Good Indy shops in Greater DC area?

[TerminatorX5]

I know that there ia lot of BMWs in the Greater DC area -I've heard that the BMWCCA chapter here is one of the biggest. So, I would think, there would be some decent, if not excellent independent mechanics in the area.

Is there a list for those shops or maybe some folks can recommend to a new resident a nice, knowledgable and fairly priced independent mechanic in Greater DC area, or in NoVA region, along the I-95 commuting corridor?

Thank you

[Bill K]

Martins Motorsport in Alexandria is very good

[Lookin4Trouble]

BMC Automotive in Chantilly is HIGHLY recommended by my coworkers and friends with BMW's - I'm taking the X5 in tomorrow morning first thing to have INSP2 and some other work done - will come back and post up again after it's done to let you know how it went.

--The short story-- I bought my X5 from a now-defunct stealership - they forged a ton of service records including INSP2, water pump replacement, suspension work, and CPO Certification. The LLC was dissolved, there's no entity left for me to sue =(

[TerminatorX5]

I think I saw your posting on the EEE dealer - they were around for a few years, i remember seeing them when i was in DC last time around a couple of years back... sounds like a East european way of doing business, with overnight companies - something like that was done in NYC, when they would build and sell houses and then dissolve and the homeowner is left holding the bag...

[Lookin4Trouble]

Ok so I went in expecting ~$3-5k worth of work being needed, and I wasn't too far off monetary wise, but way more work than what I'd anticpiated. Took out $2650 worth of work today and the following was done, not sure if they want me publishing the pricing they gave it was such a good deal...

Inspection II (fluid and filter change, THOROUGH vehicle inspection)
Replaced 3 of the 4 power steering lines, leaking badly, thankfully caught before the pump was dry
Replaced Front Passenger Inner and Outer CV Boots
Replaced Front Driver Inner CV Boot
Replaced Rear Suspension Bushings
Replaced Front Passenger Thrust Arm Bushing
Reprogrammed (ECU?) to recognize the replacement cluster (who knew that's what that red dot next to the total mileage meant?)
Flashed Transmission software to latest (v17?) - the Lurch is GONE
TONS of miscellaneous stuff - missing body panel bolts, trunk storage hold-down nuts, adjusted front/rear bumper covers to get rid of massive panel gaps, helped find and mitigate a couple trunk area rattles

Still to be done (ran out of time today)-
SLOW leak at Trans plug seal (trans flush time )
Front driver outer CV boot and Thrust Arm Bushing

Still to be done (will do myself)
Brakes, RPS all around, plus bleeding the system, my brake fluid is BLACK - rotorpros.net anyone?

All said and done, I paid probably less than a third of what I would have paid at a BMW Dealership, and was treated like a valued customer! BMC definitely gets my recommendation for that!

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