West LA PPI shop needed/ Do you know Chequered Flag ?
 

Does anyone have a good PPI shop in west LA ? I am looking at a car from Chequered Flag in Marina Del Ray. Has any one done business with these guys? THanks !

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hahaha...don't waste your money on a PPI on a car from them...but who know you may run across a nice car...but chances are it is held together with gum

torrance -- Callas Rennsport ($$$$$)
North Hollywood -- TRE automotive (good guys)
Marina del Rey -- precision automotive ?? (it is the guy wayne recomends. I've met him...really nice guy...haven't done work down there...and I am not sure if that is the right name...search the archieves)
Venice -- Otto's (quite a character....heard good things)

I took my car to Callas Rennsport in Torrance. They did a thorough inspection which I was happy with..

"hahaha...don't waste your money on a PPI on a car from them...but who know you may run across a nice car...but chances are it is held together with gum"

I am not related to CK are these statements our of personal experience or just word of mouth? If they are bad, please give a little more detail.

when I was looking for my 911 I stopped by there...I had a minimal 911 knowledge, but I knew they were blowing sunshin up my butt and their cars are crappy 911's they buy, do a quick once over to make it look cosmetically pleasing and charge an arm and a leg...the internals are never looked at...

yeah callas does great work...pretty much his clientele is for those who sign the invoices without looking at the price...I stopped going after donating a pretty penny to the Callas Fund...

I'd say TRE is the most friend to the types of people on this board...

Alex at Precision Tech is literally across the street from there (phone 822-4566). Tony's great too, but he is quite far away from their location...

With respect to the comments from Tony - Most people who use Tony do not go to anyone else. He is the kind of guy that is too much of a perfectionist, it probably hurts him in the long run. He has tight control over everything at the shop, and believes in doing everything correct. If the clutch job was $2500, you can guarantee that everything that needs to be done and replace would be done, in particular things that need to be replaced/fixed on the engine while it's out. I've never met *anyone* who wasn't happy with his work, ever. He's factory-trained, and has been chief mechanic for a bunch of factory race teams. You want the best, you go to Tony. He's expensive, but you do get what you pay for.

-Wayne

Do a search. More than one person has checked out cars there only to find that the assembly was, umm, "creative". But who knows, maybe you'll get lucky. I'd rather stick with a private party for an older car. ymmv.