About
I'm Joe. I'll be the one who shows up.
Not a call center, not a franchise, not whoever's on shift. When you call Honest Joe's, you get me, and I'm the one who comes out and does the work.
Why I do it this way
My name is Joe Davenport. I've been a mechanic for over 16 years, and I've run Honest Joe's Auto out of Bastrop since 2014.
I trained through Toyota's T-TEN technician program at Job Corps and completed it, and I spent nearly two years working for Chrysler. These days I work on all makes, gas and diesel.
Why mobile? Honestly, it was just always a dream. So I prayed, and I did it.
Out here, getting a vehicle to a shop is half the problem. It means a tow, a ride back, and days without the truck you need for work. Most of the time you don't need any of that. You need a mechanic who'll come to where it's sitting.
The name isn't a slogan. It's the only way a one-man business lasts in a county where everybody knows somebody. I'd rather lose an afternoon than lose my name.
- No fix, no fee diagnostics
- Quoted price is the final price
- 12 mo / 12,000 mi parts & labor
- I come to you
How I work
I tell you what it is
In plain language, before any money gets spent on parts. If it's simple enough to sort over the phone, I'll tell you that too.
I tell you what it costs
The quote is the price. If the job takes me longer than I thought, that's my problem, not yours.
I tell you when it's not for me
If a job needs a shop, or it's something I don't do, you'll hear it from me straight — not after I've had it apart.
See what I work on, and what I don't.
Give me a call
Flat $150 to diagnose it, and you get a price before anything gets taken apart. Mon–Fri 9am – 6pm.
Stranded or an emergency? Call (512) 980-4368 — for anything else, a text gets to me faster.