05-26-2011, 06:23 AM
I went to Curlee's once for an estimate in 2003 to R&R a transmission on a Toyota. Second opinion was Randy's transmission in HPP.
Randy's transmission did an excellent job. He is on Makuu side - havent been there in 8 yrs but I heard he is still there.
In this specific case, Randy's estimated price was much lower as he knew that one part only possibly needed replacement. Transmissions were his only business though so maybe just more familiar with this specific model and what typically needed replacement.
This is not a slight on Curlee's at all - they may have opened it up and found same thing. Randy gave us this as a possibility to begin with, and that made us feel more comfortable with Randy's, otherwise they probably would have been the same.
Randy's transmission did an excellent job. He is on Makuu side - havent been there in 8 yrs but I heard he is still there.
In this specific case, Randy's estimated price was much lower as he knew that one part only possibly needed replacement. Transmissions were his only business though so maybe just more familiar with this specific model and what typically needed replacement.
This is not a slight on Curlee's at all - they may have opened it up and found same thing. Randy gave us this as a possibility to begin with, and that made us feel more comfortable with Randy's, otherwise they probably would have been the same.