YourMechanic was founded in 2012 with the goal to make convenient, and transparent. We started YourMechanic because we believed that the auto repair industry was broken. Dealing with car problems is not only a time-consuming and frustrating experience, it is often expensive. Car car repair and maintenance affordable, owners often lack visibility regarding the quality of mechanics or fairness of price. At the same time, the mechanics who put in the hard work fixing cars make very little money at repair shops (less than 20% of what consumers pay), and rarely get the recognition they deserve.