A & D Buggies

Great guys who know beetles. Super busy sometimes but they are worth the wait. Best place if your looking for parts cheaper then ipc and jbugs. Get there early.

I have zero complaints about my experience with Wayne and A&D Buggies! Being a woman driving an older car, some might expect that I might be taken for a ride when my beloved Toots (1972 VW Super Beetle) needs service. I can honestly say that I was treated with respect and kindness each time I’ve walked in. When Toots was leaking gas and just generally not acting right, I took her to Wayne to see what was up. With a little work, we thought we had fixed her up. Same issue started a day or two afterwards, and I took her back to see Wayne. He found the real problem, and only charged me for the required parts. Who does that? Although Toots isn’t my daily driver anymore and doesn’t need serviced as frequently, I feel great knowing I can take her to A&D.

If you have a VW that you love, these are the guys that will take care of you! Wayne and his team are awesome! Thanks for getting my electrical done and look forward to visiting your shop again.

I got another 1915cc engine built by Wayne and within the first week the right carb caught on fire. It took them 3 ½ weeks to fix the engine. It seems my bug gets a little less original when I take it there. Near my hand break the heater and air used to be red and white. Now both sides are black. Even though they are not connected, I still wanted that part. I don’t recommend leaving your car with them overnight.

Great place… I know cars and car people, Wayne is super cool. He’s straight forward about what you need, don’t need, what you can and can’t afford, and what’s a good or bad idea. I have built cars for a living before and in this industry you don’t get anything for free not even info but Wayne will go out of his way to tell you what’s up. Sometimes I stop by just to chat for a minute or talk about an idea I might have and he never seems to mind. A&D buggies it a small shop in size but a huge asset to the vw enthusiast ! Wayne’s crew is nice an knows their stuff I never second guess spending my money here and they will see plenty more of it I’m sure lol. If your reading this and wondering if you should check this place out… just call them up or better yet go down there they will earn your business just by doing what they do best «take care of customers» Thank you A&D and Wayne !

Great service, very knowledgeable & very patient with my million & one questions lol. 5 star service & 10 star people. Let me not forget to mention seemed very honest & very reasonable prices. As a rookie Beetle & VW enthusiast I feel fortunate to have found this place so soon after my first purchase. Thanks for welcoming me from across the country.

I don’t even know where to begin to tell you how incredible this place is. I have two old classic VW buses that I’ve been bringing to A and D buggies for over 2 years. I live in Santa Monica but drive 22 miles or have my bus’s towed there because I don’t trust anyone else to work on my cars.. Wayne and the his guys (Rick and Brandon) have always taken care of me with the highest level of professionalism and customer care. They have been in business for over 30 years for a reason, because their work is top notch and they’re just all around good, honest hard working guys. Out of the 10 plus times I’ve been here I’ve never had an issue with any of their work. I’ve had everything done From an engine being rebuilt to head lights being replaced. I’ve actually called Wayne numerous times on the phone telling him about a problem I had with one or the other of my buses and he has always given me help over the phone and many times I was able to fix the problem by myself, he’s always been there for me. Before I became a loyal customer I used to shop around for prices and his were always consistently lower or very competitive. I’ll never take my VW buses anywhere else, he could charge twice as much and i would still go there. and if you want the best mechanic in LA call them, you’ll be glad you did.
PS i read the 1 bad review below, he must be an kid with no experience with dishonest mechanics as almost ever one else on this planet has had. To disparage and defame an honest man and his company due to your ignorance is a crime, i wish you a long life filled with real dishonest mechanics.

I was doing my bf a favor by taking his VW bus in for repair. I don’t really know anything about cars, but I do know people. Everyone there was super nice, friendly and honest. My bf told me to check on certain concerns he had. They were honest enough to tell me certain things were not needed. They could’ve done all sorts of stuff and taken advantage of the fact that my bf wasn’t there. They didn’t. Suffice it to say, my bf was very please with the service and their honesty… and I get extra brown points :)

Love these guys!

Top notch shop! Knowledgeable friendly and super helpful. Would not go anywhere else for my air cooled needs. If you need a rebuild, this is the place. They are willing to help you when you are in a jam too. Thanks guys!

Love these guys !! Always the best parts available, always the best price. Not to mention… super nice, honest people. Hey Vince A. GET A LIFE ! You claim you have NO money, they try to help you out and you blast them. You review is untrue and a joke.

My husband and i have done business with wayne for about 12 years… and wouldnt go anywhere else. Their service is always above and beyond! And for the record wayne has very loyal customer base we always see familiar faces at the shop!

Let me start off by saying that I have never, in my life, written one bad review, but this establishment practically begged me to sign up and write one! A&D Buggies is the ABSOLUTE WORSTTT CLASSIC VOLKSWAGEN ESTABLISHMENT in the South Bay. ZERO STARSSS! NEGATIVE STARSS! (they do not deserve 1 star) These guys are unprofessional, inconsiderate, do not make the necessary repairs to get your Bug back on the road. Lets go over unprofessional I asked for a receipt for my business transaction and the owner wrote it down on a post it! ON A POST IT!!! These people put 1 of 4 claps back on to my hot air exchange cooling system, and then just stopped and didn’t even bother to put the other 3 clamps (which I paid for!). If I had not taken a look under the hood, I would have broken down somewhere on my way to work or school! When I came back at 5:40 everyone was gone except Peter and he said we close at 6 and walked away, they are thoughtless, uncaring, selfish and unsympathetic. This is not an establishment where they conduct business transactions and expect a standard of balanced reciprocity these people TAKE YOUR MONEY! They charged me $ 60 to put one clamp on and «adjust» my clutch which still laying on my floor. I called back to tell Wayne the owner about this and he HUNG UP ON ME! (I didn’t bother calling back) Don’t let these terrible, careless, negligent and down right BAD MECHANICS fool you with their nice guy act, they don’t care about you, your Volkswagen and its apparent in the quality of their work they don’t care about genuinely fixing your car and/​or doing it the right way. Do not under any circumstances take your bug to this place! You might as well just open your trunk (hood) and kick your engine and charge yourself 60 bucks because thats exactly what A&D Buggies did to me!
BOTTOM LINE!
My purpose is to inform all my fellow Volkswagen enthusiasts and car guys to steer clear from the filthy waters that is formally known as A&D Buggies. Whether I paid $ 1 or $ 1000, I did not write this review because I lost 60 bucks, I want make sure no one else ever goes here to experience there appalling customer service and horrendous mechanical standards for your prized and treasured Bug (or bus). NEVER GO HERE! I love cars and Bugs I don’t want anyone with a Bug, Bus, lawnmower, or even remote control car to go to these people.
Wayne what are you talking about? you never warned me about driving stick and teaching myself to drive stick. What possible logical explanation would i have for writing you guys a bad review if you didn’t do a shitty job!!! I NEVER TOLD YOU THAT I HAD A BUDGET WAYNE! I asked you to fix my brake lights! you never called me back and asked me anything man. thoroughly disappointed and upset. & honestly everyone else gave you 5 stars. why did you not give me a 5 star service wayne? MAN I AM SO PISSED AT YOU WAYNE. COULDN’T AFFORD IT??? you’re a liar Wayne i never told you that! my concern was for the car not my wallet!