Oil changes, brakes, batteries, alternators, spark plugs and check-engine diagnosis. You keep your day. Pops brings the tools.
470-567-5454Sarah answers, day or night, and can get you on the schedule.Every price below is labor only. Parts are separate: buy them yourself, or add $20 and Pops brings them. You pay what the parts cost, nothing more, and you keep the receipt.
Every visit has a flat $49 trip charge. Same price whether you book one small job or a full brake set.
| Service | Labor |
|---|---|
| Get started | |
| Trip chargeFlat, every visit. Covers Pops driving to you and looking the car over, including a check-engine scan with written findings. | $49 |
| Dead battery jump startIncludes a charging-system test so you know if it's the battery or the alternator. Trip charge covers it. | $0 |
| Under the hood | |
| Oil and filter change | $45 |
| Battery replacementOld battery hauled away for recycling. | $40 |
| Spark plugs, $20 per cylinder | |
| Spark plugs, 4-cylinder | $80 |
| Spark plugs, 6-cylinder | $120 |
| Spark plugs, 8-cylinder | $160 |
| Serpentine belt | $75 |
| AlternatorIncludes a charging-system test before and after, and the belt reinstalled and tensioned. A few vehicles have the alternator buried low in the engine; Pops will tell you up front if yours is one, and those are $250. | $150 |
| Oxygen sensorPer sensor. | $75 |
| Engine and cabin air filtersBoth filters, one price. | $25 |
| Fluid top-offCoolant, brake, power steering, washer. Free with any other service. | $20 |
| Brakes and wheels | |
| Brake padsPer axle. | $90 |
| Brake pads and rotorsPer axle. | $135 |
| Spare tire swap | $25 |
| Small stuff | |
| Wiper blades, headlight and tail light bulbsFree with any other service. | $20 |
| Pops brings the partsAdd this if you'd rather not shop. Parts are billed at cost, receipt in your name. | $20 |
Not on the list on purpose: transmission service, suspension work, timing belts, A/C and anything that needs a lift. If your car needs one of those, Pops will tell you plainly and point you to a shop he trusts. Visits more than 15 miles from Norcross add $1.50 per mile each way.
Home base is Norcross. Anywhere in the 15-mile circle below is standard rate, and a little past it is fine with the mileage add-on.
A level spot to park: a driveway, a flat street, or a parking lot with permission. No work on grass, gravel or a slope. If you're at work or an apartment, that's fine, just say so in the booking notes so Pops knows where to find you and the car.
Keys and the vehicle owner (or a grown-up they've sent) on site when the work starts.
Use the form below or call Sarah. Year, make, model, what it needs, and where it's parked. You'll get a firm labor quote before anyone drives anywhere.
Choose a two-hour arrival window that works for you. Pops texts when he's on the way.
Card, cash or Zelle in the driveway. You get an itemized receipt with the parts invoice attached, and Pops takes the old parts with him.
Most car trouble is just something small that nobody had a free afternoon to fix. That's the part I like doing.
Pops is Charles Hill. He spent nine years as his own general contractor renovating houses across metro Atlanta, then nearly twenty in Gwinnett and DeKalb classrooms teaching math and special education. He's been the person friends and neighbors call about a noise, a light, or a dead battery the whole time.
Pops Routine Auto Maintenance is that same help, on a schedule, at a fair flat rate.
Pops isn't selling you a part. Labor-only pricing means there's no reason to pad the list. If the car doesn't need it, you'll hear that. If it needs more than a driveway job, you'll hear that too, and a name to call.
Yes, a flat $49 on every visit. It covers Pops driving out and checking the car over, and it's the same no matter how much work you book.
No. You have two choices. Buy them yourself, and Pops will tell you exactly what to order. Or add $20 and Pops picks them up on the way. Either way you pay only what the parts cost, and the receipt is in your name so any warranty is yours.
Pops will show you, explain it, and give you a price if it's something he does. Nothing gets added to the job without your okay.
The scan reads the codes and Pops tells you in plain words what they usually mean and how serious it is. Some codes need shop-level testing to pin down; if yours is one of those, he'll say so instead of guessing.
Those jobs need a lift, a press, or refrigerant handling that isn't safe or legal to do well in a driveway. Pops keeps the menu to work he can do right on level ground with the car's own weight on its wheels.
Yes, as long as there's a level space and the property allows it. Put the details and any gate code in the booking notes.
Light rain is fine for most jobs. Brakes and anything electrical get rescheduled if it's coming down, and Pops will text you the morning of to sort it out.
Card, cash or Zelle when the work is finished. No deposit to book.
Yes. Pops carries garage liability and garagekeepers coverage, which is the policy that specifically protects your vehicle while it's being worked on.
Tell Pops about the car and what it needs. You'll get a text or call back with a firm labor quote, usually within the hour during the day.
Already know what you want and just need a time? Skip the form and pick a window on the calendar.
Or call 470-567-5454 and Sarah will take the details.