Centre Arco Service

This is no frills, coffee machine in the waiting room type place. In fact, there really isn’t a waiting room. Don’t expect to be coddled. Dick will explain the problem and your options. His wife who answers the phone and runs the office can be gruff, but if you talk to her, she is really entertaining. What they lack in frills they more than make up for with service.
Last summer I had a problem with my AC. It stopped working. I brought it to Dick three times and he was unable to fix it. He let me know he couldn’t fix it. When I went to pay him, he said no charge! He replaced a couple of parts and wouldn’t even let me pay for them. He said «I know you’re going to have to pay a lot at the dealer. Just let me know what they say.» I was floored. I have never had an experience like that before.
More recently, we needed to get tires replaced on our cars. Dick walked us through our options and actually recommended we get the less expensive ones. I tell everyone I know about this place because I know that the car will be fixed right and inexpensively.

I have had my cars worked on by Dick the owner at Centre Arco for 18 years now and he is great!!! Honest, dependable, at least a couple of times I brought my car in and he looked at it and said there was either no problem or the problem was minimal and there was either no charge or a minimal charge for parts and labor. And whenever there are major repairs Dick will show you the part that he took out and explain in detail what he did, what was wrong and how to avoid recurring problems in the future. Finally, if Dick does not do the specific work that you need doing he will recommend a good guy to do it for you. If you live in Medford, Arlington, Winchester or Somerville I would absolutely consider Centre Arco.