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Old 11-22-2002, 12:12 AM
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mechanic overview of my 1993 300D, worth the 100 bucks??

i recently stopped at a place in central jersey and asked if they could go over my car and tell me what i need to replace, what i will need to replace soon, etc...
they told me $100 and they will look over the entire car...i doubt that they will get into it in much detail, as i would like, but is it worth it?

i know that my suspension may need some new parts, car has 95,000 miles on it, 35,000 on weitec springs, smaller pads, and koni shocks-struts...ride seems a bit rough...

also...my car only gets about 320 miles to the tank...VERY LOW for a deisel...i have been told that i have a bad injector...i doubt that one bad injector would cause such a low mileage on my car...

i have a couple of engine mods...if you can call them enging mods...i have a K&N air filter, and a no name muffler welded on right in place of the stock muffler, still have all the other OEM piping and such...whats the deal with that???

thanks in advance...
Mario

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Old 11-22-2002, 12:37 AM
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Where did you go? I got a couple good shops for you.
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Old 11-22-2002, 01:20 AM
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European Motorsports Service in Edison...
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Old 11-22-2002, 01:25 AM
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Check out Peter at A1 German in Piscataway on Wilton Ave, off South Ave. (732) 968-0037. That guy on RT1 looks a little shady to me, but he's always got alot of cars out front. Check out Peter, he's a great indy.
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Old 11-22-2002, 08:20 AM
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I live in NJ as well.....

Any pre-purchase inspection I ever had only ran around $50. You are taking the tech's time, usually around $75 per hour, to look at the car, but I think that $100 is a tad high.

There is also a shop in Kenvil that Turbodiesel turned me onto. I can't remember the name, but I think it is Roxbury Foreign Auto......ask for Hans, if I remember right.

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