Speedy Align

Called this morning about something dragging from my car. He said it was probably a cover, and indeed it was. He snuck me in between his other jobs, got me taken care of, and nudged me out the door insisting no charge (said to come back when I needed some «real work» done). This was very much so appreciated! Will be taking my car here for any future brake/​alignment work.

Garry is honest and is committed to his work. he completed a difficult job on our car with excellent communication and finesse. his price was miraculous, compared to the other quote we got. I wholeheartedly recommend Speedy Align!

Garry is a great guy. He recommended me to only do what is necessary for my car to save my money. I dropped my car off and picked up at the time he promised. I would come back again. This place is really busy, so make sure you call before you go.

My friend reccomended this place as being pretty good. I went in without an appointment and was done in 2 hours with the wheel alighment. Gary the owner told me I need 2 front tires really bad. he recomminded south side tires and I got 2 tires for $ 40. bucks each. Now my car runs smooth and like brand new. I reccomend this place highly. :-)

He was really helpful diagnosing an issue with my car.

Love this guy, he is very knowledgeable and does a great job at vehicle alignment. Also has that old garage mechanic town speak. Now only if he can do state inspections.

Garry is one of those fantastic auto guys that hardly exist any more — a real master of his trade, and someone who understands that most of his customers aren’t rich and appreciate a job well done at a fair price. He even puts 20% off coupon on his website. He was recommended to me by my engine mechanic and I was so grateful for the recommendation. He made my 2006 Honda Civic feel like a race car, it handles that well now. If you need an alignment in South Austin, Speedy Align is the place!

So I took my car in to a ahem «pro» chain tire place due to some tire noise. I though it was bad alignment or maybe a balancing issue, or perhaps some tie rod that is going bad. I was later handed an estimate for $ 600+ for a «bad bearing». I’ve had a bad bearing before and it wasn’t like that, soo I decided to get a second opinion. Not only did speedy align quote me a much muuuuch lower price for the same work, it wasn’t needed. Just bad tire wear. $ 75 for an alignment and I was on my way. The only bad thing about the shop is that it seems to be a one man operation, so be prepared to wait or find transportation home.

Garry diagnosed a heavy vibration in my land rover, he changed the front axels now it rides like new. He is a great person and a superb mechanic. P. S. Very reasonable and honest.

I have even more reason to brag about how well Garry knows his business now. After installing brand new CV axles on both sides of my front end, I drove towards South Texas pulling our boat for a fishing trip to Port Mansfield. I was about halfway there on Sunday morning when the drivers side CV axle failed and locked up on the highway and I had to be towed (car and boat!) to a Pep Boys in Corpus. I borrowed a friends truck to get to Port Mansfield and then had to drive to Brownsville to pick up another axle because O’Reilly’s needed 2 to 3 days to get it from Dallas to Corpus!
The Pep Boys workers were nice and did install the new part but they thought Garry had installed them reversed which Garry said was impossible. Turns out Garry was right and they were wrong. Made it back to Austin and Garry helped me convince O’Reilly that it was the part that failed and I convinced them to pay me almost everything I spent getting it repaired. O’Reilly tried to only refund me for the replacement part and tried to avoid paying me for the fix at Pep Boys but since they knew how long Garry was in business (and a good customer of theirs) they took care of me!

Garry is a cut above the rest. As Austin grows many of the old school businesses have gone by the way side. I am so thankful that Garry is still going strong in the 04. The service you will receive here is second to none and you can believe every word that he says. I have more than once gone in to get an opinion from Garry with the idea of some work needing to be done and both times I was sent home with some sound advice and no charge. I wish them nothing but the best and will continue to recommend them to all.

Gary was honest and helpful. Very timely repair on my car. he originally told me price would be 80 – 120 when all said and done. Bill came out to 94.00 dollars which saving twenty dollars on a college student budget is always great. Thanks Gary see you again next year.

He may be a great mechanic, but I’ll never know. I called him about doing an alignment and he told me to come in at 9 am the next day. He did not take my name or number, so I showed up early. While I was waiting, another guy showed up and he told me *he* was told to show up at 9 am as well. This other guy even brought a friend to drive him afterwards.
Then we noticed a note on the door saying he wouldn’t be in until 10:30.
He seems to be a nice guy, but he really needs to treat his potential customers better.

Probably good IF you can catch them open. Based on the other reviews, my experience is likely an isolated experience. I had just gotten new tires and that is the reason I needed an alignment.
Summary: 3 trips and was never able to get the work done. The rub for me is that the first time they were closed without any warning or signage and then the second time I was told they would be open, but were not.
On Tuesday 11÷25÷14 I called to see if there would be any benefit to making an appointment or if I should just show up. I got the answering machine, but it would not allow me to leave a message. No big deal.
The following day (Wednesday 11÷24÷14 /​day before Thanksgiving) I arrived at about 8:45am. After no one arrived to open the shop I eventually left around 9:30am. There was no sign indicating they would be closed. I called the office line again and was unable to leave a voicemail. I also called the North location and no answer there either (cannot recall if I left a message at north store). While still onsite I sent an email to
politely inquiring as to «what’s up?» and that I had driven in from Kyle specifically for this, and it was kind of a bummer that they were closed with no warning (I have yet to receive a reply). I saw they offered an online 20% coupon, so I thought «no problem» I will just print and bring it back with me next week.
I then came back on Friday 12÷5÷14 around 10am. I got to meet with Gary briefly, who does seem like a genuinely good guy. He advised me it would be a couple of hours as it as Friday and he was particularly busy that morning. He let me know they had just starting opening up on Monday’s and that not many people knew about it yet, so he recommended that I come back about 9am on Monday and he could knock it out. Again, I had driven into town from Kyle specifically for this, but hey it’s my fault as I should have gotten there sooner.
I returned Monday 12÷8÷14 per Gary’s recommendation right at 9am (my 3^rd trip specifically for this). About 9:15am still no one had arrived to open the shop. I called the north location and no answer. There was a listed # on the website for Mark stating they were hiring. After leaving a message, Mark called me back promptly. He advised that he was not sure if the «opening on Monday» was starting this week or not. He was not sure if Gary was going to show up. I advised him I was going to walk down the street and grab some breakfast as maybe he was just running late. I came back to the shop about 9:45am and still no one was there.
From there I went over to Pep Boys and got my alignment done for $ 80 ($ 10 higher than Speedy Align I think). I was quoted a 2 hour turn around and it ended up being 4, but that is another story. At least I was finally able to get my alignment.

I am a body shop owner and I can tell you unequivocally that Gary at Speedy Align South Austin is the BEST of the BEST!!!
His knowledge and expertise is unparallelled.
Gary is the ONLY ONE I recommend for alignments.
You can rest at ease that if Gary does it, it will be RIGHT!

I wish that every human was as kind, helpful, and genuine as Garry. What an awesome experience! Oh yeah, he fixed my car too!

I didn’t known such customer service existed!
The fellow who helped me told me to stop by and gave me an accurate and honest expectation of time before he could service car.
I was sure that my car was pulling to the left, and wanted to realign matters before a road trip.
He lifted my car up and discovers that it was an insignificant issue with a tire, showed me, and then REFUSED to charge me anything!
That’s integrity.

Garry is the local owner operator and a great guy. Taking your vehicle here is the opposite of the corporate type experience you might get from some random brakes/​suspension place off of a frontage road. He knows what he’s doing and isn’t out to take advantage (although he’s not giving anything away either). If you’re speaking with Garry, you’re actually talking directly to the real veteran mechanic in charge and not some inexperienced lube tech or brake tech who thinks they know something.
If you demand a dealer level customer service experience nice waiting room, cookies, gourmet coffee (and the prices that go with it) then this isn’t your place. But if you wan’t to deal with an actual human being who is there to provide you legit mechanic services then go here. I’m not giving 5 stars because I’ve had experiences ranging here from 4 to 5 stars. and I’d rather give you realistic expectations so you’ll be pleasantly surprised.

Garry gave me a time to bring my car in and fixed it in less than an hour.
Warm, earthy and a sense of humor that will make your day. Within 5 minutes i thought i was speaking to an old friend.
Magical South Austin.

Gary is honest, reliable, really nice guy and explains everything to you. He gets down to the little measurement numbers that I have no idea what the hell he is talking about when aligning my cars. I have taken over 15 cars easily and its always perfect.
He recently did my Subaru STI and it came out 100% straight.