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Posted: 10/30/2015 2:21:45 PM EDT
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I've been taking my Xterra to Pro Import Automotive. They've been doing very good work and I've never been upcharged for parts.
7667 E Iliff Ave, Denver, CO 80231 |
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Posted: 10/31/2015 9:02:41 AM EDT
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The owner, chief, cook, and bottle-washer of Bavarian Motors LLC is a member here.
He's worked on my Toyota a couple of times too. I'm at the far end of the D from him and he's still the first one I'd call. |
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Posted: 10/31/2015 3:22:46 PM EDT
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The owner, chief, cook, and bottle-washer of Bavarian Motors LLC is a member here. He's worked on my Toyota a couple of times too. I'm at the far end of the D from him and he's still the first one I'd call. Wow, looks like exactly what i need Tried going to other places, they wont work on my car, don't have the right tools, will try this place, thanks for recommending this |
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Posted: 10/31/2015 10:21:00 PM EDT
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The owner, chief, cook, and bottle-washer of Bavarian Motors LLC is a member here. He's worked on my Toyota a couple of times too. I'm at the far end of the D from him and he's still the first one I'd call. Must be teamleader? |
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Posted: 11/1/2015 11:02:37 PM EDT
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have used bavarian motors on several non kraut cars--still does great work
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Posted: 11/3/2015 11:10:38 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Must be teamleader? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: The owner, chief, cook, and bottle-washer of Bavarian Motors LLC is a member here. He's worked on my Toyota a couple of times too. I'm at the far end of the D from him and he's still the first one I'd call. Must be teamleader? Yup. That is me. As long as you are not bringing me a Nissan we can talk. |
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Posted: 11/3/2015 11:33:44 PM EDT
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Thought it was you. I actually work in the auto repair field as well, tmleader may remember that, or may not, as it's been a while since we chatted about the business. I had several offers from shops up there, and wanted to see if there was any negative rep on any of those shops. I'm not a Bavarian, or euro kind of guy period, so tmleader can have them all, lol
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Posted: 11/4/2015 10:49:13 AM EDT
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Online reviews. You can tell a lot about a shop by their negative reviews or if they have any. If they don't have any, they haven't been in business very long. I have three negative reviews. All of which bug me a little but there was not going to be a way to make any of those three happy with the outcome. If I was being picky about getting a new job I would be looking at that and checking out the location. How clean is it?
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Posted: 11/4/2015 4:09:16 PM EDT
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Yup. That is me. As long as you are not bringing me a Nissan we can talk. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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The owner, chief, cook, and bottle-washer of Bavarian Motors LLC is a member here. He's worked on my Toyota a couple of times too. I'm at the far end of the D from him and he's still the first one I'd call. Must be teamleader? Yup. That is me. As long as you are not bringing me a Nissan we can talk. Cool, I have an 82 Datsun Sentra that needs some TLC |
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Posted: 11/4/2015 4:18:10 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Cool, I have an 82 Datsun Sentra that needs some TLC Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: The owner, chief, cook, and bottle-washer of Bavarian Motors LLC is a member here. He's worked on my Toyota a couple of times too. I'm at the far end of the D from him and he's still the first one I'd call. Must be teamleader? Yup. That is me. As long as you are not bringing me a Nissan we can talk. Cool, I have an 82 Datsun Sentra that needs some TLC No. Just no. |
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Posted: 11/6/2015 12:06:23 AM EDT
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You could try my shop if you want as long as you leave your VW's at home.
http://www.checkpoint-automotive.com/ Don't forget the secret hand shake. 
ETA: Never heard of Hotshots, Kens is GTG. I would stay away from Good Hands. |
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Posted: 11/6/2015 10:54:54 AM EDT
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You could try my shop if you want as long as you leave your VW's at home. http://www.checkpoint-automotive.com/ Don't forget the secret hand shake.
ETA: Never heard of Hotshots, Kens is GTG. I would stay away from Good Hands. Didn't get a good vibe off good hands, so my instincts were right apparently. Kens seemed ok, just going to be a bit of a drive for me. Hotshots is down in Centennial, practically Parker. There was Bighorn in Parker, but I passed on it too. |
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Posted: 11/6/2015 11:06:41 AM EDT
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If you are looking for a general repair shop to get into you are picking a hell of a time to do it, most shops see a serious slow down right now. I know I am. Hell I have a Jeep on a lift right now. Shudder.
I really haven't worked at many different shops here in town. Ellis car care at Mississippi is decent if they are hiring. |
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Posted: 11/6/2015 1:52:49 PM EDT
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It's that way everywhere, whether I stayed where I was at, or not. I know a couple of places said they were flooded with applications, but they quickly narrowed the list down. Funny, I actually had several ask for pics of my box and tools, and license and certs this time. Guess there's been a few incidents of guys claiming to have so many certs and tools, and when it came down to it, they had nothing, just another hobbyist trying to be something they aren't.
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Posted: 11/6/2015 3:04:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It's that way everywhere, whether I stayed where I was at, or not. I know a couple of places said they were flooded with applications, but they quickly narrowed the list down. Funny, I actually had several ask for pics of my box and tools, and license and certs this time. Guess there's been a few incidents of guys claiming to have so many certs and tools, and when it came down to it, they had nothing, just another hobbyist trying to be something they aren't. That is odd. I was looking for months to find someone to come on as an apprentice at my shop. Finally went to the National Guard and hired someone there. And she came on with NO tools. I am supplying all her tools for now. But when I was considering journeyman techs I was asking how much in tools, what type of box, and what type of experience. |
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Posted: 11/6/2015 6:01:26 PM EDT
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20+yrs, well over 50k in tools and it takes three picture frames for all my certs, lol. Also am seeing more and more reluctance to hire some of the younger guys these days. Don't know if you have seen it, but a lot of the younger techs have a different attitude about things, to put it nicely. Fresh out of school, top pay wanted, freak out when you can't hook a scan tool to a vehicle, and drawers of specialty tools that they don't understand how to use.
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Posted: 11/6/2015 6:53:03 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 20+yrs, well over 50k in tools and it takes three picture frames for all my certs, lol. Also am seeing more and more reluctance to hire some of the younger guys these days. Don't know if you have seen it, but a lot of the younger techs have a different attitude about things, to put it nicely. Fresh out of school, top pay wanted, freak out when you can't hook a scan tool to a vehicle, and drawers of specialty tools that they don't understand how to use. LOL. I am one of those new kids. Been doing this since 2007. Except I know how to read an OScope. |
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Posted: 11/6/2015 7:56:37 PM EDT
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LOL. I am one of those new kids. Been doing this since 2007. Except I know how to read an OScope. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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20+yrs, well over 50k in tools and it takes three picture frames for all my certs, lol. Also am seeing more and more reluctance to hire some of the younger guys these days. Don't know if you have seen it, but a lot of the younger techs have a different attitude about things, to put it nicely. Fresh out of school, top pay wanted, freak out when you can't hook a scan tool to a vehicle, and drawers of specialty tools that they don't understand how to use. LOL. I am one of those new kids. Been doing this since 2007. Except I know how to read an OScope. Oh you're one of the 20-somethings?lol. The two guys I worked with at one shop, one was 28, the other was 33, both former domestic dealer boys, had no clue how to use a scope, or even the thousands of things you can use one for. One whined a lot about how unfair auto repair is to the tech, the other bragged about being some world class dealer tech. Didn't mean jack when he had to work on an X5! We had a WJ, 99-04 G Cherokee come in with an electrical issue. Was burning up the harness to the alternator whenever he hooked it up after having it bench tested. Towed it in, and thankfully I was given it. Checked the battery, weak but at least the polarity was correct. Checked alternator resistance with the cable unplugged and was a whopping .1ohm. Started it up and had 12v at the alt cable stud, red lead on alt, black lead on positive terminal of battery. Pretty easy to diag and fix, but one of the "kids" just had to ask, if I knew how to test the alternator on it. I looked at him and said I was checking these things before he heard what pubes were. |
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Posted: 11/6/2015 10:28:47 PM EDT
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Oh you're one of the 20-somethings?lol. The two guys I worked with at one shop, one was 28, the other was 33, both former domestic dealer boys, had no clue how to use a scope, or even the thousands of things you can use one for. One whined a lot about how unfair auto repair is to the tech, the other bragged about being some world class dealer tech. Didn't mean jack when he had to work on an X5! We had a WJ, 99-04 G Cherokee come in with an electrical issue. Was burning up the harness to the alternator whenever he hooked it up after having it bench tested. Towed it in, and thankfully I was given it. Checked the battery, weak but at least the polarity was correct. Checked alternator resistance with the cable unplugged and was a whopping .1ohm. Started it up and had 12v at the alt cable stud, red lead on alt, black lead on positive terminal of battery. Pretty easy to diag and fix, but one of the "kids" just had to ask, if I knew how to test the alternator on it. I looked at him and said I was checking these things before he heard what pubes were. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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20+yrs, well over 50k in tools and it takes three picture frames for all my certs, lol. Also am seeing more and more reluctance to hire some of the younger guys these days. Don't know if you have seen it, but a lot of the younger techs have a different attitude about things, to put it nicely. Fresh out of school, top pay wanted, freak out when you can't hook a scan tool to a vehicle, and drawers of specialty tools that they don't understand how to use. LOL. I am one of those new kids. Been doing this since 2007. Except I know how to read an OScope. Oh you're one of the 20-somethings?lol. The two guys I worked with at one shop, one was 28, the other was 33, both former domestic dealer boys, had no clue how to use a scope, or even the thousands of things you can use one for. One whined a lot about how unfair auto repair is to the tech, the other bragged about being some world class dealer tech. Didn't mean jack when he had to work on an X5! We had a WJ, 99-04 G Cherokee come in with an electrical issue. Was burning up the harness to the alternator whenever he hooked it up after having it bench tested. Towed it in, and thankfully I was given it. Checked the battery, weak but at least the polarity was correct. Checked alternator resistance with the cable unplugged and was a whopping .1ohm. Started it up and had 12v at the alt cable stud, red lead on alt, black lead on positive terminal of battery. Pretty easy to diag and fix, but one of the "kids" just had to ask, if I knew how to test the alternator on it. I looked at him and said I was checking these things before he heard what pubes were. Ask him if he could lend a hand setting dwell on your 71 pick up. Then hand him a timing light. 
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Posted: 11/6/2015 10:37:04 PM EDT
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Lol, naw, he probably wouldn't know what to do. I never had to in my lifetime either for that matter, but at least I know what it is! Same guys look dumbfounded when I condemned a starter that everyone else said was good, especially when I was able to tell them what was wrong.
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Posted: 11/6/2015 11:54:03 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Lol, naw, he probably wouldn't know what to do. I never had to in my lifetime either for that matter, but at least I know what it is! Same guys look dumbfounded when I condemned a starter that everyone else said was good, especially when I was able to tell them what was wrong. I can do the timing light part. Points and dwell not so much. |
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Posted: 11/7/2015 11:07:31 AM EDT
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Points, just like carbs, never wasted my time trying to occupy memory space for. Fuel injection conversions, electronic ignition conversions, etc are where it's at on those now, unless you're truly hung up on keeping something original. Lot better, and easier money to be made on FI setups, and with the new DI setups. You don't look that young on your site, doubt you're like the 20somethings out there, but you know where the money is.
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Posted: 11/7/2015 12:34:02 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Points, just like carbs, never wasted my time trying to occupy memory space for. Fuel injection conversions, electronic ignition conversions, etc are where it's at on those now, unless you're truly hung up on keeping something original. Lot better, and easier money to be made on FI setups, and with the new DI setups. You don't look that young on your site, doubt you're like the 20somethings out there, but you know where the money is. Late thirties. But did a few other things first before getting into automotive. |
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Posted: 11/7/2015 6:25:01 PM EDT
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We're close in age, you just did the detour into the service, where I never did. Those millennial gen techs are the ones everyone seems to comment about. Looks like I'll be working a few miles straight east of you as the crow flies. I know they don't work on euro stuff as a rule
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Posted: 11/29/2015 4:23:03 PM EDT
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I must have found one of the rare 20 something techs. I own a Volvo specialty shop and was looking for a honest young guy I could mentor.
This kid brought his Mom's S40 in for a couple things he couldn't fix. We talked for a few minutes and I was taken aback at how well spoken and respectful he was. He mentioned he just got out of Lincoln Tech and wanted to start in the industry. I interviewed him, took him to lunch and threw it all at him. He seemed nervous, but was willing to try. I hired him a few days later. Our shop is small and very specialized and super busy. I knew I would be teaching him a specific skill (Volvo cars) as he already had the "book/theoretical" background. Three years later, we've increased his salary 50% as he's more than earned it. (no flat rate here) I have no problem throwing something difficult at him. He can handle it, if he doesn't know, he will ASK. Humility is the most important trait in this business. As my old man used to say "sometimes ya gotta punt". I've met a few of his "car" friends and I can say they could all work for me. |
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