Auto-Motives
Auto body & collision repair · Santa Cruz, California
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About Auto-Motives
Diesel and truck repair pros known for honest advice and friendly service.
Auto-Motives is an auto body and collision repair shop at 3098-B Winkle Ave in Santa Cruz, California. Its Google listing files it under 7 further categories, among them auto repair shop, brake shop and diesel engine repair service. It is one of 49 auto body shops we list in Santa Cruz.
Customers rate it 4.7 out of 5 across 31 Google reviews. That matches the 4.7-star average across the 48 rated shops in Santa Cruz. The average shop we list in Santa Cruz carries 119 reviews, so this is a comparatively lightly reviewed listing. Those reviews are 1% of all 5,826 Google reviews written about the shops we list in Santa Cruz, putting it #35 of 49 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 Nate Smith's Optimal Auto Care at 0.1 miles — comparing quotes here costs little more than a short walk. 4 of the 49 shops we list in Santa Cruz share ZIP 95065, Auto-Motives among them.
When you can drop a car at Auto-Motives
Read from this shop's published opening hours, compared with every other shop we list in Santa Cruz.
Auto-Motives publishes hours for 4 days a week — Monday to Thursday. Its published hours are the same on each of those days: 7:30 AM–6 PM. It lists Friday, Saturday and Sunday as closed.
Auto-Motives does not open on Saturday. 6 of the 46 shops in Santa Cruz that publish hours do, so a weekend drop-off means looking at one of those instead.
Services
What Auto-Motives is known for, based on its public listing.
Its listing carries only general repair categories, so before calling it is worth knowing what the work usually runs: typical auto body repair costs.
How common Auto-Motives's services are in Santa Cruz
Each category on this shop's listing, counted against the 49 shops we list in Santa Cruz.
- Truck repair shop1 of 49 shops in Santa Cruz
- Diesel engine repair service2 of 49 shops in Santa Cruz
- Transmission shop6 of 49 shops in Santa Cruz
- Brake shop10 of 49 shops in Santa Cruz
- Mechanic10 of 49 shops in Santa Cruz
- Oil change service11 of 49 shops in Santa Cruz
- Auto repair shop33 of 49 shops in Santa Cruz
What customers say
See all reviews on Google31 Google reviews
"Affordable, honest, and they get the job done!"
How Auto-Motives compares in Santa Cruz
Standing among the 49 auto body shops listed in Santa Cruz, from Google review data.
#35 of 49
by review volume in Santa Cruz
4.7★ vs 4.7★
this shop vs the Santa Cruz average
#32 of 48
by rating among rated shops in Santa Cruz
Nearby alternatives to Auto-Motives
The closest shops to Auto-Motives, straight-line distance from its address.
| Shop | Rating | Reviews | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auto-MotivesThis shop | 4.7★ | 31 | — |
| Nate Smith's Optimal Auto CareSanta Cruz, CA | 4.9★ | 421 | 0.1 mi |
| Kraft's Body ShopSanta Cruz, CA | 4.6★ | 95 | 0.4 mi |
| Cal's Auto RepairSoquel, CA | 5.0★ | 17 | 0.4 mi |
Auto body shops in towns near Santa Cruz
Distance is to the closest listing in each town, measured from this shop's address.
Where to look beyond Santa Cruz — the nearest towns we cover, with how many shops each holds.
- Soquel, CA2 shops · nearest 0.4 miles
- Aptos, CA3 shops · nearest 2.8 miles
- Scotts Valley, CA10 shops · nearest 4.5 miles
- Felton, CA2 shops · nearest 6.8 miles
- Watsonville, CA21 shops · nearest 11.1 miles
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