dD/dt

Hi folks,

After relocating to Chicago 2 years ago, I am still looking for the right indy repair shop for my 997 and Audis. I'm in the Oak Park area, so anything from West Loop to the western suburbs would work. I'd love any recommendations you can provide.

Thanks

Fracture

try Rennology

https://www.rennology.com/your-car/audi-repair-shop/

s4vant

chicago performance & tuning

www.gocpt.com

al is as knowledgeable and honest as they come.
he used to track a built b5 s4 and now a cup car.
omnipresent at audi and porsche events in the region and nationally.
this shop maintained my b5s4 and 993 during my entire ownership and were always fabulous to deal with.
easy drive from oak park to boot.

Van Larson

cosm3os

VFC Engineering in Ravenswood.

Also, check out the Oak Park River Forest Sports Car Club on FB!

nwGTS

hexagone

Agreed. +1 for Joey.

North Shore 911

+1 for VFC... Doug has been servicing my 2010 4S Cab, my 2012 Cayenne S and my 2014 wife's Q7 for years. Great service, they've always treated me right. They're about a block south of the Ravenswood Metra stop, super convenient if you're a Northern Suburbs kind of guy like me, maybe less so for an Oak Park guy like you

dD/dt

Sorry for the delay -- thanks for all the replies. I'm going to start calling tomorrow. I am still open to anything more local. All of these places are about 45 minutes from my house, except CPT. I've taken several of my cars there and doubt I'll go back.

bronz

Care to elaborate about CPT? I was thinking about taking my car there but would like to hear your experience..

needmoregarage

3Series

CPT does a lot of track support. Because of that, they are never around because in the summer they are supporting customers at track events throughout the country. That's my experience.

bronz

Ah i see. Where do you usually go?

dD/dt

Last year I took my wife's Audi SQ5 in there for an oil change and 15k service. When they installed the filter, they mangled the little crush gasket and we wound up with oil leaking everywhere a few weeks later. I thought it was a cracked pan or something, so I took it to the dealer expecting a warranty repair. They showed me the pics of what they found. I spent another $300 at the dealer cleaning up the mess and doing a new oil and filter.

In fairness to Alex at CPT, he's offered to set this straight with a no-charge oil change on the SQ5. But taking my 997 and my other Audi in there earlier I wasn't that happy anyway. Good work, but they tacked a $125 "inspection" on every service, and his hours were higher than what I paid at my old shop in NY. I have no problem paying a premium price for premium service, but I'm not going back to a shop that adds unauthorized inspection charges, and then botches something as simple as an oil change. I'm not upset, I'm just done doing business with them anymore.

I've always favored indy shops, but honestly I've gotten better pricing and service from the Audi dealer (Audi of Westmont) than I did at CPT.

jimfuerst

I just bought a 997.2 C2S...who would be recommended for service in the NW Chicago burbs? I have a great guy for air cooled stuff...not water cooled.

thanks