German Motor Works

02/25/09

Labor is crazy- either they cheat or are SLOW

by porsha1 at Citysearch

I recently sold a very nice mercedes 190E to a friend. Six months later he lost a radiator hose and ended up blowing the head gasket. We called them because they were close to our house. The estimate that they gave was $350 parts (which is fair) $500 for machine work (which is crazy, the highest estimate for machine work was 95.00) The real crazy part was they wanted $3500 for labor. At their 87.50 labor rate that means it would take them forty hours to complete. I lost all confidence then. The MB dealership did the work for 1850.00. It was dropped off on tuesday and picked-up on friday. I have been turning wrenchs on german cars my whole life. That is at most an eight hour job.

02/23/09

German Motor Works gives excellent service! ask for a price match in prices!

by rickrocksrichez at Citysearch

I recently needed some work done on my 97 328is. Seeing how this shop was closest to my house, I decided to give it a shot, at $87.50 per hour they would fix it which the closest BMW dealer normaly charges anywere from $100 ph to $120ph. The service was fast, friendly, and communication was always part of their priority. I've done recent simple work on my car, and beeing a novice home mechanic I was impressed by their work. One thing I recommend to everyone reading this review, is to pricematch all parts before you agree to replace the parts with the shop, that way you save money, always ask what parts are going to be replaced, and look for cheaper prices, for the reason that many shops such as this will boost up the price to even $150 extra than what you would normaly pay for an "original factory part" or even an oftermarket.

• Pros: Mechanics were very knoledgable
• Cons: Prices for parts are to high, make sure you price match, don't be fooled.

02/18/09

This is the place

by c240mb at Citysearch

This Shop is Very Very good at what they do. I've only taken my MB there 2x, under warrantiy and they had no problem working with the warranity company.

Now WHENever my car needs work, it goes to them No Matter what. So if you have a Benz or Benner new or old, warrantiy or not this is the place...4-real

• Pros: Very good , Smart staff
• Cons: Not sure if they give you a pick-up/drop-off ride back to your home/work?