Auto Skills Center

Normal experience. I went there to change my oil today. The attendant was very detail oriented, but I did not find it off putting. She was clear about the instructions at the start and enforcing them along with cleaning standards, which makes sense because this place could quickly become a dirty mess. Two of the "oil change" lifts were broken, so I went on two of the two-post lifts. She operated the lift, which I had no issue with. My advice though, is bring your own tools. What they had was rather limited. Other than that, mission accomplished, oil changed.

Lady running the place is extremely strict and has you cleaning the entire shop sweeping all the leaves out basically doing her job cleaning other bays that you didn’t even work in. She then flips out if you drop a tiny bit of oil while doing an oil change on your car, and hovers over you making sure you clean every spec on the ground. Tools are almost non existent and aren’t organized at all there’s only 2 lifts and you can’t even operate it. Also apparently they don’t do overnight storage so if you don’t finish your job that day you are screwed.

Terrible management, very limited tools and bad customer service. The lady that runs the place is the only person there and is constantly over your shoulder basically micromanaging on the job that you are trying to accomplish making sure not to make ANY kind of mistakes or cross any lines with the rules of the place. Worst auto hobby shop of any navy navy base in the world. Highly recommend sparing your energy trying to stay decent with that woman and going somewhere else even if it costs a little extra.

I'm a regular at the Auto Skills Shop. I've done everything from major front end/steering work on my truck, to simple oil changes. They have two wheel lift style lift bays, and 4 other standard bays with benches for other work. Their rates are very reasonable, and have saved me the headache of having to work on my truck in a parking lot. They also have plenty of tools, jacks & jack stands, and some specialty tools. They don't have everything, but it's definitely enough to do most work. I typically bring my own tools, which is what I'd recommend anyway. Scheduling an appointment isn't necessary, it's basically all walk ins only, you just sign the clipboard and pull right in!

BLUF: Shop is very clean. Linda was great. VERY STRICT POLICIES. - Can't operate lifts on your own - Can't raise 2 post lift above 2 ft! - Can't work underneath the 2 post lift. - no cutting or grinding - no use of heat of any kind to loosen rusty nuts and bolts - minimal tools available - no painting of any kind to include undercoating - no gas work