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Valley Automotive

4.7 (15 reviews)

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Routine automotive maintenance

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10 months ago

Been using Valley Auto for years. Excellent repairs and Maintenance. Guy and his mechanics are the best. You won't be disappointed.

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They do what is needed. They don't try to pad the bill. Great work at a fair price. Easy to see why they are so busy.

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“Guy is honest, friendly, does what needs to be done, but not more than needs to be done.”

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Pinnacle Motor Works

Pinnacle Motor Works

(16 reviews)

I am the original owner of a 2006 Audi A6 with 175,000 miles. I've done just maintenance type items…read more(oil changes, brakes, tires, etc.) and am a gas and go girl who drives lots of miles to get to various office locations. My engine light had been on for quite some time and I took it to a few shops none could figure it out because it was throwing a generic error code. Anyhow - long story short - you can't pass NJ inspection with an engine light on so I decided to bite the bullet and go to the dealer to have the car checked out. The dealer looked at the car and came up with an estimate of $7,700 for various issues. That's more than the book value and I love my Audi so we were at a crossroads on what to do. My husband found Pinnacle online and we decided to see what our alternatives were. What an awesome find. Larry is fantastic. He reviewed all the issues and decided we should tackle the engine light first to ensure it was only the minor issue it appeared to be. He told us he wanted to be sure it wasn't anything major before we went on to fix the front end issues which was a serious safety issue. He fixed the engine light which took him longer than he quoted but only billed us the labor he quoted - who does that these days? Then he went on to fix the bushings and control arms and flush my power steering (rather than replacing the pump). This shop is incredibly transparent and provides excellent guidance in dealing with auto issues. Larry is practical and thoughtful in guiding you on what is the best approach - feels like you're talking to your dad and never feels like he's trying to make a buck. He is specializes in German cars and clearly knows his stuff. I highly recommend this shop and look forward to driving my Audi for another 175,000 knowing that Larry and his team will be there if I need future repairs. By the way my total bill was less than $2,000 - there may still be other things to fix but we will deal with them if needed in the future.

If only I could give it 0 stars... Misunderstandings happen and I'm ok with that, but being treated…read morelike I was treated by the woman on the phone is unacceptable. I was polite and calm from beginning to end, trying to understand why my car was not serviced as expected. All I heard was an incompetent, condescending person talking non stop without listening to me, and ending up yelling and hanging up on me. All this because I disagreed with you? Also, it's not normal that an "oil change" costs $250 and takes 5 hours, with bad customer service on top of that. I am not recommending this place. The service was below my expectations and the customer service was mediocre.

Exxon In Stirling

Exxon In Stirling

(9 reviews)

On this listing, the tendency seems to be more towards negativity than anything else (although…read morethere is 1 lone "superlative" review that might have been written by the owner's cousin). I tend to do my food shopping at the Shop Rite next door, and if I need to gas up, the Poplar St. Exxon is very convenient. I fill my tank, pull across the street, and park at the Shop Rite to do my shopping. Generally speaking, I tend to gas up either here or at the Somerset Hills Exxon closer to where I live. Here when I grocery shop and at the Somerset Hills Exxon when I'm coming home from work. It wasn't always that way. For awhile, I avoided this particular Exxon. When I first moved to Basking Ridge, this was the place I came to. At that time, the Somerset Hills Exxon was closer, but they seemed to hire exclusively young female "gas jockeys," making it into a sort of ersatz "refined petroleum" version of Hooters. I wasn't exactly Alan Alda or Phil Donahue, but I had enough sensitivity to be uncomfortable with the set-up (which, let me hasten to add, was a long time ago, and hasn't existed as such in a long time). Initially, I found the Poplar St. Exxon to have better-than-average prices, and the attendants were friendly and hard-working. I never had my car serviced here, and I've never bought anything at the tiny "Tiger Mart" they have set up, but for the main goal of getting gas, it couldn't be beat. As some point...and let me state clearly at this point that it may well have been my lifelong tendency towards paranoia rather than objective reality...I noticed a guy standing out front as I pulled in who had such an authoritative "Il Duce" air about him that I took him to be a new owner. He was about my age (in other words, veering "kicking and screaming" into middle-age) and looked to be in less than perfect physical shape, but he gave me an intense eye-lock like I haven't encountered since high-school days. Back then, you either fast-fisted it out or exhibited a hopefully developing sense of maturity and walked away from the "alpha-male" idiocy of it. I wasn't exactly someone others held up as a shining example of level-headed maturity and probity, but I was thankfully beyond the days when I might feel compelled to "fast fist" it out with total strangers. I got my tank filled, paid (not to "Il Douche-e"), and drove away, thinking, "Ah, maybe I'm being paranoid about the whole thing. Gotta ease up on those pills and the booze..." However, next time I went for gas, the same guy was standing in basically the same spot, and again I got the intense Manson-like stare down, indicating he either wanted to fight me or f*** me. This time, it was hard to think it was my imagination. I returned his stare for as long as I could without making myself look...at least in my own eyes...completely ridiculous, and then drove away. The "muscle memory" of my teenaged years...when I got into more than my fair share of fights (most of which, let me hasten to add, I lost) ... thrummed through me and I castigated myself for not walking up to him and saying, "What the f*** is your problem, pal?" But I avoided this place for a while after that. My feeling was, "If that guy is the owner, and he's staring at me...a stranger and a customer...like that for no particular reason, then he is...at best...an unfriendly j*rkoff and a bad businessman in the bargain, and...at worst...a psycho. Life is hard enough these days without having to engage with a psycho I don't know from Adam. There are other gas stations." And, for awhile, those were the ones I patronized. In time, though, I decided to give this place another go. The Manson-eyed, Mussolini-wanna-be was nowhere in sight, and the service was...once again...quick, efficient and friendly. I've been patronizing this place ever since (although, as I've mentioned, I tend to alternate between here and the Somerset Hills Exxon, which no longer hires Hooters waitresses as "gas jockeys" and hasn't in several decades). There does seem to be a garage and a mechanic available, although if I have such issues with my car, I take it to the excellent Valley Auto down the street. If I need a half gallon of milk, or a package of Reese's Pieces or a can of Root Beer, I wait until I do my weekly shopping at the Shop Rite a stone's throw away across the street. But for gassing up the car? The prices are reasonable (whatever that actually means in these days of migraine-inducing high prices for just about everything), and the attendant I've encountered (he's a middle-aged guy with what I believe is a Slavic accent) is very agreeable, friendly, and makes a difficult job look commendably easy (and I know it isn't, even though I've never worked as a "gas jockey"). And there are several easily accessible pumps available. And that Manson-eyed guy I encountered way back when is either in prison, has started his own cult, or was a figment of my booze-and-pill addled imagination. Whatever. He's long gone. Recommended.

Andy is competent and treats his customers like family. I feel lucky to have found Andy'sread more

Valley Automotive - autorepair - Updated October 2026

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