I was just thinking about my experience with Baldoyle Auto Centre, and decided to write a review…read more I am from the USA (San Francisco) where auto repair can be rather, shall we say, predatory. Not in all cases, but in more than half, you're going to get gutted. Imagine my trepidation on moving to Ireland, buying a used VW Polo and having a loud BANG emminate from the engine compartment, followed by the smell of burning rubber. I'm in country 3 weeks. Don't know Polos ("3 cylinders? You're kidding!"), don't know ANY auto repair I can trust. Well, I had hired a carpenter who lived in Howth (near Baldoyle) all his life. He recommended Baldoyle Auto Centre. So I limped over there and threw myself on the mercy of the owner. I noticed his shop was clean and well-lighted. His workers were all very focused. No cigarettes. No shaved heads. No track suits. Hmmmm. The owner made a lot of eye contact in a way that led me to trust him. Sincerity is detectable. He said he could look at the car in a few days. He gave it a going over to make sure it was safe, then turned me loose. The problem was likely a broken spring. The car handled ok. The burning rubber smell was the serpentine belt, which had been crudely manhandled onto the car by a previous mechanic, damaging it. I returned in three days, the car was surrendered and I was kept abreast of the findings in the shop as work progressed. No unpleasant surprises. Broken spring. (replaced both sides at the same time. Minimal cost). Upper strut mount mangled, which caused the spring failure. Cheap fix. A bushing on the opposite side of the car required replacement. OK. Do it. And throw in a set of hubcaps because on Ireland's narrow roads, I had beaten the set on the car up pretty badly. Total cost: 400 euro. The car drives like new and the hubcaps helped with the cosmetics. Further, I was told that all the things that likely go wrong with Polos had now been fixed on this car, giving me peace of mind for the foreseeable future. It is so difficult to find trustworthy auto repair facilities, so when you find one, you want to share it with your friends, and that's what I'm doing here and on the streets. I later became aware of the amazing story of how Baldoyle Auto Centre came into being, but that's another subject. You can trust these people implicitly. What's THAT worth to you?

From the owner: Baldoyle Auto Centre is a fully Irish owned company and a leading provider of motoring services in…read morethe North Dublin area. The company is based in the Baldoyle Industrial Estate in a convenient location which offers easy access to both Dublin city and the surrounding area via the M50. The company has built an excellent reputation as a one stop automotive repair and service centre offering top quality mechanical repairs and servicing, a full accident repair service and many other additional motoring services. Many staff at the company previously worked at the well respected Teeling Motor Company in Howth and have been working as part of a close knit team for over 20 years. This experience, as well as on-going training, enables us to offer motoring services and customer care of the very highest standard. Complementing the expert staff team, Baldoyle Autos workshop also facilities a fully equipped with the latest automotive equipment technology to carry out almost any job be it mechanical, electrical, diagnostic or bodywork to the highest of standard to keep customer vehicles safe, in perfect running order and in pristine condition. We offer service, repairs and bodywork on all makes and models of car as well as light commercials vehicles.

I recently got work done at this garage a few weeks/months ago, the work that was done on my 2 cars…read morehas been done to a poor standard and are already showing signs of rust, such a Pitty as I paid €1100 to have the arch's done on my car and I paid €750 for bumpers to be sprayed that started to stone chip really bad already, also had a flywheel job done no complaints about that but such a shame to spend so much money and I have to basically spend the same money to fix the damages done, also to mention that my wheels were damaged and are also in need of repair, I've added some photos to show proof of the damage, you can also see there is overspray on the boot where someone has left a spanner and tape

From the owner: Phoenix Style Garage provides the following services: car servicing, car repair, crash repairs, car…read moretuning, tires replacement, wheel balancing, exhausts, weld repairs, NCT pre-test and electronic diagnostics. We are using cutting edge technologies in 3D wheel alignment that can detect any angle discrepancy between the wheel and the car body, resulting in an extra fuel consumption and decreased tyres life. Our latest Electronic Diagnostics Unit can detect malfunctioning area with a high rate and supports a vast majority of car makes. We are ideally located to serve the people of Lusk, Rush, Skerries, Balbriggan and North County Dublin.