Austin Auto Repair

What an awesome place! I think I finally found a repair shop I will continue to use! I took my car here because my brakes were squeaking and I was concerned they would need something additional replaced besides the pads. He called me an hour later saying they don't need anything and that they probably just had dust in them causing the squeaking and that when he took them apart to check them it got rid of the dust. He told me I have about 6 more months on my pads. I am so amazed how honest he was with me. I will definately be back in 6 months when I actually need a break job.

What a great place!!I took my Honda to get the brakes fixed, they got it done quick and their price was very reasonable. The car was ready when they said it would be and everyone was so nice and friendly.I recommended them to my friend who was having brake trouble on her Expedition. She dropped off the car and after they checked it out they called her to tell her that her brakes were fine and didn't need any work. Who ever heard of a car repair place turning down money? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! This is the place to go! They are nice, quick, & HONEST. It doesn't get any better than that. My friend and I have both sent others to them too and everyone else has had wonderful experiences also.

I have been using Paul and his shop for many years, on many vehicles, since they were originally further south on Hwy 183- I would highly recommend Paul and Rational Auto for car repair.

I'm so glad to see another review of Rational. My husband turned me on to this place when I was due for my 50,000 mile tune-up. I called Paul and told him the make and model of my car, and he told me I didn't need to come in until 75,000 miles. Um, WHAT???? An HONEST MECHANIC?!?? Dude could have brought me in there and charged me a hundred bucks and I would never have known the difference. Since then I've brought my car in for a slippy transmission (which he doesn't fix, by the way, but he will refer you to Longhorn Transmission, review coming soon) and a brake job. We refer everyone we know to him, and they always have good experiences. If you've read my other reviews you know I also have an honest general contractor, so basically I'm the luckiest person in the world. Thanks, Paul, for being a good guy and a great mechanic.

Paul Sims is one hard-working, honest mechanic who happens to own the place. We live in Bastrop, one of us works in Buda and his shop is on the other side of Austin from us - off of Hwy 183. Yet, we keep going because he's good, he's efficient and if he can't fix it, there's no B.S. involved. Really knows his stuff and I wouldn't go anywhere else. Believe me, with the price of gas, we think about going some place closer to our hive of activity, but don't because Paul and his guys do great work. It's very difficult to get consistent quality these days in ANYTHING, much less an auto mechanic. Much less with an HONEST auto mechanic. Have you had a tune-up lately? I'd just call Rational. He'll let you know what's up with your car/truck, whatever. And he's a really nice guy.