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July 2023 by Google user
Sal always takes care of my vehicle. Service I can rely on
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June 2023 by Jo Johnston
Sal always takes care of my vehicle.Service I can rely on
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July 2022 by Before and After Home Remodeling
Provides great service at reasonable prices.
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September 2021 by Ann Abbitt
The owner was disrespectful. Picks and chooses the vehicles he wants to work on. I will not be recommending them to my friends and family
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May 2021 by Scotty Barnes
Good service Good management
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January 2021 by Edward G.
This shop Preferred Auto Repair 810 Saraland Blvd S Ste C, Saraland, AL 36571 (251) 679-0323 Salvador (Sal) Biondolillo Jr preformed work for me on 11/2/2016 on a 1981 Ford F100 replacing the radius arm bushings among other work. Approx. 4 years and 40,000 miles later I have the same problem with metal to metal that was my original problem. Those originals where there for approx. 35 years and 340,000 miles before they started going but where in the correct way. For anyone who does not know these are not just easily replaced you have to disassemble the whole front suspension to do them correct. So if he wants to think I took all that apart to put it back like you can see in the pictures plus the small rubbers are indented with the writing on the cup washer. He can deny it till the day he dies he knows its wrong along with anyone else that looks at the pictures. Like I told him brother if you can sleep at night knowing you have taken someone's hard earned money for work like that then I can to. I spoke with Salvador Biondolillo Jr on 1/11/2021 and he informed me that it was out of warranty and that he could fix it for approx. $400. I left not sure what to do since I know it should last must longer than it did. Well I started researching it and come to find out the wrong kit was used to start with. Well I did my research and even spoke with Moog on the phone just to verify I was purchasing the correct kit now. I replaced these on 1/23/2021 and documented everything as it came apart. As I disassembled the bushings it became very apparent what the problem was. The only part of the bushing kit that was assembled correctly was the cup washer at the front and the flat washer at the rear. The correct order should have been cup washer, large front bushing with metal insert, spacer ring, small rear bushing without insert, rear washer, nut. The small rear bushing w/o insert was installed to the cup washer in front. The large front bushing with metal insert was installed on the rear with the spacer ring behind that which is totally wrong. The spacer ring would not have fit properly if it was installed correctly since it was much larger than the one in the new kit designed to fit this truck. Those install instructions will be included if anyone wants to see. I spoke with Salvador Biondolillo Jr again on 1/25/2021 to see if they would reimburse me what he would have charged me to redo what they made a mess of to begin with. Sal informed me they would not at all do that and did not care to even see all the parts and pieces I have to prove it and the some odd 40 pictures to document it. He told me numerous times that if it had been installed incorrectly I would have already had problems. I will be posting this on my page with pictures if anyone is interested for proof that I am not just saying or doing this as he accused me of as he said he did not see it. I did not tell him on 1/11/2021 when I was there in person with the truck that he could not look at it. He never mentioned to me let me take a look at that and see what might be happening. After realizing what had been done and just blatantly wrong I knew I was not taking it back to them to fix and charge me another $400. Trusting no one to do it correctly I decided to do the job myself. As you will see the instructions are not at all hard to follow for the assembly of the bushings. He mentioned these bushings kit had changed/updated not sure what he meant but if you look them up on any parts store web site it plainly states the kit K8295 he used was through 10/80. The correct kit K8359 is used from 11/80. Truck date 6/81. I hate it has had to come to this but when work is performed this blatantly wrong and there not even willing to look at it with me then I cannot and will not be back and will not recommend them anymore as I have in the past. My father also lost money dealing with them that had to be redone but he never went back and I have no proof as he just dropped it and moved on. I have always had respect for Sal and dealt with him even back when he worked at O'Reilly a
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January 2021 by Eddie Grimes
This shop Preferred Auto Repair 810 Saraland Blvd S Ste C, Saraland, AL 36571 (251) 679-0323 preformed work for me on 11/2/2016 on a 1981 Ford F100 replacing the radius arm bushings among other work. Approx. 4 years and 40,000 miles later I have the same problem with metal to metal that was my original problem. Those originals where there for approx. 35 years and 340,000 miles before they started going but where in the correct way. For anyone who does not know these are not just easily replaced you have to disassemble the whole front suspension to do them correct. So if he wants to think I took all that apart to put it back like you can see in the pictures plus the small rubbers are indented with the writing on the cup washer. He can deny it till the day he dies he knows its wrong along with anyone else that looks at the pictures. Like I told him brother if you can sleep at night knowing you have taken someone's hard earned money for work like that then I can to. I spoke with Salvador Biondolillo Jr on 1/11/2021 and he informed me that it was out of warranty and that he could fix it for approx. $400. I left not sure what to do since I know it should last must longer than it did. Well I started researching it and come to find out the wrong kit was used to start with. Well I did my research and even spoke with Moog on the phone just to verify I was purchasing the correct kit now. I replaced these on 1/23/2021 and documented everything as it came apart. As I disassembled the bushings it became very apparent what the problem was. The only part of the bushing kit that was assembled correctly was the cup washer at the front and the flat washer at the rear. The correct order should have been cup washer, large front bushing with metal insert, spacer ring, small rear bushing without insert, rear washer, nut. The small rear bushing w/o insert was installed to the cup washer in front. The large front bushing with metal insert was installed on the rear with the spacer ring behind that which is totally wrong. The spacer ring would not have fit properly if it was installed correctly since it was much larger than the one in the new kit designed to fit this truck. Those install instructions will be included if anyone wants to see. I spoke with Salvador Biondolillo Jr again on 1/25/2021 to see if they would reimburse me what he would have charged me to redo what they made a mess of to begin with. Sal informed me they would not at all do that and did not care to even see all the parts and pieces I have to prove it and the some odd 40 pictures to document it. He told me numerous times that if it had been installed incorrectly I would have already had problems. I will be posting this on my fb page with pictures if anyone is interested for proof that I am not just saying or doing this as he accused me of as he said he did not see it. I did not tell him on 1/11/2021 when I was there in person with the truck that he could not look at it. He never mentioned to me let me take a look at that and see what might be happening. After realizing what had been done and just blatantly wrong I knew I was not taking it back to them to fix and charge me another $400. Trusting no one to do it correctly I decided to do the job myself. As you will see the instructions are not at all hard to follow for the assembly of the bushings. He mentioned these bushings kit had changed/updated not sure what he meant but if you look them up on any parts store web site it plainly states the kit K8295 he used was through 10/80. The correct kit K8359 is used from 11/80. Truck date 6/81. I hate it has had to come to this but when work is performed this blatantly wrong and there not even willing to look at it with me then I cannot and will not be back and will not recommend them anymore as I have in the past. My father also lost money dealing with them that had to be redone but he never went back and I have no proof as he just dropped it and moved on. I have always had respect for Sal and dealt with him even back when he worked at O'Reilly auto parts. We did have w
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January 2021 by Lo Down
Sal went out of his way to help me out of a jam.
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August 2020 by Rene Rivers
Best place to get an alignment. Sal will let you know if there is any problem.
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May 2020 by Londa Williams
Great technicians, had a repair problem that no one else was able to fix and Sal and John together were able to come up with a solution to handle the repairs. I would recommend them to anyone with automotive repair needs.
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April 2020 by Brandon Holt
Called ahead of time to get a set of tires mounted and balance. They said they could do it but when I got there they told me me they couldn’t because the mechanic didn’t feel like messing with it.
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January 2020 by Carol Earhart
Sal, one of the owners is a great mechanic and also a nice guy. He got me in at the last minute and did a great job, and had me back on the road the next day. I have been going to him for years, he is fair, and does good work. He is that mechanic you are lucky to find, I trust him with all my car repairs.
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September 2019 by Torrey Hudson
Guys at sho PM had n ok. Issue telling me to come by and look at my expedition. Told me it was the tires and they dont do tires. He took tine from his lunch and didnt even charge me to check it out. Great guys and i will be back for future repairs
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August 2019 by Rick Spurgeon
Friendly, knowledgeable techs, able to get you in quickly.
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August 2019 by Robyn Flowers
Sal is the only person my family trust to repair our vehicles. You cannot find a more honest mechanic.
