Jose over at Eurotech

[sadpandas]

I know i have talked about him when i went through the coil over debacle but seriously you guys; he is a great person. Just went in and had my brakes done with new rotors and pads (no, nothing fancy just nice large 3.0 stocks) and just like every other time i have gone in there I have left knowing a lot more about my car, our cars and (German) cars in general.

This may sound like a commercial but i don't care, he runs an honest shop and does amazing work. Makes me happy when there are good folks on the team so to speak and i am relieved (and honored) he is the person that works on my car so if your car has something that needs attention he might be the guy.

Just a plug for an amazing guy that runs a great shop.... am i even allowed to give 'big ups' to a shop on this site? Hmmmm

love,
pandas

[patman]

I don't know how all of u guys keep saying great things about this guy when i called him 1st time 2 weeks ago for my 60K timing belt/wp job on my B5S4 & he quoted me $1,600 when others are under $1K locally. He replied euros went up blah blah blah & i said thank you & GL!!

[sadpandas]

yikes sorry to hear of your experience :( he doesn't seem to be the guy to over charge $600 though so that is a giant bummer. Anyway, did you finally have it done and how much was the final cost if you don't mind me asking as i have 57k on the car now and i need a passenger's side emissions sensor replaced as well as an axle rod i believe. Sigh* so much for the improvements that all of this cash could be going to but shes getting older so there us a laundry list of maintenance that must be done before i can get on track to making my dream of the 1st stretch a4 avant limo.... I AM KIDDING but there are other things the "maintenance cash" could be going to.

[AudiA4Turbo22]

^^u need to come to some meets!

[patman]

yikes sorry to hear of your experience :( he doesn't seem to be the guy to over charge $600 though so that is a giant bummer. Anyway, did you finally have it done and how much was the final cost if you don't mind me asking as i have 57k on the car now and i need a passenger's side emissions sensor replaced as well as an axle rod i believe. Sigh* so much for the improvements that all of this cash could be going to but shes getting older so there us a laundry list of maintenance that must be done before i can get on track to making my dream of the 1st stretch a4 avant limo.... I AM KIDDING but there are other things the "maintenance cash" could be going to.

i'll pm u how much a local shop to me in Huntington Beach quoted & charged me 1/2 Jose's quote. You might want to post or ask around for other local shop references in your nearby area. Call & shop around is all i suggest.

^^u need to come to some meets!

will do for sure. OT i'm a Merc fan too especially your GL450. I wished they had the AMG version for it as well. To your knowledge know if they'll have it the future?

[SoCalS4Avant]

Pat, you ought to bring that Avant to our GTG this Saturday.

[sadpandas]

Pat = MAD GERMAN LOVE ! i too have the tip (i forgot to put that in my last p.m. response to you btw).

and SoCal, did you see the season opener of Top Gear last night? siiiiiiick. I love that show and i hope they just keep going and going. It's so funny that the guy that left and started '5th gear' has pretty much the exact same beautiful camera work that im so used to seeing on Top Gear.

love,
pandas.

[oc-drop]

i'll pm u how much a local shop to me in Huntington Beach quoted & charged me 1/2 Jose's quote....

you talking about VW Specialties? Cuz they are the only ones to call in HB

[SoCalS4Avant]

Pat = MAD GERMAN LOVE ! i too have the tip (i forgot to put that in my last p.m. response to you btw).

and SoCal, did you see the season opener of Top Gear last night? siiiiiiick. I love that show and i hope they just keep going and going. It's so funny that the guy that left and started '5th gear' has pretty much the exact same beautiful camera work that im so used to seeing on Top Gear.

love,
pandas.

Hey Pandas, you talking about the RS6? Yeah, saw that one. That's my dream car...LOVE IT. I only wish and pray that AOA would humor me and bring it here. And of course, I love Top Gear.

[patman]

Pat, you ought to bring that Avant to our GTG this Saturday.

Socal, thanks for the invite & will try to make it there. I just saw your post on the other thread. Been busy w/ my biz & haven't been on AZ recently since picked up my avant 5months ago. my 1st Audi too.

you talking about VW Specialties? Cuz they are the only ones to call in HB

yeah that's the shop!

Pat = MAD GERMAN LOVE ! i too have the tip (i forgot to put that in my last p.m. response to you btw).

Cool & thanks Pandas, what channel & time is Top Gear on now? Speedchannel or where?

[sadpandas]

I think it moved from speed to bbc or the other way around. someone help me out here, i am in my studio and am to lazy to trek the 50 feet back into the house to look it up... plus, i got my gf to do some of the side missions in GTA 4 for me. I finished the story line and she likes to shoot the 'flying rats' and do the vigilante missions... why the hell am i even telling you guys this?

SoCal, yeah thats the one. I know its funny they only released the RS6 when it came out in Avant form (or was it the RS4) and now they won't even bring one over stateside :(. You could order the Australian version (left hand drive) and have it shipped :). Jesus, talk about extra cash.... if the price tag wasn't enough... im sure besides the shipping there would be import tariffs and some emissions problems to boot? RAD! :(. I too wish they would just send them out here... then after someone super rich buys one and plays with it for a while i can buy it used all beater style (the 08 with 95k miles on it in 09;)). Some times when i am looking at cars on auto trader i wonder 'how the hell did they put that many miles on it in 1 or 2 years? and how bad was this thing beat on while daddy warbucks just slammed on the gas and the brakes at every opportunity.

P

p.s. in the time it toook me to write that essay i just found this. Top Gear america? with adam corolla and that dude that hosts 'european super cars exposed' or something like that. umm, Jeremy and crew are sick drivers so it will be interesting to see how the other 2 fare at driving sickly while still talking and explaining to you everything they are feeling the car do... thats the one thing that show always AMAZES me at; the fact those 3 can drive like pros and still talk about the car being driven likes it no big deal taking sharp turn at like 80 or so and be in TOTAL CONTROL... sigh*