Welcome to the Parrotta's Auto Repair Family!
Parrotta’s Auto Service provides honest and professional automotive repair and auto maintenance services to the people of Agawam and surrounding areas. The quality ASE (Automotive Service Excellence) certified technicians at Parrotta’s Auto Service employ today’s latest automotive technology and are equipped to handle all major and minor repairs on foreign and domestic vehicles.
Our story
Let's roll back the clock to the days when disco was king and muscle cars ruled the roads...
Back when most kids were playing with toy cars, Bruno Parrotta was already getting his hands dirty with the real things. While other 10-year-olds were watching Saturday morning cartoons, little Bruno was already learning the difference between a carburetor and a catalytic converter at his dad's shop.
Since the bell-bottom days of the 1970s, Bruno has been the shop's unofficial mascot, apprentice, and eventually, the big kahuna himself. If these walls could talk, they'd tell you stories about a kid who grew up crawling under cars, learning every bolt and gasket, and occasionally getting motor oil in places his mom wouldn't approve of.
In the late 90s, when most people were worrying about Y2K shutting down their computers, Bruno was taking over the family business—ensuring that the only thing that would shut down was your engine light after visiting our shop. Papa Parrotta handed over the keys (both literally and figuratively) to Bruno, who has been driving this business forward ever since.
What makes Parrotta's special isn't just our technical expertise—it's that when you bring your vehicle here, you're not just another customer; you're becoming part of an extended family that's been keeping this community rolling for decades. Bruno has built this business on his father's foundation of honesty, quality work, and the belief that every customer deserves to be treated like family (minus the awkward holiday dinners).
Whether you're a veteran mechanic or just joining our crew, you're now part of something special—a place where we work hard, laugh often, and always have each other's backs. Bruno's philosophy is simple: if we take care of each other, we'll take care of our customers, and the rest will take care of itself.
So welcome aboard! You've just joined a family business where the coffee is strong, the jokes are bad (especially Bruno's), and the commitment to excellence never goes out of style.
Now let's get to work—those vehicles aren't going to fix themselves!
Meet our team
Bruno Parrotta
Named after his grandfather, Bruno is the oldest son of Peter and Linda, the business’ original founders. As a young child, Bruno always had a passion for fixing things and began coming down to the shop after school at age 14. After graduating from Cathedral High School in Springfield in 1987, Bruno joined his father at Parrotta’s Auto Service as a full time mechanic.
Bruno enjoys the diagnostics side of vehicle repairs. Where others would give up he tends to continue on until he has an answer. This goes from mechanical diagnostics to online, hexadecimal, and computer diagnostics. Bruno’s tools include include: factory level scan tools for Acura, Audi, Bmw, Cadillac, all General Motors Products, Chrysler, Dodge, Ford, Honda, Hyundai, Infiniti, Jaguar, Jeep, Land Rover, Lincoln, Mercedes Benz, Mini-Cooper, Plymouth, Saab, Toyota, Volvo, and Volkswagen. This means that he can diagnose and reprogram any control unit in a vehicle, as well as program keys for said vehicle. These tools have taken him a lifetime to acquire and he knows all the tools intimately. In addition Bruno has access to a nearly limitless database of information.
After 40 years, Bruno’s passion still grows with the automotive world, always expanding and evolving his knowledge and equipment to keep up with this ever changing field of automobile diagnostics and repairs. He views repairing motor-vehicles as a privilege, not a job.
Bruno is the shop’s diagnostician and manages all the techs on the repair floor.
Peter & Linda Parrotta
Peter Parrotta was born in Italy in 1940 and worked there as an automobile apprentice at the age of 14. He started out by cleaning tools, keeping the shop clean and watching his mentor work. After a time, he was allowed to do simple tasks such as gap spark plugs. Over the years as he proved himself, he earned the privilege to move on to larger tasks until he became a respected mechanic.
Peter came to the United States in 1968, met and married Linda Melloni, his lovely wife. With the help of his new bride and her family, he opened Parrotta’s Auto in 1975. Peter began working on Fiat, Triumph, Saab, Volvo and Audi cars and has expanded to repair most all imports and domestic cars and trucks.
Linda Parrotta, Peter’s wife and mother to their son Bruno is the mother hen of the team. Since Parrotta’s Auto opened over 38 years ago, Linda has been doing the bookkeeping. She is also the person responsible for the festive decorations in the windows and the beautiful landscaping.
Shayna Parrotta
Daniel Gorman
Christian Stoddard
In memory of honored men who have passed on:
Fred Trimboli
Mike Canty
Retired from Parrotta’s Auto Service:
“Uncle” Eddie Melloni
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