LT Foreign Car Service German & Japanese Auto Repair

"I recently started taking my BMW X3 to LT and he is less expensive and more honest than the dealer and other shops. He changed my valve cover gasket for half the dealership price. Also I deal directly with him….no red tape and lengthy wait."

"Had my rear brakes replaced as well as an oil change in my 2019 Mercedes and I my breaks feel amazing . I went to JT to get all four replaced , he told me my front 2 were still at 80% . I just moved to St. Pete and I was looking for a good mechanic because Mercedes dealers are rip offs . JT is an honest man, a great mechanic , and I will Go nowhere else ."

"If you want someone reliable, HONEST, fair pricing, excellent repair, done quickly, and better than any dealership, GO TO LT Foreign Car German and Japanese Car Repair. I needed a control arm and motor mounts, and needed a foreign car repair service for our 2002 Mercedes. LT foreign car is under new management. So I brought the car there. He not only did a great job, but because my husband had open heart surgery, and needed a car to get him to on going medical care, he fixed the car while I waited. He had a place full of cars, but did the job, at a very reasonable price. He also pointed out that the Ball Joint on my left front tire needed to be changed. It was his last day open before his Closing for Christmas. I had no time to fix the ball joint. I had to pick up my daughter the next day at Tampa Airport, it was Midnight as I am waiting for her to come out, I was circling the airport, when I kept hearing the tire noise and more play on my steering wheel, I pulled in to the hotel bus and taxi area. Just then, to my horror, the ball joint broke, my tire wouldn’t move. We rented a car at the airport. Our insurance company tow service came, and I had the car towed to LT FOREIGN CAR German and JAPANESE CAR REPAIR, at 5 am, Sunday, leaving a note and a key. The first working day after Christmas, I got the call from the owner of LT FOREIGN CAR. He gave me an estimate within a half hour, we told him to change both front tire ball joints. By 4:00 we had a car again and we’re able to return the rental car to Avis, and save five more days of rental that we originally requested, since we didn’t know how long it would be. We thank the wonderful owner, whose name I don’t know, for fixing our car. It’s perfect! It runs smooth and better than ever at very reasonable cost. By the way, we asked him to check the breaks. He said they were fine. No work needed. He is so honest. Everyone with a foreign car, should use him for tune ups, oil change, service of any kind. You will be so glad you did. Victoria Nikolov"

"We found LT Auto Repair online and read the reviews. We decided to take our 2013 BMW X5 to him after a bad experience at another mechanic. We were having an overheating issue and LT was able to diagnose the problem very quickly and prepared a written estimate within hours. He replaced the water pump, and our issue was resolved at a fair price. He also shows you the old part(s) that were replaced and performs a ride along test drive, so that you know the work was done and the problem fixed. We returned to him a few weeks later with a starting issue and he was able to again diagnose and fix our issue. We are very grateful to have found LT as he is very knowledgeable, honest, and responsive."

"Shout out if you need an honest knowledgeable and affordable mechanic, particularly if you own an Audi or Land Rover. (More knowledgeable than Audi/and possibly LR dealership in my opinion) and does NOT try to up-sell you on unnecessary repairs. There is a difference between mechanics and master mechanics, I believe LT foreign falls into that “Master” category and given the due diligence on calling around shops. Some shops either too busy, don’t work on them, and conversation on phone call that you don’t get a sense that they know how to resolve issue other than saying your turbo booster needs replaced. I have a late model Audi Q5, warranty just lapse. Long story short, dealership estimate to diagnosis excess potential transmission, oil burning and booster sluggishness could run between $1200-1500 with codes that was provided when I got it read by one of those scanners. Based on what dealership wanted… (Just diagnostic WITHOUT repair). Sticker shock!!! I called around and found this independent shop that specializes in European car. After talking to a bunch of other shops. I trusted my instincts to take it to LT, based on his stellar Google reviews and our conversation on error codes and having educated hypothesis on what’s wrong. I described the issue and he said I think I know what it is. It’s not your transmission, but bring it in let me run it through the computer at no charge to validate his hypothesis and said you have 2 issues that would cost me fraction of the cost of the dealership. One was the Approved the repair and got the car back 24 hours later. What I appreciated the most is that we discovered another issue unrelated to that and rather than trying to upsell me for additional repairs he told me to wait till it breaks or to come back in a few weeks to recheck for free. What car repair place says that? (Refreshing to hear) So in two weeks I will be sending my Land Rover there as well. If they can do the same magic with my Audi. Expecting the same results."