Ok, there is no more limping my Forester along and I need to get the head gaskets done. It pressurized the coolant system enough to put a hole in the newer radiator... I now live in an apartment in Seattle, so I don't have a place to work on it, and I start school at the UW in a week, so I don't have the time either. The car is presently up in Marysville, so the least amount of miles that I have to trailer the car the better, but I still would prefer a quality shop as well. Thanks in advance.

Bump.

 

Anyone help him out with a suggested shop. I know there's a lot of PNW people on this board.

 

You may also want to ask in the meet & greet forum if you don't get any response here.

If you want to bring it down to me I'll save you more than enough to cover the trailering costs - if a drive to Portland is something you would consider. I charge $35/hr and no markup on parts.

 

GD

Roopair in tacoma washington. i dunno if you want to drive that far but those guys are where its at.

 

 

RV

If you want to bring it down to me I'll save you more than enough to cover the trailering costs - if a drive to Portland is something you would consider. I charge $35/hr and no markup on parts.

 

GD

 

I don't mean to sound rude or too inquisitive, but how do you charge 35/hr? The shop I'm with does 65 and we're considered super cheap.

I don't know my PNW geography very well but this place has one shop in Shoreline and Mukilito, WA

 

http://www.smart-service.com/index.html

 

If Kirkland, WA is near, there is this location:

 

http://allwheeldriveauto.com/

 

I don't have any experience with either shop, but they do have good reviews. I would expect that taking it to GD would probably be a lower cost than either of the ones mentioned above.

PM'd about a shop in Snohomish.

There are a lot of decent shops in the Seattle-ish area. To find the best one for the job, I'd ask edrach on here. He seems to have been to them all.

 

With a trailer and time, going to GD would be a very good option too.

 

Jacob

PM'd about a shop in Snohomish.

 

Grr, you beat me to it while I was eating:)

 

Jacob

Grr, you beat me to it while I was eating:)

 

Jacob

You mean you stop to eat before checking the internet?

I don't mean to sound rude or too inquisitive, but how do you charge 35/hr? The shop I'm with does 65 and we're considered super cheap.

 

I'm independant. No overhead, no employees - just me.

 

$65 is cheap as shops go - but you have to pay people that don't actually wrench. I doubt that YOU personally make $65/Hr right? I charge $35/Hr because that's MY salery. The quality of my work is also generally higher than most shops. Ask the people here that know how I operate.

 

GD