Berkeley Auto Repair

My experience at Model Garage could not have been better. They're incredibly friendly, communicative, low stress and competent.

Recently I purchased a 1998 Volvo C70 Coupe. I brought to The Model Garage for some obvious repairs, but it was the non-obvious and niggly repairs that they analyzed and handled that made their service great. Finding unusual but viable solutions to these obscure issues shows their ability to go above and beyond the call of duty in car repair. I know they work on other cars besides Volvo's. So call them... if you have a car they can work on, bring it in and let them... and have an experience you normally wouldn't have... Excellent Service.

moved over to model garage from mckevitt b/c MG seems to make sensible changes to the maintenance schedule which save $; they don't seem to 'up-sell' or push work just to boost profit. they are very smart, and personable. it feels like they put more thought and attentiveness into the work than other shops. their rates seem slightly less than mckevitt, but i think the service is better. they also replaced headlight bulbs (on a volvo v70) for me for just the cost of the bulbs, which is really, really appreciated, especially given how hard it is to replace those bulbs.

Thorough,skilled, generous & HONEST. THE most friendly group of mechanics & support personel, both men & women, ever assembled,in my long experience, by the maestro Don.

I always feel so well taken care of you guys & gals are almost like family. Thanks so much for all of the years of allowing me to drive great cars at a low cost.

I have been a customer of Model Garage for about 30+ years. The first 4-5 cars were Volvos but now am driving an Avalon Toyoto and continue to get great service. I was willing to change auto manufacturers, but not mechanics!

Everyone here is amazingly nice and knowledgable. They always explain the problem to me in a way I can understand (I know nothing about cars) and they go the extra mile to fix and help in anyway they can! Always a great experience!

Really helped out in a timely manner as we needed to have car checked out that day. We ended up buying the car and my Dad is very happy. Thanks,

As always, you guys are the best. 26 years of servicing our cars.

this time, don saved me $70 by figuring out that my dash lights were only off because my settings were wrong. thanks, don. ;-)