boston area mechanic recommendations?

[a200q20v at yahoo.com]

I can give my facts (major repairs only):

2003 www.bennysforeignmotor.com timing belt paid $500 labour.

6 years later during next belt replacement in another shop I am told timing belt was loose.

2004 or 05 www.briansgarage.com valve stem seals paid $500 parts and labour.

5 years later valve cover gasket slightly leaking.

2008 www.woodingsgarage.com wheel bearing and rear brake pads, don't recall the price, nothing unusual.

2009 www.briansgarage.com steering rack paid $900 parts and labour.

steering rack itself installed good but
a) neglected to replace or tell about petrified rack return line which I was forced to replace later myself.
b) destroyed airbag coil spring by most likely not fixating steering wheel during replacement as Bentley manual says.
c) din't buy a new $10 lock plate (required per Bentley), resulting in inner tire rod bolts going loose pretty quickly, fortunately alignment guy caught it.

2010 www.force5auto.com clutch $1000 timing belt around $500 parts and labour. Much cheaper then the same job in Boston, well worth 70 mile trip.

2010 www.fastrackservice.com alignment. too early to comment. do you own research.

HTH.


Jul 9, 2010, в 5:38 PM, Eliot Sennett <emsennett at hotmail.com> написал(а):

Now that i' decided to self insure, can anyone recommend an independent Boston area Audi mechanic?

Eliot