Galati’s Foreign Car Service

Way over priced! Front brake service, serpentine belt, and a new battery for $ 720! When I looked up the parts on-​line front rotors, pads, and serp. Belt $ 120. They charged $ 280. When I asked them they said, we don’t use those cheap parts from China. Right, almost every auto part has Chinese products in it. It might have been assembled some where else but to over charge $ 160 on parts speaks volumes about this place. If you don’t have a pricey European car I would avoid this place.

I have a 1985 928S. This is the only place I will take it for anything other than routine maintenance. They know their way around my car, as well as any other car, be it a high-​performance luxury car or a domestic minivan. Excellent work at reasonable prices. Plus they put up with my nonsense. Highly recommended!

These guys rock. After 3 warranty repair trips with no success, including to a VW DEALER (Thanks, Sunnyside and Ganley…), Maria and the gang got my car in, figured out what was wrong, and actually fixed it. Great work, quick turnaround, and awesome customer service.

I can’t say enough about the great service at Galati’s. The whole team at Galati’s treated me with respect and are all so nice– you feel like family! The prices are more than fair and they don’t try to sell you repairs that your car doesn’t need. I took my car in to have some interior work done. Instead of ordering a brand new expensive door handle and an arm rest (for my old ‘cede) they suggested using EBay and it saved me a bundle. They then put the parts in for me. I also asked them about the struts on the front end. I was told by another place they needed replaced and it would cost over $ 1000. The mechanic checked my car over and said the struts were fine, just old. They did find however that I needed a new boot on the axle so they replaced that at a very reasonable cost. I trust Galati’s with my car, they are highly experienced and the mechanics care about the cars. I won’t go anywhere else.

Had my car for over a week. Ended up cleaning the fuel injectors and putting in new spark plugs. Next mechanic (a friend of mine who works for Mercedes) I took it to informs me that the plugs they put in it weren’t new. They put used spark plugs in my car and charged me for platinum plugs. The engine was losing compression due to the valves so cleaning the injectors did absolutely nothing. Was charged $ 700. Don’t go to this place they will rip you off and try to take advantage of you. Not trust worthy and apparently incompetent.

One of thr best car inspections I’ve ever had! :)
They immediately knew that they were doing and found all the issues that even a previous inspection had missed! They are unbelievably friendly and I felt they knew their cars very well! They are definitely master Audi mechanics. Should have gone to them in the first place.

Maria, Michael and the rest of the Galati service family treat you like family. Excellent, personal service-​I went for a test drive with the owner to discuss a transmission problem. I would highly recommend them to anyone. Fair pricing, timely service.