Ruby

Huey's Mobile covers Ruby, population 321, about 23.5 miles from Monroe. Brian Huey comes to the car or the house rather than asking you to bring it in.

Ruby is over the South Carolina line. His base is in Monroe, North Carolina, and 23.5 miles sits inside the fifty mile radius he works to.

Out where the nearest shop is a drive in itself

Ruby is genuinely rural at about 130 people to the square mile, which is where a mobile mechanic saves the most, because the alternative is a tow or a long round trip in a second vehicle. He brings the tools to the car and works on jacks and stands wherever it is sitting.

What he does in Ruby

Auto repair at your address, which is the whole of what he offers.

• Brakes, batteries and diagnostics, the three he is asked for most
• Oil, brake fluid, air filters, radiator flush and preventative maintenance
• Alternators, plugs and coils, emergency tire repair and lockouts

The one price he publishes is $89.99 for a full synthetic oil change up to five quarts, and that happens on a Ruby driveway the same as anywhere else. Everything else he quotes before he starts.

Getting him out to Ruby

Call or text (704) 285-1935. He is listed as open 24 hours and his own claimed response time is same day. Six of his 113 written reviews describe him arriving the same day or inside an hour, and ten describe him coming out at night or at a weekend.