Need Honda Mechanic recommendations North Raleigh (Durham, Troy: buy, inspection, prices)

[beittels]

I have a '96 Honda Civic that has a bunch of repairs needed. I've only been in the area for about 1.5 years and have no idea where the most reputable foreign car repair shops are. I'm located in North Raleigh, corner of Strickland and Falls/Northridge area. Anybody have some good recommendations for me? thanks

[mfrank2109]

MPG Automotive - works only on Honda and Toyota manufactured vehicles. Located between Spring Forest and Millbrook near Capital Blvd. Good about telling you which repairs you need to make now and which can wait.

[Honda enthusiast]

that shop is a dump. they install used parts

[Honda enthusiast]

that shop is a dump. they install used parts

[Jdatlas]

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If you are willing to go to Durham then I definitely recommend this place (link leads you to the Wasp Automotive website). My husband has a '99 Honda Civic and he really loves this place. They do a great job and the prices are very reasonable. They don't do any unnecessary work just so that they can charge you more.

[Starglow]

Originally Posted by Honda enthusiast

that shop is a dump. they install used parts

Sounds like you might have had a bad experience there, but my neighbor has been going to MPG for years with no issues and he's pretty fussy about his cars and who works on them.

Originally Posted by mfrank2109

MPG Automotive - works only on Honda and Toyota manufactured vehicles. Located between Spring Forest and Millbrook near Capital Blvd. Good about telling you which repairs you need to make now and which can wait.

I've seen detailed inspection reports written by MPG and they are pretty thorough.
My neighbor buys a lot of used older Toyota's and Honda's and he takes them to MPG for inspection before he will buy them.

Also depending on the age of a vehicle and the part required, sometimes all you can get is used or rebuilt parts when new parts are no longer available from the manufacturer, or installing used or rebuilt parts is more cost effective when the new part repair cost exceeds a reasonable percentage of the vehicle's wholesale value.

[JackieRTP]

Originally Posted by Jdatlas

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If you are willing to go to Durham then I definitely recommend this place (link leads you to the Wasp Automotive website). My husband has a '99 Honda Civic and he really loves this place. They do a great job and the prices are very reasonable. They don't do any unnecessary work just so that they can charge you more.

I agree with the WASP recommendation. Yes, it is a bit further than staying just in North Raleigh.

[ncbear]

Not in North Raleigh, but absolutely absolutely recommend Troy Wheeler;

located off I-40 at Jones Sausage.

Very good, very honest.

[VaNC]

TAO Auto on capital blvd.

[RaleighJeff]

A second for TAO Auto on Capital. I refuse to go to Honda dealers and took my 97 Civic there last year and was thoroughly impressed with their service.