Jim Matson Automotive

2011 | Best Honest Mechanic-Gentleman-Philosopher

Few things give an auto mechanic hard-core street cred faster than inspecting a customer's car and prescribing the most simple repairs -- perhaps a $30 hose or a 12-buck sparkplug. Better still is the mechanic who ascribes the problem to a freakish, early-morning fuel-line burp or squeaky, WD-40–thirsty struts and then recommends the customer hit the bricks with wallet fully intact, free to spend his automotive dollars on a a Heal the Bay bumper sticker and an antenna ball. It... More »