Advanced Automotive

Write a Review978-658-9309

OPEN NOW - Closes at 5:00pm

I have a 2002 GMC Sonoma that needed some serious engine work. I have known Gary since the late 1970s and I trust the work that he and Jim do. (I am also an ASE Certified Technician, but no longer working in the field.) They charged me over $1,000, but had the job done in a single day. That price was very reasonable given the complexity of what they needed to do. If I could have done better myself, I would have. I will remain a loyal customer of the Lucas family, as will my parents, brothers, sister and many of my friends. Automotive work is not cheap. If you can find a good mechanic - hang onto them. The guys at Advanced Automotive are very good mechanics and I am hanging onto them.

I have paid $428+ for spark plugs and oil change. I also had a rattling heat-shield which he charged me $92.50 to fix (which what he claims is an hour worth of work to put a single clamp on the heat shield...) The heat shield started rattling again a week later. When returned about 4 weeks later due to the rattling - Gary claimed that this rattling comes from the other side of the heat shield and he will charge me now only $35. When confronted and asked why the price gap he claimed that the $92.50 was for also deleting a "check-engine" code (which takes less than 3 minutes to do... Get it right, it comes to $57 bucks to check an error code and delete - A service which is free anywhere else...)



Do not go there, they are expensive and do not guarantee their own work for a even a month. Avoid wasting your money.