Maximilian Motorsports

If this is your only choice for an auto shop just stop what you’re doing and buy a new car instead. It will be less stressful and cheaper. Getting my car fixed here was literally the worst mistake I have ever made in my entire life. I needed a timing belt fixed. From an original estimate of a few hundred dollars and a week of time it went to around $ 7,000 and over 3 months. The «repairs» cost more than my car. Max said I needed a whole new engine, which would cost 4 grand… he ended up putting 3 different engines in my car… telling me my car would be ready and to come pick it up several times. I was living in a different state (car broke down while traveling from parent’s home to a new town for college) so I literally had to book a flight to come get it. I would call the day of that i was supposed to pick it up and he would tell me that the engine he put in had something wrong with it and he had to order another one. This happened 3 times. Every time he said it would for sure be ready in a couple weeks, and he would call me or email me with updates. Not once did he email me, not once did he return a call, not once did he call me. Most of the times I called wondering what was going on with my car he would promise to call back in 15 minutes. He would never call back. I literally had to cancel a flight because my car wasn’t ready after he said it would be for sure. After my engine was finally fixed (he even said he test drove it) and ready to pick up he then said that my air suspension was broken and the car could not be driven, and he refused to let my dad drive it home. So my only choice was to let him fix the suspension. This cost about $ 600 for one side. After literally 4 months of me trying and trying to get ahold of him and trying to get a cost estimate and breakdown of what he was actually doing to the car I finally was able to pick up the car. So many of my plans had to be cancelled and changed that summer because he’d say it was for sure ready, then the day I was to pick it up he’d either make up an excuse for why it wasn’t ready or he would just act like he had no idea what I was talking about and would say that he «never guaranteed it would be ready.» He always says he can’t let me take the car unless its totally finished because it has to be up to standard to his warranty. So literally this was a terrible, horrible, nightmare but finally I could pick it up… and when I went to start my car it was dead. The battery was brand new and worked fine before I gave it to him so now I had to wait for that to get fixed, which shouldn’t have even been bad. Finally now I am getting ready to pay for it, and it costs way more than I expected. I was trying for weeks and weeks for him to give me a price and he never would. So now I have to use a credit card to pay for it and not cash. He freaks out and gets mad at me for asking to use a card (even though there is a sign that says they take cards) because «he is already losing so much money» and he doesn’t want to pay the card fees. Finally my mom had to bitch him out before he would take the card. The entire time he was guilt tripping me saying it was MY fault that it took so long and MY fault that he was «losing» money. I finally have my car back and drive it home and guess what, the engine has an oil leak and the air suspension he «replaced» is leaking. So I had to take it into a new shop that fixed my entire suspension with new parts and the oil leak for $ 800, it took them one day. They also said the parts that max used to replace on my car were old, bad parts. (it cost $ 600 from max to «fix» ONE of my air bag suspensions and it still leaked) Since all of max’s work is under warranty I called him to ask about the air suspension and get a new part but of course he just said I’ll call you back and then never did. Also, while I was waiting in his shop lobby I heard him guilt trip other customers. They were shocked about a price and he acted confused and asked if they never got his emails that he sent? They said no, and that they kept asking for emails of the estimate but he never sent them. He tried to convince them that they just didn’t know how to use email and that he indeed sent everything, which I’m sure he never did.
In short, Max is the worst mechanic I have ever met and also a terrible person and I truly hope with all of my heart that his business fails and he becomes bankrupt. If you read the «not recommended review» there is another review that says the same thing about how he never returns calls.

I was very optimistic when i first found this shop in my area. A clean small shop that seems to care about its customers and their cars. My first time was a positive experience. I brought my car in, less than two days later i had my car back all fixed up. No problems. But my second attempt was not so smooth. Communication from the shop is nonexistent. After agreeing to do some work on my vehicle, no progress would be made for weeks. So I would call back, over and over. Every time i got the same response, «yeah I will get right on it» or «I am working on it right now». I eventually gave up and took it somewhere else.
In the end I have concluded that the shop is unreliable. I simply cannot trust them to do what they say they will do. Very disappointing.

Very very glad I found Maximilian Motorsports!
I have an older beetle and used to go to someone else nearby, I wish I had used Maximilian’s services from the beginning. Very knowledgeable! Has been a pleasure to work with, he took time to ask me about my car and to what level I would like to get it at. Has worked within my budget and given me some direction on some things I wanted to fix myself. I have called several times with questions when something happens and been told to swing by so he could take a look. I highly recommend Maximilian Motorsports!
Will continue to use his services, and recommend Maximilian Motorsprts to others.