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    Roland's Motor Works

    3.0 (4 reviews)
    Closed • 10:00 am - 7:00 pm

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    Motorcycle repair

    Auto battery and fluid recycling

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    Lia Toyota of Northampton

    Lia Toyota of Northampton

    (135 reviews)

    I'm going to surprise the world and give a Toyota Dealership a five-star review. It's not because…read moreI loved Toyota vehicles thanks to a Business professor I had at UMass, and it's not because I was advised they break down less by a tow driver. This review is especially not because of Toyota's complicity in bending the knee, or because they financed a loan my family was good for after our last Toyota was totaled. No. I'm going to give Lia Toyota of Northampton a five star review because they were there for us to help us part with our old RAV4 Hybrid SUV after local wildlife died inside. There you have it: grief, and death. All this can happen in what's typically thought of as, 'an asset': your car investment. You're not driving money bags around, you're insulating your family or self within a metal chamber going at speeds that threaten life. Whole industries and lives depend upon fleets of these vehicles traveling to regular destinations, keeping a fast pace, or making long treks. To know that there's death inside your car and somebody needs to get to the bottom of it surprises me in that it only a dealership or auto expert are capable when it's a dead animal. And Lia did so for us. I gave their repair shop grief, imagining that there was some awful coincidence between our car becoming a gravesite after we finished regular maintenance. Instead, with the weather as it is everywhere, cars are where animals will end up as an escape. I probably was not their first distraught customer, a customer not sure of what the world does with an inhospitable vehicle for transport. Lia, who had been doing maintenance on our car for some time and continues to on our new vehicle, held our hand through the process of discovering our loss. They took apart this car piece by piece once they knew there was mechanical failure. What was left was a sad story of loss that Lia traveled with us as we had to lose a vehicle to another natural disaster besides a flood. The amount of humanity and kindness that Nathan and the other staff at Lia showed me they are more than mechanists, they were car doctors for us and the whole industry of automobiles. I can only blame this on hiring locally, and years of expertise within the auto industry. I don't think we're done grieving our loss. I owe it to Lia that I can tell the story to Yelp, since you all are going to bring or buy your vehicle here, with Lia, and I can pray they keep this heart throughout the new developments in used and new auto sales.

    This was the first time I had a different service advisor for my 2024 Tundra. My usual advisor is…read morefantastic. She is detail minded and makes sure your vehicle is treated like it's her own. I couldn't schedule with her because of my personal schedule for this 35K service. I had another advisor, Scott. He was friendly, however, not detail oriented. To start, I arrived for an 8:30AM appt. I waited over 2.5 hours for a simple oil change and tire rotation. It was not due for an oil change, but Scott recommended it (Toyota should really and not have us wait every 10K). I thought it would be a good idea since I do tow frequently. I asked how much it was and he said $89. When I got to the waiting room I found a coupon online. I walked back to him and asked it he could apply it. He looked like he had never seen it before, but said yes. They should know about online discounts and tell customers to help offset costs. It was like he was trying to get the most amount of money out of his customers. I told him I had a service maintenance agreement, which only covers schedule interval work, not an extra oil change, which is fine. Well, the paperwork was done incorrectly and he did not deduct the coupon, and I was charged for the tire rotation. He did correct this after I brought it to his attention. The waiting room was packed. Everyone was complaining about how long the wait was for their vehicle. One guy had waited 4 hours total for a tire that was losing 1psi. It took 4 hours to diagnose that? Another couple waited 2 hours for an inspection for their BRAND NEW 4 runner. After 2 hours of me waiting, I went to my advisor to ask about the status. He said "It's almost done" after rummaging through a pile of completed service papers and keys on his desk. Ones that belonged to people waiting hours and could've been rolled out. About another 30 min he said "Almost done" as he zipped by the waiting area. Finally, about another 15 minutes my vehicle was ready. I asked how the brakes checked out. He quickly said they were "in the green." I trusted that. He also said that they filled my tires to the psi setting I requested (45 because I was going to towing my travel trailer shortly after and needed this setting). When I got in the truck, they were only set to 37psi. When I got home, I read over the multipoint inspection report and it showed that my brakes were in the YELLOW. He did not read the paperwork at all. There was no measurement listed for brakes or tires - clearly the fault of the mechanic. I also did not receive an updated window sticker reminding me of the next service appt. I called hoping to speak to the service manager, but he was busy. Another person said he was leaving my name and number on his desk to call me back. 2 business days have passed and no return call. I am towing a 23' trailer and want to know the status of my brakes. This is crucial! I guess I will not know until I bring it in again. They should recheck it for free to give me a measurement. This is not my usual experience here. I will now know to only stick with my usual Service Advisor, Alyssa, who is a rock star. While I may be female, I am very picky about my vehicle in terms of cleanliness, maintenance, etc. My questions to him about my vehicle were slightly brushed aside. Fingers crossed that my brakes hold up for the mountains in VA.

    Valley Motorsports

    Valley Motorsports

    (18 reviews)

    Great atmosphere good service sales people are very attentive great help good at explaining thingsread more

    At least one employee in this establishment is shockingly rude…read more I called this afternoon to see whether they might stock a battery for my 2008 Triumph Bonneville. After making my way through the voicemail, I reached a friendly gentleman in parts. He informed me that "we almost certainly have that battery in stock; let me check," and put me on hold. I waited patiently for about 6-7 minutes, then someone else picked up. The subsequent conversation, which took place about twenty minutes ago, was pretty short, so I'll reproduce it in full: Employee: Who are you holding for? Me: I was speaking with someone in parts; he's looking into availability on a battery for me. Employee: Well, he put you on hold because we got so many people here it's going to be about 45 minutes before he can look up your part. So you can keep holding or you can call back -- it's your choice. Me: Okay, so should I just wait about 45 mins and call back? Employee: [In a snarky/patronizing/"problem employee"/passive aggressive voice] You want to wait on hold for 45 minutes? Me: No... Employee: Well then call back. [Immediately slams receiver down on me.] Now let me just mention a few things. I'm easy-going and, as a local business owner myself, I certainly don't like to badmouth a Northampton retailer, especially during these hard times. And I also understand that a workplace can be frustrating when things are piling up. So I would have been very understanding if the second guy who picked up had said something simple like "Hi, we're really backed up. Can you call back later?" Or anything of a similar tenor. Instead, this person decided it would be more appropriate to present me with what amounted to a false choice, then hit me with a nasty and patronizing tone when I -- unaware that he was just looking for an opportunity to unload his attitude on an unsuspecting customer -- simply sought some clarification as to what he wanted me to do. To recap: I was just looking for a battery. I was going to give them my business. This was utterly uncalled for. To the owner of this business, I would suggest that this employee needs a serious talking to.

    Roland's Motor Works - motorcyclerepair - Updated October 2026

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