Auto Exotics

Ok. I’ve had my fair share of mechanics.
I’ve only known ONE really good, honest, go out of your way guy, and he was a family friend. He unfortunately closed down. Enter Joe of auto exotics.
Words can’t not express my gratitude for this man.
Been coming to him for a few years now, and let’s just say the service, the compassion, the understanding of financial binds. The guy is a gem.
Thank you Auto Exotics and Joe for being one of few good mechanics out there.

It’s difficult to find an honest mechanic, but Joe is one of them. Was recommended by a friend and I never regretted coming over. A very nice shop, reasonable pricing and a spot on service.

If you want the best service, helpful owner and someone that doesn’t gauge you just because you have a BMW go here. Joe is great and very helpful and will work with you on whatever your car needs. He even was working on cars when he had a kidney stone, that’s dedication. Been going to him for 3 years now and honestly I don’t trust anyone else with my or my families cars.

Have been taking both our family cars to Joe for 15 years.
We call Joe «our car’s doctor». Joe very good mechanic. Thank you Joe!

changed the whole engine for a used one that joe (the owner) recommended for me, and it has been working for like 2 years or so now. since then i trust no one with my car but joe. he does not only knows what he is doing, but also a very nice guy.

After installing coilovers on my car, it started making some chirping/​grinding noises whenever I turned the wheel. I had a few people diagnose it and the verdicts ranged from CV boot failure (idiot RWD-​cars don’t have CV boots) to the wheel bearings going bad (FML$$$).
Took it to Joe. He assured me that my wheel bearings were fine and that the noise was merely caused by my inner tire wall rubbing on the strut housing caused by the significant toe-​out angle from lowering my car (wow duh… brain fart… why didn’t i think of that). I just needed spacers. He only charged me half an hour of labor for raising the car up and tightening down my endlinks which were fine too.
Never felt like such an idiot. But I did save a ton of money.

Have been taking both our family cars to Joe for 6 years.
The experience, quality of work, timeliness and Joe’s advise have been excellent. On top of being good and honest mechanic, Joe is always willing to help — drop me or my wife off when we can’t catch a ride, loaner, etc.
We have a 08 mazdaspeed, which I love dearly, and I would only trust Joe to work on it — even oil changes. BTW just got a set of Conti Extreme Contact on Joe’s recommendation and I am jumping up and down — quite tire, excellent grip and all season handling — amazing.
So, if you are looking for a great family/​personal mechanic, who does quality work at a very reasonable price — Joe is your guy.

This place is awesome!!! Very fair in price, clean shop, and friendly service!!! They do great work!

My car had a noise coming from the drive belt area. When Joe looked at the car he confirmed that pulley assembly is the problem and it needs to be replaced. A few days later when the part arrived I brought the car back to Auto Exotics. Later that day I got a call from Joe saying that replacing pulley assembly didn’t resolve the issue and that the Power Steering Pump is the problem. I had no reasons not to trust Joe and I needed to get my car back as soon as possible, so I gave an approval to replace the pump. On the following day I got a call from Joe saying that even after replacing power steering pump the noise still didn’t go away and he needs to replace AC Compressor. At that point I’ve already owed Joe $ 586 ($ 140 for the pulley and $ 300 for rebuilt power steering pump plus installation for the pump (he told me that he wouldn’t charge labor for pulley assembly)) and it would cost me a little over $ 1,100 total with AC compressor replaced. Instead of replacing AC compressor I got my car back and had a different mechanic to take a look at it. I was stunned to find out that the pulley assembly was never replaced and in fact it was the source of the problem. There was nothing wrong with AC Compressor and most likely Power Steering Pump either. As soon as the pulley assembly was replaced (for under $ 200) and the noise went away I went back to Auto Exotics, but Joe denied to admit that he ever identified pulley as being a problem and that’s why he never replaced it. I never got a receipt because I paid in cash so that he wouldn’t charge tax. I’ve learned my lesson — never go to this shop again!

Great shop, I checked for my repair with the dealer, and I took my car to this shop, and I saved myself a $ 300.00 difference. Oem parts for my BMW, great price= happy customer.