I took my car in to be inspected in April. Had a cracked engine cradle...ugh. Had them give me a quote on paper, scheduled to leave it there next week blah blah. Got a call a few days later, there was some communication error between Bauman's and the place they were going to order the engine cradle from. It was $400 more than they originally thought, they didn't even order it. At this point April was almost over and I drive my car everywhere for my job, needs to be up to date with inspection so I was desperate. I ordered the engine cradle online for a bit cheaper than they had quoted from the other place, but even with the cheapest shipping still ended up paying $100-$150 more than I would have if Bauman's had just eaten the money and ordered the part. Knowing nothing about ordering car parts, it took about 4 days for it to even process. I cancelled my appointment and rescheduled, this time freaking out as it was the beginning of May. During these 3 weeks of hell, I also noticed that my engine had gotten way louder. The guy noticed too, but when I got my car back he flat out said that he didn't even bother checking what was wrong with it. In those 3 weeks I had already made my decision to be done with Bauman's, I stayed polite and took my car which passed inspection. I took it to another place to learn that my alternator needed replaced, easy fix in and out. Now my ABS light, traction light, ESP BAS and 4WD! lights are on the dashboard. I take it to the other place and learn that my back brakes are crap, shouldn't have passed inspection and he can tell they'd been hammered. Calipers on my back wheels either don't work at all or barely. (I checked the PennDot regulations). This should have been caught by Bauman's since my brakes and calipers have to work to pass inspection. Now I have to pay a good amount of money to fix all of this not even a month after it passed inspection. read more