Re: good shop in San Jose..

[Persi Kanga <pkanga@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Since we are giving recommendations for shops in the SF Bay area, here is mine:
MotorSpeed West - behind the San Jose airport, 408-727-6631.  It is owned and
operated by two brothers and they have about 5 mechanics working for them - the
brothers are mechanics themselves also.  They only work on BMWs, Volvos and
Mercedes - and they really know their stuff.  I've been using them for the past
four years.  The only issue is that they are sooo busy - but they try and
accommodate everyone.

Persi

"G. Steinke" wrote:

> People often post with complaints about their dealers, etc. I thought I'd
> post a recommendation about the shop I go to. I've been taking my e36 to
> Palo Alto Bimmer in Palo Alto (near San Jose). Good shop, attentive to
> details, and reasonably priced. ($380 for Inspection II with synthetic fluid
> - Dinan was in the $500+ range, and added extra charges for things like shop
> rags. Last time I checked Stevens Creek BMW it was $600+.) I just went there
> for the Insp II, and mentioned that I needed a smog check. He mentioned that
> he doesn't have the license to do smog checks, so I figured I'd have to take
> it to a gas station. When I picked up the car, he had taken it to a gas
> station to get the smog check done, only charging me the gas station's fee
> and nothing extra for the time. Not only that, but he took it to a place in
> Mountain View that's cheaper than Palo Alto's gas stations. Not bad.
>
> BMWCCA members may have seen the article in the latest Roundel about the
> trip in a 6er. That author mentioned that he took his 6er to Palo Alto
> Bimmer as well.
>
> My post on E46 problems elicited more discussion of the E36 problems, so I
> guess that there's no real endemic flaws. Good deal - even my Nissan
> Sentra-driving wife has decided that she likes the E46 better than a Lexus
> IS300. Reliability is the BMW concern vs the Lexus, but it looks like it
> should be pretty good.
>
> Greg
>
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