[GeorgeM]

Picked up the car from RUF yesterday. They had it there for about 12 days while I was out of town for work and over the Labor Day weekend.

The list of stuff I wanted them to do:

Compression/leakdown check
Figure out rough idle and decrease in peformance
Alignment
Corner balance
Wheel balance
Correct for steering wheel shimmy while braking
Replace fuel injectors (their suggestion)

I got the injectors from Pelican just in time to deliver them on our way to Salzburg for the long weekend. The plan was to pick it up on the return trip home on Monday. When I called to tell them I'd drop the parts off, they had already finished all the other work and confirmed that the Monday pickup would be okay.

So, they got everything but the rough idle. The injectors helped a bit, but it's still a little stumbly. The increase in performance, however, is very noticable. It has much better throttle response across the revs... a worthy expense. The car drives super smooth with no more steering wheel shimmy. They ended up turning the rotors to fix that problem. Compression and leakdown were outstanding, "it's like a new motor", the service manager said. Not bad for 130K miles and 2 years worth of monthly DE events.

They took a little license and did a few extra things that I didn't ask for: a new lighted key head (mine had neither the porsche crest, light or button remaining), they installed valve stem supports on the wheels (didn't know they still made those things) and replaced the missing a/c belt which I had removed. It all added less than €25 to the bill.

They also washed it and filled up the tank at no extra charge (they own the Shell station next door to the shop BTW).

With respect to their "competitive rates", their hourly rate is €70. That's only about €5 more than a local shop I'd been using. Well worth the extra cash and 1.5 hour drive for piece of mind and superb customer service. The bill was even in english.

I believe I just found my new shop...