Best Corvette Shop in DC area?
08-20-2012, 08:14 PM
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Best Corvette Shop in DC area?
I went to Ourisman Chevrolet Buick GMC of Alexandria and am still deciding if I should go somewhere else.......just not getting a warm and fuzzy.....what do you think?
1. My wife pulled up and our assigned tech was busy with another customer. So another tech stood up and asked her if she had been in before and if she needed any help.....she told her yes and gave him the tech's name....he said oh okay, let me grab the info off your car for him. I guess our assigned tech almost got into an altercation with his co-worker claiming he was "stealing his customer" and that she "has 3 cars"...which the helpful tech stated he was just helping ......not too professional.
2. When our tech went to get the odometer reading, she said he started pushing all sorts of buttons until my wife leaned over and told him he just had to hit the ignition button once. Then when he went to start it, he was looking for a place to insert the key.......*sigh
Are there any mom and pop speed shops in the area that are good to go? I found one for my Harley, Scalia Cycles in Fairfax, VA.....can't recommend them enough. They got my Super Glide Sport back on the road for me after it sat in storage for 3 years (lots of deployments....) Would love to find someone of similar caliber for my vette.
1. My wife pulled up and our assigned tech was busy with another customer. So another tech stood up and asked her if she had been in before and if she needed any help.....she told her yes and gave him the tech's name....he said oh okay, let me grab the info off your car for him. I guess our assigned tech almost got into an altercation with his co-worker claiming he was "stealing his customer" and that she "has 3 cars"...which the helpful tech stated he was just helping ......not too professional.
2. When our tech went to get the odometer reading, she said he started pushing all sorts of buttons until my wife leaned over and told him he just had to hit the ignition button once. Then when he went to start it, he was looking for a place to insert the key.......*sigh
Are there any mom and pop speed shops in the area that are good to go? I found one for my Harley, Scalia Cycles in Fairfax, VA.....can't recommend them enough. They got my Super Glide Sport back on the road for me after it sat in storage for 3 years (lots of deployments....) Would love to find someone of similar caliber for my vette.
08-21-2012, 06:09 AM
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You're in luck because one of the very best Corvette Repair/Restoration Shops in the entire United States is just outside of the District in Gaithersburg, Maryland and it's "Tony's Corvette Shop".
Contact Information:
Tony's Corvette Shop
7500 Rickenbacker Drive
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20879
Phone: (301) 987-0565
Hours:
Monday-Thursday 9:00am to 7:00pm
Friday 9:00am to 5:00pm
Saturday 9:00am to 2:30pm
Closed Sunday
An excerpt from their website:
Vette Magazine subscribers rank us as one of the Top 10 performance, restoration, and repair shops in the country. Most importantly, Our customers tell us we are the best! We have been in business since 1988. Since then we have evaluated, repaired, restored, and performance modified over 9,000 Corvettes. We have 10 technicians with over 200 years of Corvette experience under one roof. Our technicians are well educated in the art of restoration, repair and performance modifications. We are the final stop for all Corvette customers, even other shops and dealerships.
Our restoration record is flawless! We have achieved over 250 NCRS TOP FLIGHT & Bloomington Gold Awards -- all on their first presentations.
Our Dyno Laboratory offers our customers the highest calibrated, most accurate and repeatable dynamometer on the east coast. Our skilled technicians know and understand the sophisticated computer technology required to tune the newer Corvettes, as well as tuning the older carbureted classic Corvettes.
Contact Information:
Tony's Corvette Shop
7500 Rickenbacker Drive
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20879
Phone: (301) 987-0565
Hours:
Monday-Thursday 9:00am to 7:00pm
Friday 9:00am to 5:00pm
Saturday 9:00am to 2:30pm
Closed Sunday
An excerpt from their website:
Vette Magazine subscribers rank us as one of the Top 10 performance, restoration, and repair shops in the country. Most importantly, Our customers tell us we are the best! We have been in business since 1988. Since then we have evaluated, repaired, restored, and performance modified over 9,000 Corvettes. We have 10 technicians with over 200 years of Corvette experience under one roof. Our technicians are well educated in the art of restoration, repair and performance modifications. We are the final stop for all Corvette customers, even other shops and dealerships.
Our restoration record is flawless! We have achieved over 250 NCRS TOP FLIGHT & Bloomington Gold Awards -- all on their first presentations.
Our Dyno Laboratory offers our customers the highest calibrated, most accurate and repeatable dynamometer on the east coast. Our skilled technicians know and understand the sophisticated computer technology required to tune the newer Corvettes, as well as tuning the older carbureted classic Corvettes.
08-22-2012, 01:49 PM
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I went to Ourisman Chevrolet Buick GMC of Alexandria and am still deciding if I should go somewhere else.......just not getting a warm and fuzzy.....what do you think?
1. My wife pulled up and our assigned tech was busy with another customer. So another tech stood up and asked her if she had been in before and if she needed any help.....she told her yes and gave him the tech's name....he said oh okay, let me grab the info off your car for him. I guess our assigned tech almost got into an altercation with his co-worker claiming he was "stealing his customer" and that she "has 3 cars"...which the helpful tech stated he was just helping ......not too professional.
2. When our tech went to get the odometer reading, she said he started pushing all sorts of buttons until my wife leaned over and told him he just had to hit the ignition button once. Then when he went to start it, he was looking for a place to insert the key.......*sigh
Are there any mom and pop speed shops in the area that are good to go? I found one for my Harley, Scalia Cycles in Fairfax, VA.....can't recommend them enough. They got my Super Glide Sport back on the road for me after it sat in storage for 3 years (lots of deployments....) Would love to find someone of similar caliber for my vette.
1. My wife pulled up and our assigned tech was busy with another customer. So another tech stood up and asked her if she had been in before and if she needed any help.....she told her yes and gave him the tech's name....he said oh okay, let me grab the info off your car for him. I guess our assigned tech almost got into an altercation with his co-worker claiming he was "stealing his customer" and that she "has 3 cars"...which the helpful tech stated he was just helping ......not too professional.
2. When our tech went to get the odometer reading, she said he started pushing all sorts of buttons until my wife leaned over and told him he just had to hit the ignition button once. Then when he went to start it, he was looking for a place to insert the key.......*sigh
Are there any mom and pop speed shops in the area that are good to go? I found one for my Harley, Scalia Cycles in Fairfax, VA.....can't recommend them enough. They got my Super Glide Sport back on the road for me after it sat in storage for 3 years (lots of deployments....) Would love to find someone of similar caliber for my vette.
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08-26-2012, 04:08 PM
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You're in luck because one of the very best Corvette Repair/Restoration Shops in the entire United States is just outside of the District in Gaithersburg, Maryland and it's "Tony's Corvette Shop".
Contact Information:
Tony's Corvette Shop
7500 Rickenbacker Drive
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20879
Phone: (301) 987-0565
Hours:
Monday-Thursday 9:00am to 7:00pm
Friday 9:00am to 5:00pm
Saturday 9:00am to 2:30pm
Closed Sunday
Contact Information:
Tony's Corvette Shop
7500 Rickenbacker Drive
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20879
Phone: (301) 987-0565
Hours:
Monday-Thursday 9:00am to 7:00pm
Friday 9:00am to 5:00pm
Saturday 9:00am to 2:30pm
Closed Sunday
08-26-2012, 04:20 PM
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I've found shops in this area seem to excel in one or a few things and suck at everything else.
If you need exhaust work I would check out Robert's Custom Exhaust. http://www.robertscustomexhaust.com
Tuning, Ed in VA Beach
Coopers Corvettes does good work from what I've heard. I've never had my car serviced there but i've never heard anything negative. http://cooperscorvettes.com/
Right next door to Coopers is Triangle Frame and Alignment and I've have several alignments done there. Very happy with the results.
The best dealer service I've found is the dealers that support corvette clubs. They seem to care more than the other dealers.
McKay in Fairfax and there is Radley in Fredricksburg VA both are Corvette club supporting dealers.
I've taken my diesel chevy truck to Pohanka and was happy with the service and their parts dept is open on Sundays which has been a big help over the years... GM service dept is really hit or miss around here.
If you need exhaust work I would check out Robert's Custom Exhaust. http://www.robertscustomexhaust.com
Tuning, Ed in VA Beach
Coopers Corvettes does good work from what I've heard. I've never had my car serviced there but i've never heard anything negative. http://cooperscorvettes.com/
Right next door to Coopers is Triangle Frame and Alignment and I've have several alignments done there. Very happy with the results.
The best dealer service I've found is the dealers that support corvette clubs. They seem to care more than the other dealers.
McKay in Fairfax and there is Radley in Fredricksburg VA both are Corvette club supporting dealers.
I've taken my diesel chevy truck to Pohanka and was happy with the service and their parts dept is open on Sundays which has been a big help over the years... GM service dept is really hit or miss around here.
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You may want to ask Justin Abbott at Zip Products in Mechanicsville, VA