01
Jump starts + dead batteries
Cold cranks at fourteen below. I roll a heated truck, jump it, test the alternator, and if the battery is cooked I have replacements on board.
MattyP
● Tap to call · (907) 891-2737Entry 047 · Anchorage · Winter 2026
Ibringtheshoptoyourdriveway.
Heated truck, the right tools, the patience to do it right at minus ten. Anchorage and the bowl, seven days a week. If it won't start, I'll come find out why.
What I fix in your driveway.
Honest scope. No upsell. If it's not in this list, ask anyway — most of the time the answer is yes.
02
Brake pads, rotors, calipers
Pads and rotors swapped in your driveway, no shop lift required. If a caliper has seized in the salt, I press it back in or replace it the same visit.
03
Check-engine diagnostics
OBD-II scanner, pending codes, freeze-frame data. Sensors, gaskets, vacuum leaks. I read the codes out loud so you know what you actually need.
04
Oil + filter, full fluid round
Synthetic where it should be synthetic. I check transmission, coolant, brake, and power-steering on the same visit. Old filter goes with me.
05
Alternator + starter replacement
If the belt squeals or the lights dim at idle, the alternator is asking for help. I carry the most common units for Subaru, Toyota, Ford, and Chevy.
06
No-start, won't-turn-over diagnosis
Fuel? Spark? Compression? I work through the tree in order, not guesses. If I can't fix it in the driveway, I tell you that before I leave.
The Driveway Files
A field guide to the parts that fail first.
Hand-traced from years of pulling the same things out of cars in this town. The cold is hard on three components above all.
About · Why Matty
Nine winters under hoods in this town. Subarus, Tacomas, F-150s, and the one Audi that should never have come north.
I learned to wrench in twenty below, because that's when cars actually break. A shop bay is comfortable. A driveway at ten below is not, and most mechanics will quote you a tow before they'll come out. I just come out.
Same-day when I can. No surprise charges. If I quote a job and find something else, I show you the part before I touch the bill. That's the whole pitch.
— Matty P.
Field Notes · From the driveways
What people leave on the windshield after.
Truck wouldn't start, twelve below, my whole driveway buried in ice. Matty came inside two hours, found a dead alternator, swapped it, and I was at work by ten.
Brakes were grinding loud enough I was afraid to drive to the shop. He showed up the next morning with pads, rotors, and a torque wrench. Reasonable, fast, honest.
Service-engine light was on for a month. Two shops quoted four-figure jobs. Matty pulled the codes in my driveway, said it was a one-hour fix, and it was.
Contact · The colophon
One tap. I'll come find the car.
(907) 891-2737
Tap from mobile · One ring to Matty's truck
Yard / mailing
531 Idaho St B
Anchorage, AK 99504
Anchorage, AK 99504
On call
Seven days
7am — 11pm
7am — 11pm
MattyP Mobile Mechanic · Anchorage, AK
Entry 047 · Winter 2026