[s-cars] s-cars] what's the low-down on dealer keys from codesnow?

Sat Apr 3 20:50:53 PDT 2010

   Wylie:
         Heinz is sort of retired now but his son 
Fritz and his two brothers are now running 
Foreign Car Service.  My daughter lives in the DC 
area and has been very happy with their service on her car.  Rick


Rick W. Banasik

"Things that are not broken tend to be not
broken until they break and then they are broken...."


At 07:44 PM 4/2/2010, Wylie Bean wrote:
>I don't know if Foreign Car Service by Heinz 
>Kesterman is still in Alexandria but way back in 
>the day I used to take my Porsche there for 
>service. They were a Bosch authorized svc 
>center.  Have no idea if they're still even 
>around.  I know Induktion is up there too, and 
>they're sponsors of the QW forums and I believe the ACNA too?
>Wylie Bean
>TheRingmeister at triad.rr.com
>90 cq
>91 90q20v
>92 UrS4
>08 Q7 3.6
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Manuel Sanchez <manuelsanchez at starpower.net>
>Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 19:27:12
>To: JC<jc at j2c3.com>
>Cc: s-car-list list<s-car-list at audifans.com>
>Subject: Re: [s-cars] s-cars] what's the low-down on dealer keys from codes
>         now?
>
>JC,
>
>Unfortunately I do not have knowledge of indies in Northern Virginia,
>but if she can't find anything nearby I would recommend a place in
>Rockville MD called:
>
>Auto Centro
>7420 Westmore Rd
>Rockville, MD 20850
>
>301.340.7098
>
>I take my car there now and they are very thorough. They know about
>the old Audi's. The shop is managed by a father son team, although
>recently the father (Albino) has "mostly" retired and left the day to
>day management to his son, Paulo (who is a former MARRS road race
>champion in GTI's). Paulo's Uncle works there as a mechanic, and is
>the one who works on my ol pig when it goes in.
>
>They offer great customer service to boot.
>
>I think the labor rate is $86.50/hr.
>
>Now the downside:
>
>They seem to ALWAYS be busy. Sometimes you need to make appointments
>a couple(or more) weeks out, and once it is in there its possible it
>might be there a little longer than advertised. That's really the
>only knock against them, they are too popular.
>
>Anyway, if some of the other suggestions don't pan out, call Paulo
>and tell him I sent her his way.
>
>Regards,
>
>Manny
>95.5 urS6 Avant (mostly RS2'd)
>
>
>On Apr 2, 2010, at 12:12 PM, JC wrote:
>
> > Manny -
> >
> > Looks like she's having luck with one of those other dealers - not
> > sure if
> > it was Rockville or Tischer but either way list recommendations
> > pointed her
> > in the right direction!  Goes to show don't believe bad news from
> > the dealer
> > right away!
> >
> > But another question for  you - who can you recommend for independent
> > mechanics in the DC area? She's in Alexandria and closer would be
> > best of
> > course but she Metros to work 99% of the time so not a big deal if
> > she has
> > to drop the car someplace for a day or two.   Let me know if you
> > have any
> > good suggestions...
> >
> > JC
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> >> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of
> >> manuelsanchez at starpower.net
> >> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 8:02 PM
> >> To: jc at j2c3.com
> >> Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
> >> Subject: Re: [s-cars] s-cars] what's the low-down on dealer
> >> keys from codes now?
> >>
> >> JC,
> >>
> >> You might also try Tischer BMW Porsche Audi in Silver Spring
> >> MD (off of US Route 29).
> >>
> >> The parts manager there is Pete and he has always been very
> >> helpful at the counter when I have been there.
> >>
> >> I am in Chicago on business, otherwise I'd try to help a bit more.
> >>
> >> Good Luck.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> manny
> >> 95.5 urS6 Avant
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