These Are Norristown's Best Auto Repair Shops, New Analysis Says

NORRISTOWN, PA — Finding a good mechanic can save you money and time.

A new analysis by the nonprofit Delaware Valley Consumers' Checkbook looks at more than 380 auto repair shops in the region, including several in the Norristown area, to determine which offer the best service based on price and quality.

The following Norristown area shops were included in the analysis: Art and Mark's Auto (Norristown), Meineke Car Care Center (Norristown), The Wynn Group (Norristown), Armen Cadillac Hummer (Plymouth Meeting), Conicelli Honda (Conshohocken), Conicelli Nissan (Conshohocken), Conicelli Toyota (Conshohocken), Hometown Auto Service (Jeffersonville), J and I Automotive (Lafayette Hill), and John Kennedy Ford Mazda (Conshohocken).

Checkbook's evaluations of hundreds of shops in the Delaware Valley area include its ratings for quality and price. Its ratings are based on more than 8,500 reviews by local consumers, consumer agency complaint records, more than 1,500 price checks by its undercover shoppers, and other sources.

According to the researchers at Checkbook, Art and Mark's Auto was found to have the best prices, coming in at 13 percent lower than the average cost. They were also near the top of the local list for overall quality, at 94 percent based on 18 ratings. P and I Automotive led the way with 95 percent, based on 20 ratings.

Checkbook is offering free access to its ratings of area repair shops to Patch readers in the Delaware Valley area through April 1 via this link: https://www.checkbook.org/PatchDEL/autorepair

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With reporting from Patch correspondent Kara Seymour