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Mobile mechanic in Columbia, MDWe fix it where it's parked.

Diagnosis from $90, oil changes from $75 and brakes from $400 an axle, done in your driveway or office lot. You get the exact price before work starts and pay by card only after you approve the job.

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What it costs

Know the price range before you call

Every service has its own page with a price check for your exact year, make and model. European cars usually take longer and use pricier parts, so the range tells you what to expect up front.

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Maintenance plans

Or put the car on a plan

Scheduled visits, included oil changes and member discounts on repairs, all where the car is parked. Every plan is a 6- or 12-month agreement.

Basic Commuter

Peace of Mind

from $19/moFor commuters, students and older driversSee what’s included →Premium Care

All-Inclusive Road-Ready

from $49/moFor busy professionals and rideshare driversSee what’s included →2–4 vehicles

Multi-Car Family Bundle

from $89/moOne service day for every car in the drivewaySee what’s included →
Running 3–15 work trucks? The Local Fleet Uptime Retainer keeps them serviced after hours, from $150 per vehicle a month.Fleet plans →
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Tell us the car, the problem and where it's parked, then pick a real open time from your mechanic's calendar. Travel between jobs is already built in, so the time you pick is the time we arrive.

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Service notesAsk your mechanic
Chapter 01 · The light comes on

A warning light only tells us where to start looking

A mechanic plugging a scan tool into a car's diagnostic port while a tablet shows live sensor data

Your car has dozens of computers watching everything from ignition timing to tire pressure. When one of them sees a reading it doesn't like, it stores a fault code and lights up the dash.

That code points to a system. It almost never names the broken part. One code can have ten causes, and some faults only show up on a cold morning, in the rain, or at highway speed.

A shop that skips the testing starts replacing parts until the light stays off. You pay for every guess.

Scan result1 stored code
P0300
Random or multiple cylinder misfire
Possible causes the code can't tell apart:
  • Worn spark plugs
  • Failing ignition coil
  • Clogged fuel injector
  • Vacuum leak
  • Low fuel pressure
  • Bad crankshaft sensor
  • Low compression
  • Wiring or connector fault
Each of these needs a different test before anyone should quote a repair.

How we find the real cause

  1. Step 1

    Listen

    When does it happen? Cold or warm, in town or on the highway, after rain? You know your car's habits better than any scanner.

  2. Step 2

    Scan

    We read every stored code and watch live sensor data with the engine running, not just the one code that turned the light on.

  3. Step 3

    Test

    We prove the cause before quoting. Swap a coil to another cylinder, smoke-test for vacuum leaks, check fuel pressure and compression.

  4. Step 4

    Show you

    You see what we found and the price before any work starts. If a repair can safely wait, we tell you that too.

  5. Step 5

    Fix it there

    Most repairs get done in the same visit, where the car is parked. Tap or swipe on our terminal and you're finished.

Describe the symptoms and book a diagnosis

Chapter 02 · Stay ahead of it

Maintenance is the cheapest repair you'll ever buy

A mechanic checking engine oil on a dipstick in a driveway

Most expensive repairs start as skipped maintenance. Old oil wears out an engine. Old coolant eats a water pump. A worn timing belt can snap and wreck the engine it was supposed to protect.

The schedule in your owner's manual exists for that reason, and it applies to every car on the road. A Nissan Versa and a Mercedes-Benz S-Class need the same basic care. The only real difference is how much it costs when that care gets skipped.

Consumer Reports' advice for getting a car to 200,000 miles is to follow the owner's manual schedule "to the letter." We bring that schedule to your driveway, so keeping up with it doesn't cost you a Saturday.

Read the maintenance guide: what every car needs, and what happens when it's skipped →

  • 12.8 yearsThe average age of a car on U.S. roads, a record. Cars are lasting longer, but only when they're looked after.S&P Global Mobility, 2025
  • 8 in 10Cars at Car Care Council inspection events failed at least one item, often low or dirty oil or coolant.Car Care Council
  • 1 in 3Drivers can't cover a surprise repair without debt. AAA says staying on top of car care saves hundreds.AAA, 2017
  • 7 millionBattery-related roadside calls in one year. A yearly battery test catches most of them.AAA, 2025

Book a maintenance visitOr put it on a plan from $19/mo →

Chapter 03 · The shop visit

What a repair shop costs you before the repair starts

A tired customer checking her watch in a repair shop waiting room
  1. Drop the kids off early, or find someone who can.
  2. Drive across town in the car that's acting up.
  3. Wait in line at the service desk.
  4. Pay about $25 for an Uber to the office, or lose the morning in the waiting room.
  5. A phone call: "We found a few more things."
  6. Another Uber back to the shop to beat closing time.
  7. Pay the bill. Drive home.

Before anyone looks at the car, you've paid for two rides and lost most of a workday.

At many shops, the person at the service desk earns part of their pay on what they sell, and technicians are paid by the job. Neither setup rewards anyone for telling you a repair can wait.

It also shows up in who gets quoted what. In a Northwestern University study, callers asked repair shops to price a radiator replacement. Women who said they had no idea what it should cost were quoted more than women who named the going rate. For men, saying the same thing made no difference.1

With us, you see the evidence and the price before we touch a bolt, and the person giving you the quote is the person doing the work.

Skip the shop. Book a driveway visit

Chapter 04 · We come to you

Your driveway, your office lot, wherever the car is parked

A mechanic replacing brakes on an SUV in an office parking lot during the workday

We bring the scanner, the tools and the parts to where your car already is. You stay at your desk, on your couch or on the sideline. No gas spent getting to a shop, no waiting room, no ride to arrange.

Tell us where the car is parked

Chapter 05 · The math

What a year of shop visits takes from you

Change any number to match your life. The defaults are a two-car family where each car goes to a shop four times a year.

32hours back each year
Miles you don't drive
192
Gas you don't buy
$32
Uber rides you don't take
$360
Childcare you don't pay for
$576
Money kept each year
$968
Games, recitals and shows you don't miss
2

Repair prices aside. This is only what getting the car to and from a shop costs you.

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Chapter 06 · The moments you keep

Repairs shouldn't cost you the weekend

For a lot of families, Saturday is the only day the car can be without them. It's also the day everything else happens.

A parent cheering at a kids' soccer game on a Saturday morning

Keep your weekend. Book a visit

Chapter 07 · Your mechanic

Book the mechanic, not the service desk

A mechanic showing a car owner her worn brake pad next to the new one in her driveway

You schedule directly with the mechanic who works on your car. There's no service writer in between, translating your problem and selling you extras.

Over time your mechanic gets to know your car inside and out: what was fixed, what's starting to wear, and what to keep an eye on. The next time you call, they already know the car's history.

  • The same mechanic every visit
  • A service history kept for your car
  • Send a photo or video of the problem before we arrive
  • The price before the work, every time

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Areas we serve around Columbia, MD

Curbside Torque comes to driveways and office lots in Columbia and about 25 miles around, across Howard County and into Baltimore, Anne Arundel and Prince George's counties.