John Kelemen Foreign Car Repair

Although I've known of Kelemen's for years and knew they had a good reputation I'd never used them till recently. Why? I always drove American cars. Now, however, my wife has a Hyundai. For some INSANE reason, while Hyundai recommends (owner's manual) 5W-40 oil for my twin-scroll turbo equipped Sonata 2.0T, Hyundai doesn't carry this grade oil. No one does! (Except in turbo diesel TRUCK oil.) The closest you can get is 0W-40. Anyway... John... the owner of Kelemen's... is the auto advice columnist for our local weekly. So... I called him. Do you know what he told me? He said, "com'on over... I've got it!" Yep. Since he specializes in foreign cars he buys, uses, and supplies the 5W-40 full synthetic that my car runs on - and that yours might run better on as well if it's a high performance turbo-boosted engine! (Check your owner's manual.) Anyway... that alone sold me - the attention to detail... the doing something RIGHT! John's prices are fair. The guy is HONEST. And he's MORE than simply competent. What more can you ask?

John Kelemen has restored my faith in mechanics and used car salesmen. Recently my wife and I moved and our cars were not worth fixing . John realized our situation and basically came to our rescue by finding us 2 cars that are in excellent shape and mechanically sound. I used to worry every time my wife left for work fearing she might break down. John worked out a deal that put us back on the road at a price that is unheard of. John is an honest gentlemen who likes to help people. Since then John has become a good honest friend who I can trust and I cherish his friendship. - Brian Romney

I was looking for a Subaru since I replaced my wife's car over the summer with a 2002 Subaru Outback and love that car. Mr. Kelemen came highly recommended from my brother-in-law's mechanic (since he doesn't deal with many Subaru's). So I called John and he had a very clean, well maintained 2006 Subaru Forester with good mileage at a good price for sale. I bought the car about a month ago and am VERY happy with the 2006 Subaru as well as having John as our mechanic now for BOTH of our Subaru's.



One thing that really impressed me was how John inspected our 2002 Outback (which he had not maintained since we bought it from a third party) and wrote out a plan for getting the car back up to date with the scheduled maintenance as well as seeing and explaining potential problems and prioritized them. The work will be done in order of safety & priority.

John has all of the specialized tool and instruments to diagnose and repair Subaru's as well as Volvos, BMWs, and other foreign and domestic cars. I highly recommend John.