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Checking your estimate

1. Reading each line and price
2. Looking up your car's schedule
3. Checking what's due and what it should cost
4. Double-checking the answer

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• 0Fix today
• 0Can wait
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Which is which, why, and the exact question to ask are in your full answer.

Checked by AI against your car maker's schedule. Not a mechanic's inspection.

What's in it

• Which items to fix today, which can wait and which to skip
• Why, for each one, with a price check
• The exact question to ask before you approve
• What you'll pay today, added up

What comes with it

• Text us any estimate or car question, anytime
• An optional monthly check-in: reply with your mileage and we'll tell you what's coming up

Next: checkout, then a 1-minute sign-up.

I'm Mike. An oil change at a quick-lube shop turned into a $700 list for my car. GM's schedule called for $190 of it at most. That's why I built this.

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• Text us any estimate or car question, anytime
• Text your mileage anytime for what's due next
• An optional monthly check-in: we ask your mileage and tell you what's coming up
• Your full answer for this estimate, with a price check on what's due

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Plans renew automatically until you cancel. Cancel anytime in your account. Monthly payments aren't refundable. Cancel a yearly plan within 14 days, before we send your first answer, for a full refund. Answers are written by AI. They aren't a mechanic's inspection or diagnosis, and Backseat Mechanic isn't an emergency service. Terms · Privacy