Santa Monica auto repair

LOVE! My new go-to source. I wrote you a raving Yelp Review to help others find you. Such a relief to no longer need to be snowed by the sleazy dealership service dept.

So happy I found these guys. I took my car into the Toyota dealership for an oil change and they came back with over $1,000 of repair needs. I got suspicious when they told me I needed new wiper blades because I had just replaced mine on my own so I knew they were BS'ing me. I looked on Yelp, found Car Nerds and gave them a call. Turns out the owner used to be the manager at Toyota Service and left to start a respectable operation. Not only did they give me the straight story on everything, but they were professional, offered me a ride back to my house, did a great job on my car, used Toyota parts (for half the price) and all in all, gave me KILLER SERVICE. Both Rony in the front office and Juan, the service manager, took the time to help me understand every detail about my repairs. LOVE these guys. Feel so relieved to have them as a resource so I can stop being snowed by the Toyota dealer.

The guys here are great. The work has always been excellent and as someone who is new to driving, I feel really comfortable and confident that they are being honest and upfront about what does and does not need to be done. Would recommend to anyone.

I'm so happy to have found Car Nerds through a tow truck driver. The cost was about $300 less than the dealer. I will be coming back for sure!!

I've been coming here for my ridesharing car inspections and these "nerds" are really awesome with their service and charges.

This place is great! They are super friendly and know what they are talking about! I had such a great experience here with my 2009 Honda Civic, after having a horrible experience at the culver city Honda dealership. They are very accommodating and very honest at car nerds. They even took the time to show me what was actually going on with my car. I will definitely be bringing my car back here.

I just love this place. Straightforward, no nonsense, honest. Highly recommend!

Fair pricing and great service.

OMG I LOVE THIS PLACE!!! You just have to go! I was literally in the parking lot of Toyota getting ready to spend $399 on my 30,000 check up. For some reason I YELPED Toyota Service and this place came up! All 5 Star reviews! I thought ... is this too good to be true? NOPE it isn't It is ALL TRUE! I called Rony - we spoke and he ENLIGHTENED me on what exactly happens in a 30,000.... NOT to mention is used to be the manager of Toyota Service SM. I got my 30,000 AND new breaks for UNDER $300! OMG it was amazing! AND you don't have to have a Toyota either! JUST GO HERE!!! I won't ever go anywhere else again for my car!

CarNerds was able to diagnose the issue and fix my car same day. There was no upselling or trying to get me to replace things that didn't need it. Very nice guys. Great experience!