Why did you choose only these four places? I've been going to Lou's for years. It's owned and operated by Lou Raieta. He and is staff are wonderful and when my husband got hurt one year they went out of their way for me. He's located at 225 West Airy Street right in downtown Norristown.

Don't forget Schiele's on East Main Street. He's been repairing cars in Norristonw for over 40 years.

http://norristown.patch.com/listings/schieles-auto-sales-service

Mary, these were the four I knew of personally. I was looking for more suggestions from readers. I'll add Lou's and Schiele's right now.

Rich mcphillips on trooper rd is honest and does excellent work.

Please consider adding Stan's Auto Repair. He operated for years in East Norriton but had to move when the hospital construction started and opened up shop in Jeffersonville. He is always honest, does prompt follow up, and does not "invent" repairs that need to be done. He has a large clientele because of this....Thanks!

Rich's Auto Repair on East Main Street is the best!! Rich is very honest and I've never had any problem with any reapairs on my car. I've been going to him for over 15 years!

We recently had to have and inspection with insanely detailed paperwork done for a reconstructed title and Catania Auto Body on Spruce St. (not far from the zoo) was AWESOME. Good work done, priced fair, and we had no trouble with the paperwork being approved by the DMV -- for such a complicated thing we had to have done they made it seem simple. Highly recommend.

I used for over ten years and I know alot of people still do was OJP Auto that used to be on Airy and Moore St. He has moved to a location in the East Main Street areanow but after I married I started using Don when he was at the Getty on Marshell and Markley but they relocated to J & J Shell on East Ridge Pike next to Concille Deaership. He's been a great machnic to us that I convinced my brothers to use him and they have been very satisified. Don been in business for over 40 years and now His sons are partners with him.

I been going to H & A AUTO ON 1804 W Marshall St FOR YEARS NOW. PLEASE ADD THEM TO LIST.

http://norristown.patch.com/listings/h-a-complete-auto-repair

For what it's worth this poll is highly inaccurate and trivial to cheat. You can create as many votes as you want for whichever option you want.

It seems pretty obvious that someone is gaming the system, which is a shame because I'm told Schiele's is a great shop and I'd hate to have to disqualify them for someone's poor sportsmanship. I'll offer this concession: if the 138 people who've voted for Schiele's will each make an individual comment in support of Schiele's in our comment section, I'll count those comments as votes. I hope that helps level the playing field. And folks, let's try to be sportsman like about this. Thanks.

Unfortunately making a cheat proof polling system online is a very hard problem to solve. I'm a Web Developer by trade, and it's essentially a problem with no perfect solution and requires you to pick the level of trade off you want between making more hoops for people to jump through in order to be allowed to vote, and allowing the ability to cheat.

George Schiele is a tremendous person to work with, and I would recommend him and his shop to anyone. He has serviced several cars for me over the past 15 years and has always done top-notch work. I found out about this poll and came to offer my support because friends have publicized it on Facebook. It appears that you've attracted attention with this poll, and as unscientific as the poll is, your only grounds for claiming that someone is cheating is that fact that you've received an enthusiastic response.

I suggested that George be included in the poll because he does tremendous work and has now serviced 4 generations of my families' cars. He's most likely unaware that he's even a part of the poll and, even if he was, he wouldn't care enough to rally the troops to his flag.

I looked back at some of your earlier polls and noticed that, in a few cases, there were some establishments that totally stomped the competition. We're these bars, coffee shops, restaruants, etc. disqualified because they had overwhelming support? Regardless of how that support was garnered (hundreds of satisfied customers, or a few loyal button clickers) the numbers are the numbers. You're conducting an unscientific poll that allows for multiple votes and should be prepared for something like this.

My vote is for George Schiele! He and his son are great mechanics......they are honest and trustworthy and they know their field!
I recommend them highly and suggest them to family and friends!

I vote for Schiele's. They are a great team and are great mechanics.
if youy going to change the rules, maybe every vote needs a comment, not just Schiele's.
They do have a loyal following.

I see you have manipulated the poll all by yourself, at least before you could claim that you had nothing to do with the results, Not anymore.

Thank you for making my one vote totally worthless.

Well, I see someone has been wreaking havoc with our poll. That's a shame, but the easy fix is to switch to pure comment-driven voting. If you want your mechanic to be honored just add a comment saying why you love him. Most positive comments win.
So far Schiele's is in the lead.

George Schiele's for his overall ability and his great customer service

I've known George since high school in the 60's. He's a great mechanic. Other mechanics call him when they are stuck. He didn't even know about this poll and he couldn't care less. His too busy fixing your cars to have time to stuff a ballot box.
He was John Milner before American Graffiti was a gleam in George Lucas' eye.

I certainly never thought Schiele's Auto was involved in the poll hacking. It's usually one or two overzealous fans who are a bit too passionate about the competition. I will say that it's nice to actually read such great things about the business owners in Norristown. I think I'll be using the comment method in future polls to avoid a repeat of the trouble we saw here. Thanks to everyone who's participated so far. You still have two more days to vote.

Although I moved from Norristown 10 years ago, I still drive a half hour to bring our family's cars to Schiele's! George and his son are wonderful people - honest, hard working and trustworthy. My parents have used him for over 30 years and I wouldn't trust anyone else.
As far as the whole poll hacking thing here... why would you not attach a vote to an email address? With most polls on the internet people have to give an email address, or they IP address is traced. It is your responsibility to set up a poll that is authentic and trustworthy. If you are assuming that people are just clicking buttons, then you need to set up a better polling system! (although I really think Schiele's is truly that much in the lead here!)

LOL this thread is cracking me up!

I've never seen so many people love mechanics this much!

Schiele's is the best place I've known him practically my whole life he's good friends with my dad

Why isn't Little Jim's listed on the poll?

Oh wait.....

Both George and his son are great in and out of the shop

George Schiele is a great mechanic and you don't have to worry about him ripping you off. He has been doing all the work for me and all my family members for years. My Mom is 84 years old and she won't go to anyone but George. My Husband was away and I broke down. My husband called him from Calif. and George was there for me in 15 minutes. I don't think anyone has to fix a poll to say Schiele is a GREAT Mechanic!!!!!!! SANDY (PEG) MYERS

The two Georges are synergistic. They are both great mechanics--but together they are outstanding! Also, they are both fair and honest. My vote is for the Schieles.
And one for Pop.
Ginnie

Spencer's Auto is the most trust worthy shop I know. They have the tools and ability to fix any car I own. From my 1000hp Corvette to my Ford E350 work truck. Spencer's auto can do it.

Schiele's Service is quality, plain and simple. Quality work, honest people.

Spencers Auto is great! His work is very thorough!