Mobile mechanic · Open 24 hours · Chicago, IL
Dead battery in a Jewel-Osco lot at 11pm. Brakes grinding on the way down Western Ave. A starter that quit in your own driveway. Brian loads the van and comes to you — driveway, curb, parking garage, or shoulder — anywhere in the city, any hour of the day or night.
What we do
Most of what a shop does on a lift, we can do in your parking spot. The van carries a compressor, a full socket set, a scan tool, a battery load tester, a jack and stands, and the common parts for the cars we see most. If a job genuinely needs a lift or a machine we don't carry, we'll tell you straight instead of guessing at your expense.
Testing, charging or replacing the battery, cleaning corroded terminals, and chasing the reason it died in the first place — a tired alternator, a parasitic draw from a stuck relay, a loose ground strap. We test before we sell you anything.
Diagnostic $75 · applied to the repair
Pads and rotors front and rear, calipers, brake hoses, fluid flush. If you're hearing metal-on-metal or the pedal has gone soft, call before you drive it another block.
From $180 per axle, parts included
Bench-tested replacement, belt and tensioner checked while we're in there. A click with no crank is usually the starter or the ground — not the battery you just bought.
From $240 installed, most models
Full scan, live data, and a plain-English explanation of what the code actually means for your car. We'll tell you when a light is safe to drive on and when it isn't.
$75 flat, free with any repair
Conventional, synthetic blend or full synthetic, filter included, old oil taken away with us. Spark plugs, air and cabin filters, belts, wipers and bulbs done at the same visit.
From $65 · synthetic from $95
Radiators, water pumps, thermostats, coolant hoses and serpentine belts. If the temp gauge is climbing in traffic on the Dan Ryan, pull over and call — driving it hot is how a $300 job becomes a $2,400 one.
Quoted after inspection, no surprises
On the job
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How it works
No appointment portal, no waiting room, no shuttle. You call, we talk it through, and if it's something we can do on-site we'll be there.
Tell us the year, make and model, where the car is sitting, and what it's doing — or not doing. A photo of the dashboard or the engine bay helps more than you'd think.
You get a straight estimate over the phone and a realistic arrival window. If it turns out to be something we can't safely do on-site, we say so and you don't pay a call-out fee for the answer.
Driveway, street parking, apartment garage, office lot, or the shoulder where you're stuck. We bring the tools and the common parts. Most jobs are finished in one visit.
Card, cash, Zelle or Cash App. Old parts stay with you if you want them. If something we touched acts up, call us back — we stand behind the work.
Hours & contact
Breakdowns don't keep business hours, so neither do we. Calls after 10pm usually go to the same number — leave a message with your location and we'll call straight back.
Open now · 24 hours
Where we go
We're based on the southwest side, so Berwyn, Cicero and Little Village are usually the quickest calls. We cover the rest of the city too — if you're not sure whether you're in range, just ask when you call.
4.8 stars · 63 reviews
Most of our work comes from people who were told about us by a neighbor. Here's the kind of thing they say afterwards.
"My car wouldn't start in the lot behind my building at almost midnight. Brian answered, asked me a couple of questions, and was there in under an hour. Battery was done. He had one in the van and I was driving again before 1am. Didn't try to sell me anything else."Marcus D. · Little Village
"Got quoted $900 at a chain shop for brakes. Brian came out, showed me the old pads, and did the whole front end in my driveway for less than half that. He even pointed out a worn belt and told me it could wait a few months instead of pushing it on me."Angela R. · Oak Park
"Check engine light had been on for weeks. He scanned it, explained what the code meant in plain English, and it turned out to be a $40 part. Took him twenty minutes. I've used him twice since for oil changes."Tomás V. · Pilsen