Whatever it is doing
Better Call Fares.
Flat quote before I start. Fixed in your driveway. Old parts in your hand. We come to you.
Mobile mechanic, Mississauga, Oakville, Milton, Brampton and Etobicoke
I'm Fares, a mobile mechanic who comes to you in Mimico, a driveway on the older streets north of Lake Shore or a visitor spot at the Humber Bay towers. Either way, the car gets fixed where it sits.
5.0 on Google. Real jobs written up with the actual price paid, read them.
Prefer to text? 647-450-0406. I read them between jobs.
Thirty seconds. Price range right away, then real time slots you can book yourself.
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Every job below was paid for, priced flat before I started, and written up with the customer’s permission. Never a name, never a city.
“Fares did some major repairs on my GTI, including brakes, rear main seal and transmission fluid change. He is professional, capable and courteous. Despite the terrible weather he persevered, and got the job done. Very happy with his work.”Google review, five stars, August 2026
“Fares came by and did the brakes on my 2021 Lexus RX350. I got quoted way more at a shop so I decided to try a mobile mechanic instead. He showed up on time, did the work in my driveway, and everything went smoothly.”Google review, five stars, 2021 Lexus RX350
“Wonderful and quick experience, charged me way less than the dealer and he did the work in my driveway in the cold. I really appreciate all the hard work.”Google review, five stars
Everything else in writing, the warranty, what I won’t do in a driveway, and who is actually showing up: read the trust page.
Mimico is really two neighbourhoods wearing one name. The older streets around Mimico GO and off Royal York are proper houses with proper driveways, ideal for me to pull in, get the car up, and do a real brake or suspension job on-site. Down by the water it flips to the Humber Bay Shores towers, where the car lives in a garage or a surface lot and a driveway doesn't exist. I work both. House or tower, the repair happens at your address, and you don't spend a Saturday shuttling a car across Etobicoke.
The driving here explains most of what I fix. Mimico commutes on the Gardiner and Lake Shore, and those roads are genuinely rough, expansion joints, patches, construction that never quite ends. That's suspension wear, plain and simple. Add the commuter cars that sit at Mimico GO all day and the new towers going up around Royal York and Newcastle putting more cars into tighter parking, and a mechanic who comes to you stops being a luxury and starts being the obvious way to do it.
Old-street driveways make real repairs easy. The established streets between Lake Shore and the rail corridor mostly have private driveways. That gives me room to lift the car and do the bigger jobs, brakes, struts, control arms, right where you park, no shop involved.
The Gardiner is hard on suspension. Daily runs on the Gardiner and Lake Shore pound the front end, expansion joints and patched pavement wear out struts, control arms, and sway bar links. Suspension is some of my steadiest work in Mimico, and I do it in your driveway.
Humber Bay towers have no driveway, that's fine. At the condo towers by the lake, a visitor spot or surface lot is all I need. Underground garages depend on the job and the building's rules, so tell me your setup and we'll pick the right spot before I arrive.
Commuter cars sit at Mimico GO all day. A car that does a five-minute hop to the station and then sits for ten hours builds rust on the rotors and never properly charges its battery. If your brakes scrape every morning or the starts are getting lazy, I'll come check it at home and tell you straight what it needs.
Permit-parking streets mean the driveway is the work spot. The older side streets between Lake Shore and the rail corridor are narrow, and a lot of them are permit-only overnight, so I can't just park up and work from the curb, and Toronto doesn't allow roadway repairs anyway. That's fine, because those houses have private drives, and that's where the job happens. Down at the Humber Bay towers it flips: no driveway, so it's a visitor spot or the surface lot, and underground depends on your building's rules and ramp height. Either way, tell me your setup first and I'll arrive knowing where I'm working.
Lake-spray corrosion shows up faster near the water. Being blocks from the lake genuinely changes what I find. Salt spray off Lake Shore plus lake humidity keeps the underbody damp for longer stretches than it stays damp further inland, and it shows: pitted brake lines, rear subframe and trailing-arm scale, exhaust hangers that let go, and rotors that surface-rust between drives. On a Mimico car I look at the lines and the rear end before I quote anything, because that's where the surprise usually is.
Two fleets in one neighbourhood. On the old streets it's mostly Japanese daily drivers being kept properly. Civics, Corollas, CR-Vs, Mazda3s, some older Odysseys and Siennas. In the Humber Bay towers it's newer leases and a growing share of hybrids and EVs. Different cars, same request: do it here, tell me the number first, don't sell me a list.
The everyday maintenance and wear-and-tear work that keeps a car on the road, brakes, tune-ups, suspension, water pumps, batteries, the regular stuff, done right where your car sits in Mimico.
Suspension and brakes lead in Mimico, the Gardiner and Lake Shore beat up struts and control arms, and commuter cars that sit at Mimico GO rust their rotors faster than they wear them. Batteries at the Humber Bay towers round out the list.
Those are typical installed ranges so nobody has to guess. Your job gets one flat quote before anything is touched, that number is the number.
Get a Quote, 647-450-0406Mimico is inside the zone. If a friend or a relative one street over isn't sure, this answers it in a second, no phone call, no form.
Type your postal code or your area and get a straight yes or no. No form, no waiting on a reply.
The message is already written, it says where you are and what you need. Tap, add your car, send. I read texts between jobs.
On a laptop? The text link won't do anything there, use WhatsApp, or fill the quote form above and you'll get real time slots you can book yourself.
Tell me the symptom and I'll tell you what it likely is, no guessing, no pressure. Browse the common problems I fix, or send it through the form and you get a price range on the spot, plus real time slots you can book yourself.
Yes. Visitor lots and surface parking at the towers work well for me. Underground parkades depend on the job and your building's height and access rules, tell me what you've got and I'll let you know before I head out.
I come down the QEW and Gardiner corridor from Mississauga, usually 25 to 35 minutes. Text me your street or building and I'll give you a real arrival time, not a four-hour window.
That's my favourite kind of Mimico call. The driveways north of Lake Shore give me plenty of room for full brake jobs, struts, control arms, the substantial work, right at your house while you get on with your day.
Usually it's surface rust from sitting, normal, and it clears after a few stops. But the same routine also lets real wear sneak up. I'll come look at the pads and rotors at your place and tell you honestly whether it's cosmetic or due for work.
I cover Mimico and the rest of Etobicoke, plus the neighbouring areas:
The whole zone is five cities: Mississauga · Oakville · Milton · Brampton · Etobicoke. That's it, locked on purpose so arrival times stay real.
Whatever it is doing
Flat quote before I start. Fixed in your driveway. Old parts in your hand. We come to you.