[s-cars] DC-Area Shops

Wed May 3 16:50:19 EDT 2006

Some good DC area shops for Audis.  I've dealt with all of them because of my affiliation with the Potomac-Chesapeake Chapter of ACNA, but have been happy with their service.

The Auto Shop (www.theautoshop.us) in Sterling, VA:  Carl Epstein is the owner and primary tech.  Does quality work and is honest.  Nice guy too.  Great for general maintenance on most cars, but he get a lot of Audi and BMW work through the Audi Club and BMWCCA.  He's worked on my former urS4 and I still take the urQ and Tundra to him for alignments and things I can't do or don't have time to do.  Good rate for the area at $85/hour, at least that's what it was at the end of last year.

Induktion Motorsports (www.4induktion.com) in Hanover, MD:  Ed Fuhrman, the owner is an enthusiast who decided he wanted to open shop a few years ago.  They're really good with later model Audis, VWs, and Porsches, but also work on Bimmers.  They've been helping me out with the A4 race-car and have been great.  Hourly rate is only $75/hour.

FunKtion Auto in Dulles, VA (www.funktionauto.com):  New shop that just opened also by an enthusiast.  Lead tech is Tim Cobean a very popular Audi and Porsche tech in the area.  They are doing most of the work on my AAN-urQ conversion.  A bit more expensive then the other places, but it's an amazing facility.

And, Road and Track.  I've never personally used Suni and his dad because of geographic location, but have stopped by their shop a few times after hitting Radial Tire around the corner.  A number of friends have used him and have been very happy with his service.

Marc

Robert Myers wrote:
> 
> Mark,
> 
> Does he do Mercedes as well?  If so, I need to get my son connected with him.
> 
> At 10:51 AM 5/3/2006 -0400, Mark Pollan wrote:
> 
> >Silver Spring, MD has a tech that a few listers use and swear by.  I have no
> >personal experience with Suni at Road and Track Motorsports
> >http://www.roadandtrackmotorsport.com/ but have turned a few folks I his
> >direction and they were quite pleased.  I did have occasion to visit with
> >Suni one afternoon and he certainly appears to be an honest, knowledgeable
> >and passionate guy.
> >
> >HTH,
> >
> >Mark
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
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> >[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of lebakken1 at netzero.net
> >Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 10:37 AM
> >To: brian.dewyngaert.jr at gmail.com
> >Cc: S-CAR-List at audifans.com
> >Subject: Re: [s-cars] (no subject)
> >
> >
> >
> >-- "Brian DeWyngaert Jr" <brian.dewyngaert.jr at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>>Craig,
> >   Fred basically said the same thing.  The front right boot was torn
> >and unfortunately i had to drive home and then to auto parts store so
> >a total of 80miles with a torn boot.  I was worried that CV had been
> >damaged, but the techs at the shop said when they took the old boots
> >off they inspected the CV and said the CVs were fine.  I think I need
> >to find a decent shop in the Viriginia, DC, MD area.  This shop also
> >caused me some warped rotors due to improper tightening of my wheel
> >bolts.
> >
> >Thanks for confirming exactly what I thought had happened.  Hmm I
> >wonder if blau still has a special new CV joints?<<<<<
> >
> ><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
> >
> >Well if Fred says the same thing then I know I am right!
> >
> >Seriously, unless that 80 miles was in the rain, and the boot was actually
> >letting in dirt before you noticed, the joint should have been fine - as
> >long as it was put back together exactly as it came apart.
> >
> >Blau or GPR might have a whole axle for not much more than a single CV.
> >I have (8) CV boots in a box that I will be putting on in the next few
> >weeks. I don't plan on a complete CV rebuild (solvent clean/repack), just
> >wipe out as much of the old grease as possible, repack with new, then
> >reboot. Fortunately, my boots are not torn, although, if things progress as
> >usual, they will tear in the next couple of weeks now that the list has been
> >infected with the Torn CV Joint Boot affliction.
> >
> >Good Luck!
> >
> >Craig Lebakken
> >94S4
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