Good /Bad Shops (long) (was Strut tower...)

[Carl Cobb]

Anybody had any experience with Prestige Motors in Colfax/Denver, CO ?

Regards,

Carl

----- Original Message -----
From: "nicksimc" <nicksimc at plu.edu>
To: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 8:40 PM
Subject: Good /Bad Shops (long) (was Strut tower...)


> First I'd like to thank everyone for their help in answering my questions
> regarding braces, wheels and intake 'fans'.
>
> I forgot to mention the shop that has treated me _extremely_ well:
>
> Best Service & Repair
> 935 N 96th  (right off of Aurora)
> Seattle (206) 525-0240
>
> They specialize in European cars, the woman who runs the front office
knows
> more about Audis than most mechanics I have met and at least some of their
> staff
> worked as mechanics in one of the Audi factories.  I haven't had any
> 'problems' suddenly 'appear' once the car is in the shop, and their hourly
> rate is excellent.
> This is a great alternative to Phat City if you live in Seattle and don't
have
> a dot-com budget.
>
> While I'm on the , a shop that has shafted me is:
>
> D & W Automotive
> 2616 SE Mile Hill Drive
> Port Orchard WA  (206) 876-8273
>
> This may seem out of the way, but for those in the  Puget Sound area  who
go
> to the Bremerton Raceway and might pass through Port Orchard, avoid this
place
> like the plague!   The standard post-purchase shop visit ran _very_ high
> indeed and included a new fuel filter (only one I might add...)  When I
was
> having fuel
> supply problems, I put the car up on stands, expecting the fuel pump to be
the
> problem.  Not so.  Neither of the fuel filters had been replaced, but to
top
> it off, the
> rigid fuel line that runs from the large metal canister filter to the
engine
> was broken.  The filter had rusted onto the line, and apparently when they
> 'replaced' it
> they broke the line (there were plier marks on the line...good idea
guys...)
> Instead of  then replacing the line and the filter, they put the old
filter
> _back_ in and
> used a piece of rubber hose to bridge the gap between the  piece of old
fuel
> line that was sticking out of the filter, and the rest of the line,
securing
> it with hose
> clamps...  Maybe they didn't do this, but I can positively say that they
did
> _not_ replace either of the filters, and the parts charge for the filter
> suggests that it
> was the one that was mutilated...Grrrr...
>
> M Nicksic
>
>