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Postby The_Lorax » Sat Aug 05, 2006 11:00 am

Hi guys,

Who do you normally take your car to in Wellington?

My front engine mount is broken, because one of the nuts inside the chasiss has fallen off. I've called around and no one can quote me on the job this morning.

I don't know any of the mechanics in town, so who does good work? Someone who knows there way around an AW11 mr2 would be an advantage.

I suppose I could just go see Toyota :)
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Postby flygt4 » Sat Aug 05, 2006 12:37 pm

i go to brendon motors on taranaki street for warrants and stuff i cant be assed dealing with . its under santa fe. :wink:
they are very good , can usually get cars in at short notice and locate the best priced parts quickly.
also a couple of the guys there seem quite knowledgable on 4age stuff, which is handy as well :D
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Postby Elmendorf » Sat Aug 05, 2006 3:51 pm

When I was living in Welly I used North City motors for mechanical and warrant stuff. Graeme at the Tawa branch is very switched on and knows all the rules and regs for motorsport. I use to fly through my warrant on the starlet with no mufflers or resonators.

Just depends where abouts you are located yada yada yada
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Postby FXGTV » Sat Aug 05, 2006 6:31 pm

Not in Wellington per se, but I go to P.E Crooke in Upper Hutt. One of the mechanics there used to race toyotas (mostly with 4age's) so he knows what hes doing. Good guys too, you get a month to pay after the jobs finished :D
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Postby Leon » Sat Aug 05, 2006 9:33 pm

John (GoldAE86) from Ray Hartley Motors.
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Postby B1NZ » Sat Aug 05, 2006 10:30 pm

flygt4 wrote:i go to brendon motors :D


theres also one next to civic video on Burma rd

I get my services done at brendon motors according to my oil stickers lol :wink:

I reccommed Ray hartley motors in hania st wellington, John is the man and knows his shite :idea:
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Postby POIZYN » Mon Aug 07, 2006 11:58 am

Go to Kevin Bovey @ Autocare in Kilbirnie.

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Postby pc » Mon Aug 07, 2006 12:58 pm

I do my stuff myself unless a machine I don't posess is required... why pay someone to do something that can do myself? :D
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Postby ~SlideWays~ » Mon Aug 07, 2006 5:37 pm

pc wrote:I do my stuff myself unless a machine I don't posess is required... why pay someone to do something that can do myself? :D


Time/can't be arsed? :lol:
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Postby pc » Mon Aug 07, 2006 5:38 pm

I'm not that rich... yet. :wink:
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Postby Cakky » Mon Aug 07, 2006 6:01 pm

pc wrote:I do my stuff myself unless a machine I don't posess is required... why pay someone to do something that can do myself? :D


What about, everytime you touch your car, something goes wrong with it lol :(

Wayne @ Wilsons Auto Services, really meticulous..
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Postby XSVWGN » Mon Aug 07, 2006 7:12 pm

Edyn (True -no-turbo) at brendon Motors taranaki street (under sante fe)

Very knowledgable about 4agzes and there are two other toyota mechanics that work there
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Postby The_Lorax » Mon Aug 07, 2006 8:19 pm

Got a $300 quote from Toyota who were outsourcing the work to Spot On. I'm going to shop around a bit first.

I really need to find a pet welder :D
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Postby Pies » Mon Aug 07, 2006 11:12 pm

POIZYN wrote:Go to Kevin Bovey @ Autocare in Kilbirnie.

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id agree there,

otherwise john at ray hartleys... only cos he will spank me otherwise... although... i might enjoy that... ignore me tim
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Postby BigDon » Mon Aug 07, 2006 11:28 pm

Chris @ Mossrax, the man knows his stuff!
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Postby Leon » Tue Aug 08, 2006 8:59 am

Yah, Mossrax does my suspension stuff :)
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Postby BigDon » Tue Aug 08, 2006 2:06 pm

Chris does my suspension, brakes and everything else on the car (bar the alarm and stereo which gets done by John at Installer Services which is right next door). Chris is certainly my trusted advisor when it comes to all things car related. In fact I won't let anyone else but Mossrax touch my car/s now.

It's also in a good location, Belfast Street is a handy place for car stuff as Firestone is just across the road for wheel alignments and new tires etc. It was even better when Repco was just around the corner on Tasman Street and its only a short hop to BNT on Taranaki St. So makes picking up parts relatively easy.
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