This place used to be called Affordable Auto, but that is no longer the case. The old owner left FL after Irma apparently and some guy named Justin now owns the place and touts his many years of work as a mechanic and how awesome his place is. Recently, the regulator on our van went out and since I had used this place before for repairs I told my wife to take it there first, because we needed it done in a hurry for a trip. Well Justin taped up the window and told me to call him for the parts. I called to get an estimate and he told me it would be about $100 for the regulator and we also needed a new motor. He quoted me $600 for a new motor. I was like what?!! I have bought parts and done repairs myself and even though this is a VW, I knew there was no way that it was a $600 part. So, I did my own research, checked online at some of the places where I have bought OEM parts before and turns out that I could get it for around $60, and that was even from a VW dealership. I called him back and confronted him with the price and he got all defensive and tried to lie his way out of it. First, he told me, that's what it cost, so he can order the parts and do the job for $150. Or he said, I could get the parts myself and then he would still install them, but for $200 OR, I could do it myself or find someone else. He claimed that he gets his parts from CarQuest, here on Stock Island, and that's what they charge and it's so he can return the part if it is wrong and that I can call them myself... I told him I would. CarQuest told me there is no way they would charge that much and that at MOST, a repair place could charge MAYBE $300 or so... AVOID THIS PLACE, it is no longer Joe and his son, who were honest and like his sign said out front, NO BS. But considering this place is new (new owner) and needs the local business, you would think that this guy would not try to steal from the locals. It is nothing but BS now, so DO NOT USE THEM, they will try to steal from you.... read more
