On 7/25/04 5:32 PM, in article
LxWMc.20408$Gu7.18277@newssvr23.news.prodigy.com, "DaveT"
<bgates@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

There aren't any.  You're on your own.

I used to use the Hondacar Shop, which is pretty close to that area (on
Dunvale between Westheimer and Westpark). They had very good mechanics
and did good work, but I quit going there after I had an experience that
left a bad taste in my mouth - long story short, they expanded to a
second location and I felt that the service I was receiving was no
longer equal to the price I was being charged (they used to be cheaper
than the dealer, but more than other independent shops). A lot of people
swear by them, however, so YMMV.

I use a much smaller shop now that I have nothing but the highest praise
for in terms of honesty, quality of work, and customer service, but
they're nowhere near your part of town - Import Automotive on Walton,
near Patton and I-45 North. It's in a residential area, one of those
places you'd never stumble across if you didn't know it was there. I
found out about them from a recommendation on one of the houston.*
groups and started using them several years ago after I had a
disagreement with the Heights-area shop I'd been previously using when
they performed some diagnostic tests I hadn't explicitly authorized, and
then rather than removing the charges from the bill, offered to credit
the amount toward the next service I had there. Needless to say, there
wasn't a next time.

Dave