I am a woman and have always been treated with consideration at Joe's Garage. Condescension toward women coming from car repairmen is a complaint with which I am very familiar, so I value the fact that Joe and Austin give me straight talk. They've serviced my car to them for several years now and they have been good about diagnosing and correcting problems, have told me clearly when a problem is beyond them (my Prius was having problems with the big battery), have suggested good alternatives to the town's exorbitant Toyota dealer when they couldn't make the repairs. If the part is going bad, they show it to you, explain how it should work, show you where the problem is with its functioning. Their prices are great. read more