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Al's Auto Service received 36 consumer ratings from Consumers' CHECKBOOK and Consumer Reports subscribers.
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3329 Superior Ln
Bowie, MD
Phone: 301-464-4749
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CHECKBOOK provides subscriber comments on their experiences with the firms they use. Please remember that individual subscriber comments are informal. Subscriber comments may give you insight into the types of features and problems that exist in a service field, but are not the best basis for selecting or rejecting a specific firm. To assess the quality of a firm's performance, we recommend that you give more weight to the percentages of favorable ratings. Those percentages are generally based on much larger numbers of consumers' ratings (the number of consumer ratings is noted above).
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As You Can See Below, Some Auto Repair Shops Get High Praise from Their Customers.
Some Others Don't. So Choose Carefully.
Here Are a Few Samples of the Thousands of Comments
CHECKBOOK Has Collected on Hundreds of Different Auto Repair Shops.
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Subscriber from SPRINGFIELD, VA wrote about a local auto repair shop:
Professional, competent, friendly and tries to accomodate customers particular requirements........
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Subscriber from BOYDS, MD wrote about a local auto repair shop:
Currys has been servicing My Limousine since I bought it in 2004. I bought the..........
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Subscriber from SILVER SPRING, MD wrote about a local auto repair shop:
I recently switched to Far East. They are very knowledgeable and have a system that..........
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Subscriber from POTOMAC, MD wrote about a local auto repair shop:
BMW specialty shop. Very knowledgeable about BMWs, more expensive than nonspecialty garage, but still cheaper..........
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Subscriber from VIENNA, VA wrote about a local auto repair shop:
These guys are great........
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Subscriber from GERMANTOWN, MD wrote about a local auto repair shop:
Honest service for a good price.......
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