Autowerke

[ian2144]

It sadden's me to hear, the Bosch and performance car spcialist, Autowerke Ltd in Edinburgh are no longer trading ??

Mike O'Neill looked after my UR quattro for more than 6 years,I had good fath in him as he had past experience of working on quattro rally cars. This is not good news for quattro owners in Scotland, as he had quite a few UR's on his books.

last year I sold my WR, as I was hopeing to move up to an RR 20V version, which I have now done. My plan was to pick up the car from Newcastle, and stop off in Edinburgh and get Mike to check it over, on route to the shire.

So it now looks like John Park at the Aberdeen Volkscentre in Kingswells will get the job, as I don't no any one else up here I would entrust my quattro to?? unless you know something I don't??

Ian......

[stiglet]

ian2144 said:

So it now looks like John Park at the Aberdeen Volkscentre in Kingswells will get the job, as I don't no any one else up here I would entrust my quattro to?? unless you know something I don't?? Ian......

Hi Ian,

No, John P would get my vote - he looked after my WR and then my RR until I blew it up ( but that was my fault - kind of!)

Enjoy your RR - I loved mine (until the last 90 seconds or so!!!!)

JP

PS I have 2 "Waltons" for sale in aid of the OMS engine fund (one with a dust jacket the other without if anyone in the qoc is interested before I put them on the dreaded 'Bay)



>> Edited by stiglet on Thursday 30th March 22:13

[ian2144]

Thanks John....will forward info to the rest of the gang!!

Ian........

[slateford]

Mike O'Neill is now working at Hunters Garage in Linlithgow with 2 other mechanics from Autowerke.

http://www.hunterslinlithgow.co.uk/

[Chimune]

Interesting news. Cheers for the update. The property is STILL unlet ! Would have thought it was a prime location.

[slateford]

I think Longstone Kia bought it with a view to moving in. Whoever owns it Mike thinks they want too much for it. I think with property prices, it will be a prime candidate for redevelopment only a few other small holdings around it are still being used.

[ian2144]

slateford said:

Mike O'Neill is now working at Hunters Garage in Linlithgow with 2 other mechanics from Autowerke.

http://www.hunterslinlithgow.co.uk/

Thanks for the info.....Must call in and see Mike, the next time i'm down.

Ian....

[jshell]

Run many quattros for years and live in Edinburgh. Didn't rate Autoewerke for the sole reason that they traded solely on Mike's rep for his previous quattro experience. Latter years he had nothing to do with the tools and the people who last worked on my departed RR were the 'tools' themselves. Overcharged me, didn't complete agreed workscope, 'forgot' to replace the ABS sensor caps and generally a bad all round experience.

Won't be missed!

[viscous circles]

Have to agree. Mike's name was mentioned when I was pondering booking my car in to Autowerke (and I subsequently did) but alas... the goons worked on it and ed it up.

If he's as good as people say he is then why doesn't he advertise himself more? Scotland is severely lacking with quattro specialists.

Edited by viscous circles on Thursday 20th September 19:55

[istoo]

i hold the same view on the volkscentre. John really does know his stuff, if you can get him to work on the car your laughing otherwise its the monkey boys who made a meal of my cq. On that basis i will not go back, shame as i know the ability is there.

[jshell]

stiglet said:

PS I have 2 "Waltons" for sale in aid of the OMS engine fund (one with a dust jacket the other without if anyone in the qoc is interested before I put them on the dreaded 'Bay)

Prob best to advertise them on www.quattroforum.com , good place for enthusiasts.