I may have found the car I am looking for finally but it is in San Francisco and I’m in Socal. Rather than drive up to find out its not in good shape I want to send it to a shop to look it over for me. Where should I send it? Also, other than rust what should I have looked for? Do you think I should have a compression test run? Thanks guys.
Shop in SF area?
Carter
#2
A good BMW shop will know what to look for. And yes, a leakdown test is always good.
Unless you have told the owner that the car is going to the track, you might be able to negotiate if the A/C doesn’t work, or the dash is cracked, or the interior is very worn, or the paint is faded.
Good luck.
Carter
sharkd
#3
Email Mike Mills - he’s president of the Golden Gate chapter of the BMWCCA, and our resident webmaster here at SpecE30.com. He should know of a couple of decent shops.
Post edited by: sharkd, at: 2006/02/02 21:55
jschmid
#4
Hi Nino,
I agree that e-mailing Mike Mills is a good idea. Depending on where the car is, there are several places that will do a good job checking out the car for you. My mechanic is Bavarian Professionals in Berkeley. They’ve done several pre-purchase inspections for me and are excellent. Their info is at http://www.bavpros.com. You can ask for Nat or Michael and tell them I sent you.
Good luck,
-Joe Schmid
Post edited by: jschmid, at: 2006/02/02 23:19
Igor
#5
Hi,
I highly recommend Bill Arnold. He is well known (not just in SF Bay Area), does outstanding work, he is also GGC member and instructor. Here is contact info:
Bill Arnold Independent BMW Service
Bill Arnold
68D Woodland Ave.
San Rafael, CA 94901
(415) 459-2697
Regards,
Igor