wouldn't need to do any big repairs for a good while. Ever since getting the car back to nc I have been running into little issues. This is always how buying used cars work. I do a lot of mixed driving on the highway and in the city and noticed that when I go higher speeds the transmission starts to make a whirring noise. I was very suspicious about the noise and started doing research on the issue. I concluded after looking up the engine code that smitty put a gas transmission on the diesel car that I just bought. I can replace a battery or an axle/wheel bearing or the thermostat, or an air sensor and so on. But the transmission is not an afternoon job. It is going to cost around 1400 dollars to clean up the mess and smitty told me tough luck over the phone. So I'm left holding the bag for smittys novice mistake. It's been a while because I've been waiting on his response which was that it's not his problem.

    2001 Volkswagen golf tdi
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