Long Life Auto Repair is a one-stop auto repair shop, performing services from basic maintenance to electrical trouble-shooting to major engine work. The team at Long Life has more than 80 years combined experience fixing cars. Mike Bundy, the owner, is an ASE-certified Master Technician, but other mechanics are even better than him at their specialties.
We certainly do preventive maintenance - there's nothing more satisfying than solving a problem before it is one. But we also really enjoy fixing what's broken. The vast majority of cars that we work on are getting up in miles - 75 K and more - and are having some repairs come due. Our mission is to be an honest guide for people about what's needed (and what isn't) to keep their middle-aged-and-older cars running smoothly and reliably.
We certainly do preventive maintenance - there's nothing more satisfying than solving a problem before it is one. But we also really enjoy fixing what's broken. The vast majority of cars that we work on are getting up in miles - 75 K and more - and are having some repairs come due. Our mission is to be an honest guide for people about what's needed (and what isn't) to keep their middle-aged-and-older cars running smoothly and reliably.
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Cars are better made these days than they used to be.
Not only are engines incredibly more efficient-thus running cleaner and causing less wear of key parts like spark plugs-but manufacturing processes are tighter too.
It's unusual to need much more than regular oil changes, a brake job, and a change of tires on a car before 75K miles.
But between that mileage and around 125K, a lot of work comes due even on the best cars.
Some of that work is so fundamental that there's a schedule for it for each model-replacement of the spark plugs and timing belt, for example.
Not only are engines incredibly more efficient-thus running cleaner and causing less wear of key parts like spark plugs-but manufacturing processes are tighter too.
It's unusual to need much more than regular oil changes, a brake job, and a change of tires on a car before 75K miles.
But between that mileage and around 125K, a lot of work comes due even on the best cars.
Some of that work is so fundamental that there's a schedule for it for each model-replacement of the spark plugs and timing belt, for example.
The Basics-At Long Life Auto we like to think we're very versatile and can handle almost anything mechanical a car needs.
Starts With a Symptom-Maybe you don't know what you need, but you're hearing a noise or feeling something from the car you didn't before.
You're the best judge of what's unusual on your car, so keep track of when the noise/feeling occurs and where on the car it comes from.
Then feel free to Contact Us by phone or e-mail and ask about it.
Electrical & Computer Diagnostics-This kind of work requires very systematic thinking, but we happen to enjoy that.
Starts With a Symptom-Maybe you don't know what you need, but you're hearing a noise or feeling something from the car you didn't before.
You're the best judge of what's unusual on your car, so keep track of when the noise/feeling occurs and where on the car it comes from.
Then feel free to Contact Us by phone or e-mail and ask about it.
Electrical & Computer Diagnostics-This kind of work requires very systematic thinking, but we happen to enjoy that.
My car has over 80K miles on it and I've never had any trouble with it.
But in the last six months I've had to do a couple of repairs that have cost almost $1000.
Now the dealership is telling me that it needs another big repair.
I'm wondering if the car is going bad.
Should I trade it in?
A. This is our favorite question.
As we say on our Mission page, cars are fairly well made these days, and rarely need much work before they get up to 70-80K miles.
But repairs do start to come due then-normal repairs, that don't mean you have a bad car.
But in the last six months I've had to do a couple of repairs that have cost almost $1000.
Now the dealership is telling me that it needs another big repair.
I'm wondering if the car is going bad.
Should I trade it in?
A. This is our favorite question.
As we say on our Mission page, cars are fairly well made these days, and rarely need much work before they get up to 70-80K miles.
But repairs do start to come due then-normal repairs, that don't mean you have a bad car.
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