Greg's Repair Service

Had a complete exhaust put on my 1998 v70 less than 3 years ago. Lets start at the header. The exhaust manifold has a port that is supposed to run to a charcoal filter. That port was closed and the fliter was removed... then subsequently a bolt was placed on the air pipe that leads to the air pump. This causes a constant check engine light and for the car to run bad in the cold. Next They just had to put together a COMPLETE EXHAUST (literally one piece and it was on the car allready) and the cat so that should be easy right. Instead of piecing 2 pipes together they cut up my entire 1 piece complete exhaust. Cut the pipes off at the resonator and then atached pipes that where completely trash and had been sliced down the entire pipe and not welded back together (So the pipes where like a c). It hasn't even been 3 years and iv straped up my exhaust multiple times because it literally fell off the car at wallmart more than once. Now that i am puting on a new muffler myself i can see they welded a trash pipe on to my cat with huge globs of soder. Oh yeah and i was upcharged to have an "exhaust sleeve" and for all the welding that was done to my complete exhaust that didnt need to be cut in to pieces to be reassembled poorly.

Greg did a great job with my 1991 Vanagon. He checked though the van completely and gave me a full list of what needed to be done and the price for each. He allowed me to pick which repairs I wanted him to do, and I found the prices to be fair for the services he did perform. The turnaround time was also exceptional considering the volume of work done. The rear main seal repair included dropping the transmission, which Greg did quickly and for a fair price, and I am oil leak free (or as close as a 30 year old van will get) I would recommend Greg for any Vanagon specific repairs, and judging by the volume of air cooled machines in the driveway, you won’t go wrong bringing them here either.

Greg is master of repairing late model VWs. I have a 2002 Eurovan full pop up camper. The camper is no longer supported by Winnebago service and the vehicle is no longer supported by VW. This means parts need to sourced from third parties, which Greg knows how to do this. Parts with chips are particularly tricky, such as when my transmission controller went bad, and Greg knew he had to find a rebuilt one that matched my particular transmission serial number. He did the repair, and the trans works great now. He also knew to replace my alternater with a higher Amp version. His prices have always been fair. It can take time to diagnose and get the right parts, but when I needed the van for a planned vacation, Greg came through for me. I don't take my van anywhere else for repairs.

I've been a customer of Greg's for 14 years now. He's always been fair and upfront with work needed on my vehicles and never left me feeling cheated as some other mechanics I've encountered. I would highly recommend him to anyone seeking a competent VW and Audi specialist.

Unfortunately Greg is not a very honest mechanic. My right headlight went out on my '04 VW Touareg and Greg quoted me a price less than the dealer to repair it. Wanting to save a few bucks, I went with his offer. When it came time to pay, he asked for a price HIGHER than the dealer's, about $60 more than he had originally quoted me. Furthermore, he yelled at me about the fact that it took him "forever" to even get the light back in. I came to find out the reason it took "forever" is because he broke the headlight casing. This cost me an additional $800 to fix. Greg is dishonest and clearly doesn't know how to work on Touaregs. I'd recommend finding someone else.