Garage Feedback Section
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For give me if this has already been done, but maybe it would be a good idea if the zone created a section that allowed users to post any garages they have used for work on their car.
Thus giving other users an idea where to get certain jobs done.
If it worked in a set way as follows it would become a good resource for us all.
Garage Name - Town & County - Work Done - Work Rating 1-10 - Price Rating 1 -10 - Comments
This is obviously only an example, but i thought i'd let you guys run with it
Thus giving other users an idea where to get certain jobs done.
If it worked in a set way as follows it would become a good resource for us all.
Garage Name - Town & County - Work Done - Work Rating 1-10 - Price Rating 1 -10 - Comments
This is obviously only an example, but i thought i'd let you guys run with it
Last edited by blyoss on Mon Feb 25, 2008 6:53 pm, edited 1 time in total.

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Perhaps limit location to town, and have the address listed too.
This would allow people to quickly search for garages near them.
This would allow people to quickly search for garages near them.
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2.5 high comp. M20, 3.64 LSD, Fully undersealed, Spax springs & Bilstein shocks, s/s exhaust, Alpina rep wheels and more.
Good Idea, i have motified my original postmarch109 wrote:Perhaps limit location to town, and have the address listed too.
This would allow people to quickly search for garages near them.
Maybe sub categorise the garages by jobs needed done. i.e bodywork, mot, etc

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excellent idea, as garages now dont always have mechanics who have ever worked on e30's, wheras others (like the one i use for my e30's) have a boss who knows his e30's and actually likes working on them I think as he does the jobs himself.
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Thats exactly why i thought of this as a section. Im only 21, and this is my first car. So i have no idea where to turn in terms of getting work done.dobbie82 wrote:excellent idea, as garages now dont always have mechanics who have ever worked on e30's, wheras others (like the one i use for my e30's) have a boss who knows his e30's and actually likes working on them I think as he does the jobs himself.
People may also want specialist work done, welding etc. it doesnt have to stop at maintenance, maybe include valeting other usefull services/shops etc.
It may take a while to get off the ground. but as more and more add their garages and experiences we will have a very useful resource on our hands. its almost worth subscription infact. Wait, i may pull this thread and set up a website lol

I think it would be a very good idea
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i think its a superb idea something that should be done. its the one thing i hear so much of in the scene is that people are worried where their car is goin to end up. i refuse to use my local bmw dealership not due to price but due to them all being 10 and spotty and wouldnt look to out of place in a certain toilet advert.
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can i interest you in a new bmw?

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I will warn people of:
Raeburn Autos in Surbiton, nice enough lot but incompetent and careless with their customers cars.
Westfield garage in New Malden, charged extortionate prices for electrical work and bodged it all completely.
National Tyres and Auto Care in Kingston Upon Thames, again nice enough but incompetent and jacked my car up on its sideskirt
and tightened the wheel bolts so much that I could not remove them!
I recommend:
A-tech
Bexley Motorworks (only used them once)
And my mate lewis
Raeburn Autos in Surbiton, nice enough lot but incompetent and careless with their customers cars.
Westfield garage in New Malden, charged extortionate prices for electrical work and bodged it all completely.
National Tyres and Auto Care in Kingston Upon Thames, again nice enough but incompetent and jacked my car up on its sideskirt

I recommend:
A-tech

Bexley Motorworks (only used them once)

And my mate lewis


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Perhaps it would e better if people divided it into catogeries such as:
Counties or Towns then a list of who what where etc
Counties or Towns then a list of who what where etc
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wakefields garage in blackmore, essex. all mot's on my e28, all mot's on my 318IS, once fitted a new propshaft, centre bearing and diff oil, had the car 5day's charged £100. very respectable fella. old chap but knows his cars
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there is one up and running already
http://www.unixnerd.demon.co.uk/bmw.html
go on this and look up "good garage guide"
http://www.unixnerd.demon.co.uk/bmw.html
go on this and look up "good garage guide"

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The garage my car is in at the moment has 5 stars on that guideDaveD wrote:there is one up and running already
http://www.unixnerd.demon.co.uk/bmw.html
go on this and look up "good garage guide"

it's the first time i've used it so i'll soon see.
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Conflict of interest there Ant? LolAnt wrote:This is being taken into consideration by the Admin team,
we're listening
Seriously, if you're going to do it do it properly. Need a proper way of being able to find your town and see all the garages there. Maybe a whole extra garage section with a sticky thread for each region? Then you could look on the "East Midlands" thread to see recommended garages in that area.
And maybe another few sticky for absolute zone recommended top-notch places eg one for tuning and transplants and general engine management - Ant's, bodyshop work - Beardymat's etc.
That's the format I think would be most useful, so you're not searching through an unsorted list.

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Sounds a good idea, implemented correctly.
JohnnyBlazE
1990 E30 318is mit 2.5 M20 conversion.

1990 E30 318is mit 2.5 M20 conversion.

i can highly recomend a bodyshop in the central scotland area if any one needs one 

Mine has 4 stars but the service and comunication top notch.shedrool83 wrote:The garage my car is in at the moment has 5 stars on that guideDaveD wrote:there is one up and running already
http://www.unixnerd.demon.co.uk/bmw.html
go on this and look up "good garage guide"![]()
it's the first time i've used it so i'll soon see.

See this is a bases, if we all colate this then everyone will be able to find reasonably priced garages with good serviceCotty wrote:Mine has 4 stars but the service and comunication top notch.shedrool83 wrote:The garage my car is in at the moment has 5 stars on that guide :DDaveD wrote:there is one up and running already
http://www.unixnerd.demon.co.uk/bmw.html
go on this and look up "good garage guide"
it's the first time i've used it so i'll soon see.

i wasnt aware such a thing existed, but i thought it would be could to have a list of garages that are good with e30's that was the idea. But i agree if a list exists out there, then good idea. maybe just a sticky with the link?
