About Us

Two mechanics who
got sick of the shop

We left the dealership floor because we were tired of quoting work cars didn't need. Amed is what's left when you strip out the building, the waiting room and the commission.

— The Story

The best repair
is the one you
don't have to sell.

Mike and Alex met on a dealership service floor in the northwest suburbs in the early 2010s. The work was good, the tools were good, and the pressure was relentless — a daily target, a menu of "recommended" services, and a manager who wanted to know why a car left with only the job it came in for.

Neither of them lasted. What they took away was a clear picture of where the money in this trade actually goes: not into the repair, but into the building around it. A six-bay unit, a waiting room, a service advisor on commission — all of it lands on your invoice as an hourly rate north of $180.

In 2026 they bought two vans, fitted them out properly, and started turning up at people's houses instead. The overhead disappeared, the prices came down, and something unexpected happened: without a sales target, the conversation about what a car needs gets a lot shorter and a lot more honest.

Every price we charge is published on this site. Every worn part we pull off gets photographed. And when your car doesn't need the thing you asked about, we say so — which costs us a sale roughly once a week and has never once cost us a customer.

2
Fully stocked vans
12mo
Labour · 6mo parts
25mi
Radius around O'Hare
$0
Call-out fee, always
— Our Philosophy

What we believe.

A Price You Can Read Beforehand

Every service we offer has its price on this website — a starting price with parts, and a starting price for labour alone if you'd rather supply them. Not "call for a quote", not a range that lands at the top end once your car is in bits. You see both numbers before you book, and you approve the exact ones before we start.

Evidence, Not Opinions

Pad thickness gets measured with a gauge. Rotor runout gets a dial indicator. Battery health gets a conductance tester. Every worn part comes off, gets photographed next to the measurement, and is shown to you before it goes in the bin.

Saying No Is Part Of The Job

If your brake fluid tests clean, you don't need a flush. If your rotors measure fine, you're paying for pads only. And if a job genuinely needs a lift, we'll tell you that and point you at a shop we'd use ourselves rather than attempt it badly in your driveway.

Your Time Is Worth Something

The hidden cost of a shop visit is the half-day you spend on it. Booking online takes a minute, we come to where the car already is, and for most jobs you never stop what you were doing.

— The Team

Who turns up.

🔧
Mike
Lead Technician & Co-Founder

Fifteen years on dealership and independent floors, ASE-certified in Engine Repair, Brakes and Electrical Systems. Diagnostics is the part he actually enjoys — the harder the intermittent fault, the happier he is. If your car has a warning light nobody else could pin down, this is the van you want.

🛠️
Alex
Technician & Co-Founder

ASE-certified in Brakes and Suspension & Steering, and the reason the scheduling actually works. Handles the brake and suspension side, the parts ordering, and the fleet accounts. Also the one who insists every hub face gets wire-brushed before a rotor goes on, which is why our brake jobs don't judder.

— Credentials

The paperwork.

🎓
ASE Certified
Current ASE certifications across engine repair, brakes, suspension, steering and electrical systems. Retested every five years, so they mean something today.
🛡️
$2M Insured
General liability and garage keepers cover — the policy that protects your vehicle while we're working on it. Certificates available on request.
📋
IL Licensed
Registered Illinois business, licensed for mobile automotive repair, and permitted for used-oil transport to a licensed recycler.
✅
Guaranteed Work
Twelve months or twelve thousand miles on our labour, six months on the parts we supply. If either fails, we come back out and it costs you nothing.
— FAQ

Fair questions.

Both technicians hold current ASE certifications — Mike in Engine Repair (A1), Brakes (A5) and Electrical Systems (A6), Alex in Brakes and Suspension & Steering (A4). Certificates are in the van and we're happy to show them. ASE requires retesting every five years, so they're current rather than something earned a decade ago.
Yes — $2 million in general liability and garage keepers cover, which is what protects your vehicle while we're working on it. Certificates go to fleet and commercial clients as a matter of course, and any private customer who asks.
Because a van costs a fraction of a building. No lease on a six-bay unit, no waiting room, no service advisor on commission. That overhead is what makes a dealership's hourly rate what it is, and it's the part we simply don't have.
You call us and we come back out. Our labour is guaranteed for 12 months or 12,000 miles, and parts we supply are covered for 6 months — putting either right costs you nothing. In the rare case a fault turns out to need a lift, we cover the shop cost ourselves rather than passing it on.
The labour figure is. The parts figure is a starting price, because what a part costs depends entirely on your vehicle — pads for a Civic and pads for a Cayenne are not the same money for the same job. We look up your exact year, make and model, quote the real number, and get your approval before we start. You are also free to buy the parts yourself and pay only the labour.
— Ready when you are

Let's get it sorted

Published prices, online booking, no call-out fee.

Book an Appointment Call (773) 397-0433