El Cerrito Tires & Auto Body

First quote off of a cold call, the tire pricing from El Cerrito Tire was better than online from Tire Rack which is rare for a bricks and mortar shop. When I brought the vehicle in, the service representative saw that I had oil and a filter sitting on the passenger seat and offered to do my oil change at a fantastically reasonable price (even for someone who DIY's their oil changes) while they replaced the tire. This shop wants to earn your business and keep it.

Really great people (especially Steve)! My 2003 Acura was practically crushed and they repaired it for less than my sister's insurance paid a shop in San Rafael to repair 2 small dents on her car.

Steve and everyone at El Cerrito tires have been excellent! We’ve brought our cars here for years. The rest of my family have also used them as well. It’s important to be able to trust your mechanic and this shop has my full trust. The prices are good and the workmanship has been excellent. Highly recommended!

Great people and fair prices. Dependable work. They've been the main shop servicing my Lexus for the past 80k miles and my partner's Nissan too. Steve is very knowledgeable and I always appreciate his honesty and willingness to give advice to me and to the other customers. The rest of his team is similar too. From experience and from overhearing them talk to other customers they're also great at explaining car problems and options and are empathetic to the stresses and cost of car ownership rather than upselling like many other shops.

Have you ever run into somebody that is a negative Nelly? That would be the owner.. my car is low, he said it wasn't going to fit on the Lift.. and he said he would have to charge me extra because he would have to use a jack (really)? But, nobody told the mechanic as he started lifting my car on the lift. It was clearly up in the air and he told him to put it down. He told me my body is too high for the lift.. he just told me my car was too low???(what does that mean? )I had four tires to put on and he started whining about the tires were too wide in the front and it wasn't going to work and I should do my homework and not question his 30 years of experience.. I was tired of the I …