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Dan’s Auto(908) 451-4207

House calls · Kenilworth & Union County, NJ · Family-owned

The mobile mechanic in Kenilworth, NJ who still comes to you.

Forty years under the hood, brought to your driveway. Brakes, batteries, no‑starts, diagnostics and more — fixed where the car sits, at a price agreed before the toolbox opens.

  • 40 years of experience
  • Ex-Goodyear shop manager
  • Family-owned & local

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How a house call works

How the mobile mechanic house call works — three steps, no tow truck.

  1. Step 1: You call and describe it

    Tell Dan the car and what it’s doing. You get a straight price and a real time window before anything is booked.

  2. Step 2: Dan drives to the car

    Your driveway, your workplace lot, the street where it quit — the fully equipped service vehicle comes to it.

  3. Step 3: Fixed on the spot

    Price agreed first, paid when the job is done. Most jobs are finished the same visit, and you can watch every bit of it.

Meet Dan

Forty years under hoods. Goodyear trusted him with the whole shop.

Dan spent four decades fixing cars — including years running a Goodyear mechanical shop as its manager, responsible for every repair that rolled out the door. Now the same hands come to your driveway instead. It’s a family-owned business, which means the voice on the phone, the quote and the wrenches all belong to the same person.

Fixed right, explained straight, and priced before the work starts.

More about Dan
Years fixing cars
40
Goodyear shop
Manager
Towns on the route
12
Family-owned
Yes

Where he drives

Based in Kenilworth. At home all over Union County.

If you’re on this map, Dan comes to you — and if you’re just past its edge, call and ask; the answer is usually yes.

KenilworthUnionCranfordRoselle ParkWestfieldGarwoodSpringfieldClarkElizabethLindenMountainsideRahway

No tow truck

The mechanic drives, not the car. A no-start never needs a $150 tow to get fixed.

No waiting room

Stay home, stay at work. Your day keeps going while the repair happens outside.

You watch the repair

The work happens in front of you — the old parts, the new parts, no mystery line items.

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Straight prices

You’ll know the price before the toolbox opens.

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Straight answers

The questions everyone asks first.

What does a driveway visit cost?

Estimates are free and given before Dan drives anywhere. Tell him the car and what it's doing, and you get a real number up front. If seeing the car changes anything, you hear it — and approve it — before any work starts. With no shop overhead and no tow bill on top, a house call usually costs less than the repair-shop version of the same job.

Do I pay before the work?

No. The price is agreed before the toolbox opens, and you pay when the job is finished. Cash and all major cards are accepted.

Do you really come to me?

That's the whole business. Dan drives a fully equipped service vehicle to your driveway, your workplace lot, or wherever the car quit — anywhere in Kenilworth, NJ and the surrounding Union County towns. No tow truck, no ride home from a shop.

What areas do you serve?

Home base is Kenilworth, NJ, and the regular route covers Union, Cranford, Roselle Park, Westfield, Garwood, Springfield, Clark, Elizabeth, Linden, Mountainside and Rahway. On the edge of the map? Call (908) 451-4207 and ask — the answer is usually yes.

What repairs can be done on-site?

Most of what cars actually need: brakes, batteries, starters, alternators, oil changes and scheduled maintenance, suspension and steering work, diagnostics, belts, and no-start problems. The rare job that truly needs a lift — a transmission rebuild, say — gets an honest heads-up and a plan for the most economical way to handle it.

All questions & answers

Broken down in Union County? Don’t tow it. Call.

(908) 451-4207

Free estimates · Same-day for most no-starts · Kenilworth, NJ & Union County

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