syncrofly

Hello all, bought a '01 911 TT and every repair so far has taken 2 trips to the mechanic where something wasn't quite right. I'm 12K in and feel like the CEL's are rookie problems on these rides. A car my mechanic claims to have worked on hundreds of. I feel like I get better advice searching the forums and helping with the diagnosis than I do at the shop. Diagnostically they seem ready to skip the small stuff and just put in major components, which is fine if you are a high roller - I am not.

But enough digression. I'm looking for something in or within 20 miles of the city, and that eliminates sharkwerks unless they are really that good cause its just too far.

Any advice much appreciated.

Macster

Indy's I don't know, but I have had my Turbo serviced at Rector Porsche in Burlingame and I wouldn't hesitate to take the car there again.

A bit further away from you -- but in my back yard (almost literally...) is Porsche of Livermore. My Turbo has been in there for regular servicing and some repairs (under CPO warranty) like transmission leak (tranny replaced); bad idler roller bearing; bad radiator fan motor; broken shifter; clutch accum/slave cylinder; and I've always been quite happy with the work. The dealer handles the car's regular servicing too.

Still a bit further away that 20 miles (maybe?) is Porsche of Walnut Creek (Stead Porsche). The Turbo has never been there but I bought my 08 Cayman S there and had it in for some minor work (alignment) and my Boxster has been in for tires, alignment, oil/filter servicing and a water pump and have been quite happy with the service.

Call both dealers and see what kind of shuttle service they offer. Livermore has two shuttles running and in one case I even left the keys at the dealer -- I was in my other car -- and the dealer sent a tech over to pick up my car and drive it back for service. When the car was ready I picked it up and drove it home and got a shuttle ride back to the dealer for my other car.

Sincerely,

Macster.

syncrofly

I guess I only think of those places as "far" because I've been back and forth between the shop so many times. My trusted VW mechanic is in San Rafael, surprisingly my VW's are more reliable than this car so far.... which is somewhat unexpected. I keep telling myself I'll get this sorted and then it will be a gem, but I think my mechanic is pissing my money away at this point.

I had the '04 turbo cab out near Modesto inspected at Livermore, really liked the shop manager I spoke with, and of the 5 PPI's I had done his was by far the best. Including an inspection by Steven's creek just across the bay. I was hoping for some winners in SF, "The Stable" seems to be the shop of choice but he's more of an air cooled guy from what I have heard. Just wish there was some small shop on the city down in the mission or so with a decent mechanic who does enough non-porsche work to keep him honest... or a good factory center for that matter.

Now I'm just bitching.

I need to buy a service manual... The mass airflow sensor, secondary air injection, and exhaust system are all things I feel like I should be able to at least diagnose on my own. Any recommendations on how to get a decent shop manual?

adam_

My impression with most bay area businesses- any, not just cars- is that they really don't need to try very hard. Plenty of customers with money.


Join renntech, gain access to all the tech documents there.

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fly2low

http://www.durametric.com/default.aspx for diagnostics
as mentioned, renntech has all the manuals
I believe I just saw a posting listing a link for the manuals from mikelly - but can't find it now

syncrofly

The durametic tool alone is worth the effort. Thanks for pointing this out.

Can't agree more with the opinion above service at Bay Area shops.

Thanks for the friendly advice,

kflory

Looking to see if anyone has a good indy mechanic they would recommend near Livermore, CA?

I used a local mechanic for German cars for the past several years, but very unsatisfied as I always feel like he is learning on my car and almost always need to take it back several times and wont go back there again.

I bought the car at Porsche of Fremont (Claridge at the time) while Kimo was my service advisor the service was impeccable, but he is no longer with the Porsche side of the house and every time I have gone in since, I feel like I am being taken.

I have taken it to Porsche of Livermore when I needed to new wheels mounted and they did a great job (had to install spacers so was much more complicated that anticipated) and is where I will return if I don't find a good independent mechanic.

Edinsf

Jimmy in Daly City

Bob Grigsby in Sunnyvale

Heyer in Mountain View

The Stable is for air cooled

Rob King San Rafael

Sharkwerks only does mods or upgrades

sanyata

+ 996 for Heyer in Mountain View.

RangerDick

Plut +2 for Tony Heyer in Mountain View. He has a nice, clean shop, works on both Air and Water cooled Porsches. Check out his website: http://heyerperformance.com/ He is also a racer.

I have a Durametric Pro with unlimited VIN's if you want to take a look at your car. I live near Burlingame, close to 280. I have a pretty good amount of tools as well.

jp413384

+1 for Rob King at S Car Go in San Rafael

"02996ttx50

heyer and s car go have reps that have made it to socal. sharkwerks of course for any major build/mods etc. not maintenance per se.

it sucks but sounds like that shop has been taking you for a ride

solosailor

Bauer Porsche, Oakland. Great shop.

jamiew

Another +1 for S Car Go in San Rafael. Not too bad to get back and forth from SF.

lahmacun

Hi Tec Auto and S Car Go in San Rafael