# Who's the car repair guy now? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [April 29, 2015, 8:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whos-the-car-repair-guy-now/272206 "2015-04-29T08:41:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/51bf81/32.png) [@Hass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hass)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 8:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whos-the-car-repair-guy-now/272206/1 "2015-04-29T08:41:21Z")
Who’s the go to guy around here now for car repairs? 08 malibu classic, needs LIM, front struts, steering rack and a whole gaggle of other goodies. Since Carnut left the game I’ve been pretty lost ;( ---
**Author:** ![91MR2](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/91mr2/32/7217_2.png) [@91MR2](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/91MR2)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 8:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whos-the-car-repair-guy-now/272206/2 "2015-04-29T08:43:00Z")
One of our vendors here, turbociv, does great work from what I am told… When did Don stop working on cars? ---
**Author:** ![fairgentleman\_Z](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fairgentleman_z/32/7263_2.png) [@fairgentleman\_Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fairgentleman_Z)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 8:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whos-the-car-repair-guy-now/272206/3 "2015-04-29T08:43:17Z")
Forum vendor: [http://www.nyspeed.com/forumdisplay.php?484-Tire-Change-Bros](http://www.nyspeed.com/forumdisplay.php?484-Tire-Change-Bros) ---
**Author:** ![livin4hockey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@livin4hockey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/livin4hockey)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 8:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whos-the-car-repair-guy-now/272206/4 "2015-04-29T08:43:31Z")
Super Tire Change Bros: [http://www.nyspeed.com/showthread.php?278652-Super-Tire-Change-Bros-General-Repair](http://www.nyspeed.com/showthread.php?278652-Super-Tire-Change-Bros-General-Repair) edit- Already beat to it, but give them a shot, they do great work for me. ---
**Author:** ![Hass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/51bf81/32.png) [@Hass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hass)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 8:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whos-the-car-repair-guy-now/272206/5 "2015-04-29T08:51:21Z")
> [@91MR2](#): > > One of our vendors here, turbociv, does great work from what I am told… > > When did Don stop working on cars? Couple years ago. (3-4?) He made a big post about why he was stopping. Do these guys charge $85/hr or whatever the average labor rate is? 😑 Shop it’s at now wants about $4-5k to fix everything. @$84.50/hr IIRC. I’ll post the list later when I pick it up. edit: nevermind, i read their post. I’ll message him after I get the list. Thanks guys! ---
**Author:** ![choko](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/choko/32/7240_2.png) [@choko](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/choko)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 8:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whos-the-car-repair-guy-now/272206/6 "2015-04-29T08:57:57Z")
Andy or Ryan Walker. ---
**Author:** ![llink78](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/llink78/32/8037_2.png) [@llink78](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/llink78)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 1:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whos-the-car-repair-guy-now/272206/7 "2015-04-29T13:49:16Z")
Andy or Ryan. Also @turbociv they are all at the same place. Iv had him do work on my civic and Bmw. Always have been happy. ---
**Author:** ![Hass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/51bf81/32.png) [@Hass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hass)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 2:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whos-the-car-repair-guy-now/272206/8 "2015-04-29T14:41:49Z")
PM sent, thanks guys! Took it in for vibration at 65+ and this is what the service center told me. I’ve been using them since carnut stopped… and they haven’t scammed me that I’ve noticed yet… so I’m inclined to believe them. Front struts; $750 Front wheel bearings; $575 Front lower control arms; $650 Rear trailing arms; $600 Power Steering rack; $650 Lower Intake manifold; $900 It also has a P0449 code which they didn’t quote, since I told them to only go after vibration issues. That’d be the purge/vent solenoid… ---
**Author:** ![llink78](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/llink78/32/8037_2.png) [@llink78](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/llink78)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 2:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whos-the-car-repair-guy-now/272206/9 "2015-04-29T14:57:18Z")
> [@Hass](#): > > PM sent, thanks guys! > Took it in for vibration at 65+ and this is what the service center told me. I’ve been using them since carnut stopped… and they haven’t scammed me that I’ve noticed yet… so I’m inclined to believe them. > > Front struts; $750 > Front wheel bearings; $575 > Front lower control arms; $650 > Rear trailing arms; $600 > Power Steering rack; $650 > Lower Intake manifold; $900 > > It also has a P0449 code which they didn’t quote, since I told them to only go after vibration issues. That’d be the purge/vent solenoid… Holy crap! prices seem crazy high. ---
**Author:** ![Jon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@Jon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jon)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 3:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whos-the-car-repair-guy-now/272206/10 "2015-04-29T15:35:16Z")
Good god,these only sell for like $5k and they want to charge you that much to fix it. ---
**Author:** ![Jam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jam/32/7235_2.png) [@Jam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jam)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 5:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whos-the-car-repair-guy-now/272206/11 "2015-04-29T17:07:47Z")
I feel like this is similar to the pt cruiser thread on reddit, what unfortunate event bestowed an 08 Malibu on you? ---
**Author:** ![ubengineering](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ubengineering/32/5171_2.png) [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 3:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whos-the-car-repair-guy-now/272206/12 "2015-04-30T03:19:46Z")
LOL that’s a hysterical list. ---
**Author:** ![Justin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justin/32/7459_2.png) [@Justin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Justin)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 4:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whos-the-car-repair-guy-now/272206/13 "2015-04-30T04:01:58Z")
Although I specialize in German cars, most of my customers have a second or third vehicle that is American or Japanese. I less frequently find myself working on them, but once people find someone they trust, they usually stick with them. I have worked on a Malibu, Cadillac CTS, Trailblazer, Camry, Carrola, ES300, and an S10 all at the new shop already, we are well equipped to takle them all. So if you don’t mind bringing your Malibu to a Euro specialty shop, I would be happy to work on it. ---
**Author:** ![Hass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/51bf81/32.png) [@Hass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hass)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 5:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whos-the-car-repair-guy-now/272206/14 "2015-04-30T05:46:42Z")
> [@Jam](#): > > I feel like this is similar to the pt cruiser thread on reddit, what unfortunate event bestowed an 08 Malibu on you? Marriage. I’ll post a picture of the writeup when I get home. it does say on there that “car needs a lot of work” or something along those lines. It is @ 123k miles, and mostly all original parts. Also it was a former fleet vehicle from what I can tell. I’m upset because I was just at Dunn on Saturday and they said nothing about any of this. They even did the alignment and mentioned nothing about any control arms. Wouldn’t they have noticed this stuff doing adjustments? I’m going to have to have it realigned after the work is done again. ---
**Author:** ![llink78](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/llink78/32/8037_2.png) [@llink78](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/llink78)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 6:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whos-the-car-repair-guy-now/272206/15 "2015-04-30T06:31:28Z")
Maybe all that really isn’t bad? A second opinion is always good.