RS2 Servicing in London

[Shirish]

Hello readers!

Hopefully picking up the RS2 on Saturday, can't wait!

With respect to servicing are there really no reputable garages within the M25?? Most peeps are pointing me towards The Auto Pool or Kim Collins place in Sussex.

Maybe i've been spoilt with 911 ownership where i had loads of options.

Cheers for now

Shirish

[flossymeister]

Hi Shirish,

not being a londoner, I'm not quite sure which side of the M25 this is, and its prob wrong side of london for you(??) but I did come across this company when searching for specialists. I know they have dealt with at least one RS2 in the past for a sustained period. Could be many more, i don't know, but i did see a car that they had maintained.

http://www.quattroconcepts.co.uk/about.html

Anyone else ever come across them?

Tim

[AAH!]

Despite living in London I have never found a reliable/reasonably priced place to get my RS2 serviced, although I have never tried Autopool in Iver. I have always ended up travelling many miles to a few select garages, leaving the car with them for a few days and taking the train home and then back.

Even with the additional cost of the train I have always found it more economical than using local London garages and I am more than happy to spend a day travelling to use a garage who know what they are doing.

I used Dialynx in Swindon for a long time, but not any more .......

More recently I have used and been very happy with:
Tom at RCMR in Yeovil - http://www.rcmr.co.uk/

Tim at QRSport in Chester - http://www.qrsport.com/

I would be more than happy to use Doug at MRC Tuning in Banbury - http://www.mrctuning.com/

Good luck and I will be interested to hear your feed back if you use Autopool and also let me know if you find any other worthy garages.

Angus

ps Never come across Quattro Concepts.
pps Kim Collins has mixed feed back, Some people love him and some people don't.

[Audi Parts Guru]

http://www.quattroconcepts.co.uk/about.html

Anyone else ever come across them?

Tim

Yeah I know them very well, great bunch of guys.

The Autopool are also a good company to deal with. I Can recommend both

[Shirish]

Hey Tim, nice one, thanks for that

Having looked at it on Multimap, looks fairly straightforward for me to get to. The other side of London from me, but do-able.

Angus - thanks for your info. I see you travel quite a way to get yours serviced. I've heard good things about MRC and Autopool. I'm sure MRC will be seeing me soon, asking for their chip wizardry. Why no longer use Dialynx?? I saw one of their S1 conversions on sunday, looked stunning!

AudiPartsGuru - thanks for the headsup. Think I'll give Quattro C a go and report back. What are their facilities like? Comparable to Autopool??

Havent even got the car yet, but i'll let you know how I get on!

Cheers

Shirish

[Shirish]

Just an update on servicing,

was planning to go to Quattro Concepts, but when I called them a female answered, with a screaming baby in close attendance, confirming that I had indeed rung QC and not a creche.....not the best first impression IMHO. Then I sent them an itemised list of work I wanted done, I didnt get a reponse. Called them and again was told they'd get back to me...still no repsonse.

So MRC it was then......

Doug and Mihnea completed quite a list in a day:

Oil (Silkolene Pro S 10w/50 - sounds smooth!)
Air filter
Fuel Filter
Pollen Filter
Spark Plugs
Gearbox Oil
Diff Oil
PAS fluid
Coolant
Waterpump (Belts done 5k ago at Audi but no pump change)
Thermostat
IC Hose mod, O ring
Diverter valve

Car feels great, much perkier and no hesitation to the limiter as there was before. Happy bunny and reasonably priced too - hate to think what Audi would have charged me for this

[robo]

Doug and Mihnea completed quite a list in a day:

Oil (Silkolene Pro S 10w/50 - sounds smooth!)
Air filter
Fuel Filter
Pollen Filter
Spark Plugs
Gearbox Oil
Diff Oil
PAS fluid
Coolant
Waterpump (Belts done 5k ago at Audi but no pump change)
Thermostat
IC Hose mod, O ring
Diverter valve

:

All this in a day??

[pastures16]

Happy bunny and reasonably priced too - hate to think what Audi would have charged me for this

what price did mrc charge you for that lot

[Fat Audi 80]

I have used Autopool in the past and can recommend them... Good guys with a LOT of Audi knowledge.

I may well be giving MRC a go in the future though. I need another big service later this year.

I would also be interested to know how much that list cost you at MRC?

Cheers,

Steve

[stevieyid]

Me too i would be interested to no the price of all that lot especially the thermostat change. Also Doug or Mihnea if u read this what are u servicing costs.

[Shirish]

some people, eh? so vulgar

£691, with my own oil supplied

think their rate is £45/hour +vat

[Fat Audi 80]

Cheers!