Waltham Automotive Engineering

Excellent workmanship, lowest prices around and above all honesty make this one of the best shops around.
After getting dicked around with repairs in the past it was refreshing to go to Waltham Automotive and get an honest assessment of how shitty my previous car was. Most mechanics would be content to milk repairs out of my old shitbox, not Waltham Automotive. They told me straight up that they’d do enough to get my car to pass inspection, which in that case was a replacement cat (they got the part and put it on for around $ 250, Meineke wanted $ 850 for the parts alone), but the car was in such a dire state that further repairs would be a waste of money. Likely saved me thousands of dollars delaying the inevitable and allowed me to have some fun wrecking the car once it finally died.
Used them again last week and had a new exhaust system and suspension installed for very cheap and out of the shop very quickly considering how much work they had before the holiday weekend.

Ok, I’m a little surprised that this place hasn’t been reviewed yet so I guess I will be the first to do it. This place is fantastic! So clearly, I’m a chick. And we all know that chick’s get ripped off when it comes to mechanics. Because it’s assumed that we don’t know squat about our vehicles. So I am sure that I clearly looked like the perfect victim walking into this place with fancy dress pants, hair and makeup and manicure done.
The first time I brought my car to them, I had already gone to two other places to get an estimate after I heard my brakes squeak and flipped out. The two other places (Wal-​Lex Exxon, now Gulf and Monro Muffler — both in Waltham… bastards) had told me that I not only needed brake pads, but rotors and calipers too. But I couldn’t afford to put out anywhere from $ 300 – 450 to fix all of that. So my friend told me to go to his mechanic DJ and he would be honest and fair. So that led me to this place. Turns out, I didn’t need ANY of that! It was just brake dust or something or other and would only need pads in the front. AND they told me that I wouldn’t need them for at least another 5k miles. HA! So I didn’t have to put out any money that day. They saved me a ton.
So I brought them my car a second time a couple of days ago… I already knew what was wrong with it because I took it to my dealership for an inspection and they were very honest with me and showed me everything that was wrong. But they charge an arm and a leg to fix it. So armed with this intel, I went back to this place. Jerry was so awesome!!! They fixed what was needed for me (and told me what wasn’t needed) all for a fraction of what it would have cost at my dealership.
The only reason I didn’t give them 5 stars is because they closed at 4 p.m. (at least that day they did). So it was a teeny bit inconvenient for me to get out of work and pick it up… but I am willing to jump through hoops to get a good mechanic. They do offer shuttle service though if you need to go someplace within reason. So I will continue to come here no matter what!