Preferred Automotive
Transmission shop · Gilroy, California
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About Preferred Automotive
Friendly, clean shop with a warm lobby offering oil changes, alignments and tune-ups.
Preferred Automotive is listed at 8460 Church St in Gilroy, California under the categories Transmission shop and Auto repair shop. Its primary category is not a body shop, though the listing does carry auto repair shop — worth a call before assuming it takes collision work. It is one of 30 listings we cover in Gilroy.
Customers rate it 4.8 out of 5 across 452 Google reviews. That is 0.2 of a star above the 4.6-star average across the 28 rated shops in Gilroy. The average shop we list in Gilroy carries 70 reviews, so this one has been reviewed far more than most of its neighbors. Those reviews are 21% of all 2,109 Google reviews written about the shops we list in Gilroy, putting it first of 30 locally by review volume.
Listed payment methods are credit cards, debit cards and NFC mobile payments.
What's around this address
The three closest shops we list are all within a mile of this address, the nearest being Caliber Collision at under a tenth of a mile — comparing quotes here costs little more than a short walk.
When you can drop a car at Preferred Automotive
Read from this shop's published opening hours, compared with every other shop we list in Gilroy.
Preferred Automotive publishes hours for 5 days a week — Monday to Friday. Its published hours are the same on each of those days: 7:30 AM–5 PM. It lists Saturday and Sunday as closed.
Preferred Automotive does not open on Saturday. 10 of the 28 shops in Gilroy that publish hours do, so a weekend drop-off means looking at one of those instead.
Services
What Preferred Automotive is known for, based on its public listing.
How common Preferred Automotive's services are in Gilroy
Each category on this shop's listing, counted against the 30 shops we list in Gilroy.
- Transmission shop1 of 30 shops in Gilroy
- Auto repair shop18 of 30 shops in Gilroy
What customers say
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"Items were verified before work was done and the car was ready on time!"
How Preferred Automotive compares in Gilroy
Standing among the 30 auto body shops listed in Gilroy, from Google review data.
#1 of 30
by review volume in Gilroy
4.8★ vs 4.6★
this shop vs the Gilroy average
#10 of 28
by rating among rated shops in Gilroy
Nearby alternatives to Preferred Automotive
The closest shops to Preferred Automotive, straight-line distance from its address.
| Shop | Rating | Reviews | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preferred AutomotiveThis shop | 4.8★ | 452 | — |
| Caliber CollisionGilroy, CA | 4.7★ | 169 | under 0.1 mi |
| Davis Auto CareGilroy, CA | 4.9★ | 50 | 0.1 mi |
| Johnny's Custom Auto BodyGilroy, CA | 4.7★ | 67 | 0.1 mi |
Auto body shops in towns near Gilroy
Distance is to the closest listing in each town, measured from this shop's address.
Where to look beyond Gilroy — the nearest towns we cover, with how many shops each holds.
- San Martin, CA4 shops · nearest 2.7 miles
- Morgan Hill, CA22 shops · nearest 7.3 miles
- Aromas, CA1 shop · nearest 9.9 miles
- Hollister, CA29 shops · nearest 10.8 miles
- Watsonville, CA21 shops · nearest 11.4 miles
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