NoahD

Yes, it's a 45 minute drive for me, but it's STILL worth it. Far lower rate than Brian's, too.

Little Foreign Car in Waltham is also good.

DxC

nuts! how do you get home after you drop your car off?

i dont want to come off as a brians garage nutswinger, but he is a good mechanic. the only issue is he speaks his mind

Mirror|rorriM

When I was working in Cambridge, I'd drop my car off the previous night and take the T home. To pick up, I'd leave work just a little bit early and then take the T back out to Gloucester.

Now that I'm working in Marlborough, I think it's going to be quite a bit harder to go to him.

NoahD

... was that Stu was unprofessional and they never did the work I asked them to. Brian definitely does good work from everything I hear.

Yes, far lower rate for ACNA members. One more good reason to be a member

As far as the long trip to Gloucester, it's not like I do that for oil changes. I do all my own work for the more basic stuff (oil changes, brake pad/rotor swaps, all other routine maintenance).

Aldrich67

Brian's garage in Needham, MA charges 50% more on hourly labor if you bring the parts in yourself, $80 vs. $120??? Do they get the parts from outer space or NASA or they just want to make more money through parts?

Don't answer that, it's a rhetorical question.

Chapel

Advanced Technologies in Gloucester MA x2
Lee FTW

And I have not had any work done at Brian's Garage, so i can't comment on him. However I have heard lots of stories about his customer 'experience'

Chapel

Oh, and my friend's Kris and Pat help me with 95% of the work I do on my car. If, for some reason they can't fit me in (rarely) or we get completely stumped, I send it to Lee.

I had a weird issue with my UrS and I couldn't get it running. I sent it to Lee, he replaced a coil and it fired right up. Had I had some additional coils to try, I might have gotten it myself.

We've got a lot of experience working on our own cars.
Built up turbo motors
built up NA motors
Fully built a G60 Corrado when we were 19
Swapped that motor into a Rabbit at one point
WRX Wagon with a full STI setup.
Turbocharged a Normally Aspirated 2.0L 97 GTI...
Un-turboed that motor and put it into a 92 GTI and wired it all up as an OBD2 car
tranny rebuilds
suspension installation
alignment
wheel mounting
electronic diagnosis and repair

We've done all sorts of cars: VWs and Audis; Hondas and Acuras; Saabs; RX7s; Lancer Evos and Eclipses; Jeeps; etc...

if you guys ever need a hand, let us know. We're always willing to help.

DxC

i cant wait until my black car is done. im going to drive it to brians garage for an oil change and see what he says ... lol, ill show up and say
"im back from the internetz ****ers, oil change plz"

LateraLex

I've not had any problem with Brian... I've been to his shop a few times because it is really close to me and he does good work. I think he likes to chat, which is fine by me. He's never got under my skin..