Have AI call auto repair shops for quotes

Give your agent the car's year, make and model and the repair. CallForMe calls several shops at the same time, asks each for a price with parts and labor, the earliest drop-off and the warranty, and your agent puts the answers in one table. Each answered call costs $1.

Calling shops for a repair price takes an afternoon because every service writer asks the same three things and then puts you on hold to look up parts. Your agent asks them all at once and compares the answers.

Paste this into your agent

Call 5 auto repair shops near Plano, TX and get a price for front brake pads and rotors on a 2019 Toyota RAV4, plus the earliest drop-off.

More versions:

• "Ask 4 shops near 30318 what they charge to diagnose a check engine light on a 2015 Honda Civic, and whether the fee comes off the repair."
• "Call tire shops near me for a price on 4 Michelin Defender2 235/65R17, mounted and balanced, with alignment."
• "Get quotes for a timing belt and water pump on a 2012 Subaru Outback 2.5 from 3 independent shops."

What the shop will ask

plan_call treats any goal that pairs a car word (brake, tires, alignment, transmission, car, truck) with a price word (quote, price, estimate, how much) as a vehicle quote. It flags the vehicle's year, make and model as blocking, because no service writer can price parts without it. Expect these follow-ups too, so put the answers in details:

• Engine size or trim when one model has two brake sizes (many trucks and SUVs do).
• Mileage, for timing belts and scheduled service.
• OEM or aftermarket parts.
• Whether you'll wait or drop it off.

Questions worth asking

• Parts and labor, separately and total, before tax.
• Do you replace or resurface rotors?
• Warranty on parts and labor, in months or miles.
• Earliest drop-off and how long the job takes.
• Is there a diagnostic or inspection fee, and is it waived if you do the work?

How call_around works for auto shops

Use query: "auto repair" with queries like ["brake repair", "tire shop", "auto repair"] to catch shops that list themselves by specialty. min_rating: 4.2 skips poorly rated shops before anything is dialed. A count of 5 is a good default: enough to see the spread, few enough that you'll read the table. The free demo lines include three fictional auto shops, so you can try a brake quote batch without paying. Ask your agent to call the CallForMe demo auto shops.

What trips these calls up

• "Bring it in and we'll look." Common for anything diagnostic. Ask for the inspection fee and the hourly labor rate instead, which still lets you compare. See why businesses won't quote by phone.
• Dealers. Dealer service lines run long menus and transfer to an advisor. Allow for a longer call.
• Saturday afternoons. Many independent shops close at noon on Saturday.

What it costs

$1 per shop that answers, including 5 minutes. Service writers often put you on hold to check parts, so a 7 minute call costs $1.50. Five shops with two holds like that come to about $6.

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