Angelo’s Performance Plus

What can I write but thank goodness for the honesty at this shop. They tell you what is wrong and the right way to fix. Even if it’s bad news they deliver the correct solution to solve the problem. They have repaired 3 vehicles for me and I will continue to bring them my business. A family repair center that has experience and cares for what they do.

These guys are the real deal. I’ve now had half a dozen interactions with them as they’ve pretty much rebuilt my 540i (bought it w/​a blown motor, they had to start there). They’re experts on these cars, not to mention card-​carrying enthusiasts. They continually impress me with their diagnostic skill and quick turnaround all the while providing overwhelmingly friendly service. Thank you APP for making my 16-​year old car feel like new!

This review is — embarrassingly — years overdue.
I cannot rate Angelo, his wife and son — high enough.
It might sound corny, but… they treated me like family. So nice. So thorough. So good at what they do.
I had purchased a used 1999 BMW 540iT wagon from a private party. Soooper kewl car. The guy I bought it from turned me onto Angelo and his family. It was a higher mileage car — remembering 150K or so — and with that, had tickey tack stuff go wrong with it (stuff that happens with older cars). Angelo and crew took care of all the stuff that would come up — at a huge savings relative to dealer prices.
Something was not operating correctly with the transmission — a number of months after I owned it. I mentioned it to Angelo. He asked me to leave the car with him. At a substantial cost to him: removal, fix/​rebuild, reinstall — and relatively small cost to me (again — versus what dealer would have charged)…he took care of issue.
I ended up trading the car for a pickup truck a little while later and have… sadly…never been back to say hello.
I always intend to drop off cookies/​candy/​something around the Holidays, flowers on Mother’s Day or… but I never do. THEY WERE THAT NICE TO ME.
So, hopefully Angelo and crew will see this review and know that they have a lifetime fan.
If anyone else reads this review: You can rest assured that you and your car will be well taken care of — by great folks that will treat you both… like their own.

Called for an urgent service., was accommodated despite their hectic schedule., Great Service., Happy to know nearby mini expert around me.

Thank you Michael, Gus, and Angelo. It’s great to find a place that specializes in Mini that doesn’t just say they do. You can tell these gentlemen love these cars and I had a great conversation with Angelo about potential modifications to mine, several of which he has made to one of his cars.
I hadn’t spoken to Michael for more than 1 minute on the phone and he already had a great handle on my issue and gave me a preliminary diagnosis. I ran my car in and Gus confirmed that diagnosis and got the parts on the way. I was back up and running in less than 3 hours and for hundreds less than the Dealer would have charged me (I called them as well).
Mini owners are very passionate about their cars and you can tell these guys are passionate about the work they do. My Mini had found a new home for service!!!

Adele sounds nice, makes you think everything is fine while she is feeding you a load of crap. I had taken my BMW to Angelo’s for several years and their work was adequate. I always knew I would end up paying at least a thousand dollars because they would find something extra wrong with the car. But, OK. I could live with that.
This last time, we called and said that we were thinking of getting rid of the car so please do an assessment/​inspection and see how it is working and what repairs would cost. If it ran much over a thousand, we would opt out of fixing the car. Adele calls back and says the car needs $ 1200+ of work and will last for many many more miles. It’s all that was needed. We decided to have the work done.
A week later, the transmission acts up. We take the car back in and they say, we need it replaced. Angelo says that they can’t predict what will happen once the car leaves their shop. Well, that is ridiculous. We trusted their expertise and their honesty. They totally ripped us off, and acts like it is no big deal after we have just paid them over $ 1200.
This is no way to run a business. Angelo and Gus are nice guys, but I will never recommend them to anyone again. Adele — well, let’s just say, she has two sides to her, and one of them is pretty darn ugly.

I found Angelo’s Performance Plus when I began searching for a repair for my BMW. The dealerships just kept quoting me VERY high and that I had to leave my car for at least a week! Im a mother and on a very tight budget. The owner’s wife, Adel was so nice and had me come in to have Angelo (her husband and main mechanic) take a look. Not only was the dealership about to overcharge me by a country mile, but she played with my son for over an hour tirelessly in the waiting area.
I will absolutely never go anywhere else for service on my car. I know Im not getting lied to or the bigger issue, OVERCHARGED! Thanks again to this wonderful husband and wife team! You have a customer for LIFE!

After an issue with my car and the dealership being too busy to get it in, I was in need of an alternative. With the first place I called I was asked to hold as the lady muffled the phone and yelled «Pa — do we work on Mercedes?» Alright, she may not have actually called him «Pa,» it could’ve been Bill, Billy, Mac or Buddy, but I’m going with Pa. After a few minutes passed, Pa came to the phone and preceded to tell me «I ain’t worked on a lot of foreign jobbers, but if you want to bring’er by I’ll throw a wrench at’er and we’ll see what happens.» Pa was even kind enough to offer that if he couldn’t «fix’er» that he wouldn’t charge me. That is very generous; I wish someone would pay me for not doing my job sometime. Needless to say I passed on Pa’s offer and left him to get back to what I’m guessing, was changing the carburetor on a ’78 Chevy.
After a couple of more unsuccessful calls I found Angelo’s, a repair shop that specializes in and only works on BMW and Mercedes. Angelo himself is a mechanic with over thirty years of experience and it only took a minute of speaking to him before I knew my car was in good hands. It seems like nothing is ever cheap when it comes to maintenance or a repair on a Mercedes, but Angelo’s is relatively cheaper. I would also commend Angelo and his wife Adele on the great customer service that they provide. When I found myself without a ride to pick my car up, Adele said not to worry and her and Angelo dropped the car off at my house on the eve of Thanksgiving. I will not miss the dealings with the cocky service managers at the pretentious dealership.

A good friend of mine referred me to this place. I’ve been a customer of theirs for a long time now and never want to go back to the dealership. They have really great customer service :)

Angelo, Gus and Adel are great. I was greeted immediately. They made me feel at home and all my concerns with repair were met with positive professionalism. Mention their website and get 10% off your first time visit.
I had my MINI Cooper S in for a 55k mile service and the initial quote was the cheapest I found in the Sacramento area at $ 650 which included the fuel filter. There were other issues with my car but they promptly addressed each one and explained why. I’ll be back for my oil change and future repairs. Thanks guys!