Affordable Car & Marine

I have been using Jeff Seeboth (the owner) as my mechanic for five years and the service and quality has just been going steep downhill over the last year, so will warn everybody from picking this mechanic to do any repair jobs. I used to use this place to get to get checks done of cars that I was going to buy and other smaller repair jobs and I trusted them to give me a fair assessment of the situation, that was what I liked about the place. Last summer I needed a repair job done on my brakes and I took contact with them. I setup an appointment and then when I came in they did not have time to look at it, so wasted a whole morning. 3rd try I succeeded having them looking at the brakes , they did not have the tools they needed to repair my types of brakes, and then it basically took 2 months before they were able to borrow the tools they needed to get the repair done, I at least called them 10 times over those two months to get the job scheduled, felt like it was baby-sitting them all way through, they never called back. The job finally got done, but it was annoying process. This event should have been my last visit to this place. This winter, we had an engine light coming on my other car, so I went into them to have assessed what was wrong with it, which was a BIG MISTAKE!!! to have them looking at it. The first schedule, they did not had time to look at it, even though that I had made an appointment with them. Second visit came up and I specifically asked them to give me an assessment of the car and to tell me what was wrong with it, because I was thinking of trading it in at this stage. I had noticed some oil leak, they went over the car, probably spend less than 5 minutes on this, and detected that there was an oil leak, yah like I did not know that, but I asked them is there anything else wrong with it, no it will be good to go for you once that is fixed. We paid $ 1000 dollars for the fix and literally went 100 miles down the road and the car broke down and had to be towed to the nearest body shop. They ruined our ski vacation completely. It turned out that they had not done the repair correct in the first place, took them several weeks to admit this and have repaired, then they called me and said everything was good to go, and here comes the best part, we came down to pick up the car and we paid another $300 for a spare part they should have used in the first place and that they claimed caused the issue in the first place, and we could not literally back it out of their parking lot, we did not get anywhere and wasted an entire morning. After another week they figured out that the transmission had set out and needed to be replaced, and of course they claimed that it had nothing to do with their repair in the first place even though they had the transmission out several times for their engine repair. I took it to a dealer and they confirmed that they had not sealed the oil leak correctly and not engaged the transmission correctly which led to transmission failure. Long story short they ended up costing me several thousands of dollars and many lost hours and much frustration. These guys are amateurs and will cause you a lot of frustration down the road, so do not go there, they are not trustworthy anymore. I would even go there for an oil change. I was comparing my review to the review from Josh Wasserman, and I was laughing as I could recognize many of the same things, of excuses of big repairs, never calling back. I guess a learning is to read the negative reviews as they are normally more trustworthy.

I have been going to Affordable for the past few years. Jeff and Tim do a great job of figuring out what's wrong with my vehicles and then getting them fixed. Jeff really seems genuinely interested in making sure the right fix is made. He even goes so far as to allow me to pay installments once the vehicles are fixed. I trust Affordable 100%!!!

I brought my car in because I thought it had a power steering fluid leak. Dropped it on Thurs. Was supposed to look at it Fri. Called Monday cuz I never heard from them. Got a call back that afternoon that my "front subframe" was rotted when it was actually the rear section of the front subframe. Also said it was leaking ps fluid from a line and possibly the rack. Asked for an estimate on the line and told him I would do the subframe. Had to call back on Wednesday cuz I never heard back. Jeff told me that they had some serious problems that they were fixing that I guess must have been more important then getting me a quick estimate. I then got another call saying it was engine oil and not ps fluid. Said they put a dye in engine and power steering and cleaned up the car really well so they could detect where it was leaking from. Come pick car up and guy tells me it is probably low on oil. Get the car home and there isn't even oil touching the dipstick. Got my car up in the air and cleaned off all the oil that they supposedly cleaned up. Started the car and the leak was from a hole in my oil filter. They had my car for a week. Told me the front subframe was rotted when it was actually the rear part of the front subframe. Couldn't pin point an oil leak and it was coming from the filter?? What a joke!!! I would not recommend this shop to anyone. I'm no mechanic and I figured out more in an hour of looking into it then they did in almost a week...

This shop is one of the most highly rated and reviewed in the greater Milwaukee area for good reason. I'm an out-of-towner from Indianapolis spending my summer in Milwaukee doing an internship with GE Healthcare. Obviously, taking my car to the family mechanic for repairs is out of the question since he's in Indy. I found this shop on Google and decided to go with it since it has outstanding reviews. Many of the reviews talk about the quality of service, affordability, and "trust factor" delivered by this shop–they are spot on. I initially took my car in for a simple AC repair, which Jeff took care of at a great price. In addition, I mentioned that I had been hearing a popping sound whenever I went to turn and brake, and Jeff said he would check it out. He deduced that my front left wheel bearing was in dire need of replacement and posed a serious safety hazard. Not only did Jeff quote me an awesome rate for the repair, but he also ended up getting the job done for about $100 less than the initial quote. I will definitely be bringing my car back here if I need anything else checked out while I'm in Milwaukee for the summer. Highly, highly, highly recommend. Major thanks to Jeff and the team.

Jeff and Barb are wonderful and their staff does a very professional job. I get my regular oil changes here and it is always a pleasant experience.