Harry’s Foreign American Auto Service

Absolutely not. Never again. I wouldn’t recommend this place to anyone and I will never be back. If you have a new car with few to no problems, this is a good place for overpriced work. Anything else is a waste of time.
I went in recently–
Well, I tried to, at first.
There are plenty of doors to this place, all of which are locked. One of the bays is open from time to time, but all of the traditional doors are locked tight and nobody is ever there.
After trying the conventional doors, I finally waded into the garage and called out several times before the lone mechanic emerged from the far side of the most distant bay. I tried to explain my problem and interest in having him look at my car, but he seemed totally uninterested.
I’m not sure if it was my heels, my short skirt or just the fact I was female, but he was incredibly condescending. As the daughter and granddaughter of a mechanic, with years of experience working on my own cars before moving to Boston, he was incredibly flippant, unprofessional and sexist.
Not only did he refuse to look at my car, he was incredibly leery and unprofessional. This is a hobby garage and nothing more.
This is a terrible garage. I would never recommend it to anyone.

if i had a kid in boston, i would INSIST that harry was the only mechanic working on their car. why? because he treats it like every car that comes in his daughter’s car and goes above and beyond to make sure it’s safe. it doesn’t matter what you come in for — he’s going to check your tires, top off your fluids, put the car on the lift and inspect the brake lines, hook up the compressor and blow all the leaves out from under your hood, etc.
now i’m fairly capable when it comes to car stuff so i don’t go to harry because i need babying. i go to him primarily because he does quality work at a fair price, but also because i’m interested in car maintenance and harry not only tolerates, but encourages my «what’s that do? why’d you do it like that? what happens if we did this? why can’t we do it that way instead? what was that thingy called again? can i try?».
now i personally like going and hanging out, but if you want a quick in-​and-​out then harry’s not your guy and you should probably hit up some corporate chain that won’t bother you with things like asking about your family, and remembering your name. wouldn’t wanna waste time that you could otherwise spend staring at a backlit screen.

I’d probably actually give him 3.5 stars, but the extra .5 is more just because he’s a nice guy. Harry knows so much about the area and he really cares about the community. It’s just him working there and the man likes to TALK. A LOT. I think it takes him longer to get things done because he talks so much to customers not to mention all the guys in the community who come over just to chat. I’ve gone to drop my car off and stood there for literally an hour while he talked (and I do me that he was doing the talking). He’s a good mechanic and he treats loyal customers really well, but I’ve moved on to a mechanic that I can get into and out of at a speedier rate.