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So, I just moved from New York to Texas in beautiful Hill Country (New Braunfels area), and would like to get some advise on good dealers/service centers out here. I

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Old 04-26-2013, 09:41 AM   #1 (permalink)
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So, I just moved from New York to Texas in beautiful Hill Country (New Braunfels area), and would like to get some advise on good dealers/service centers out here. I looked up several dealers in San Antonio and Austin, but would be great to get someone with experience on whom to avoid or embrace.

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PS: You guys have some serious cops out here, first day and a ticket for 76 in a 70 zone, really? Must have been my NY plate I assume
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JTran in Houston IMHO is the best shop in Texas!
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JTran in Houston IMHO is the best shop in Texas!
Thanks a lot, but if anyone can recommend anything closer than a 3 hours drive, would be great.
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Stay away from Town North Nissan and Round Rock Nissan. I'm not too sure how South Point Nissan is. I don't change my own oil and I've never had a bad experience at any Lamb's Automotive center.
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Post in the San Antonio thread, I'm sure they know that area better since I'm based in Austin.
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Stay away from Town North Nissan and Round Rock Nissan. I'm not too sure how South Point Nissan is. I don't change my own oil and I've never had a bad experience at any Lamb's Automotive center.
What bad experiences have you had at Round Rock Nissan? Overall, I haven't had any issues at Round Rock Nissan.
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What bad experiences have you had at Round Rock Nissan? Overall, I haven't had any issues at Round Rock Nissan.
I haven't had a vehicle serviced there. I tried to and I'm still waiting for a call back from their service department. It's been over a month.


Dnwarwas took her Nismo there and thinks they took it out for a joy ride. It also took them about 4 or 5 hours just to fix something easy for her. Can't remember what.
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JTran in Houston IMHO is the best shop in Texas!
Umm, I'm gonna have to argue on that one brother. Friend of mine got a turbo'd 350Z those guys had done...car ran rough and had a messed up tune. So we pulled the motor, TONS of plugs left unplugged, NO support on the phone from them, nothing. NOW, I met the guys, and they were super nice, no doubt about it, and I'm ONLY relaying my friends experience with them and work they had performed, nothing more. For my car, I'd prefer the dealer or Dane Miller in Houston.
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Umm, I'm gonna have to argue on that one brother. Friend of mine got a turbo'd 350Z those guys had done...car ran rough and had a messed up tune. So we pulled the motor, TONS of plugs left unplugged, NO support on the phone from them, nothing. NOW, I met the guys, and they were super nice, no doubt about it, and I'm ONLY relaying my friends experience with them and work they had performed, nothing more. For my car, I'd prefer the dealer or Dane Miller in Houston.
Wow seriously I have never heard anything bad about JTran and most of the forum members from Texas will back up my previous statement.
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Yea, like I said, I went there once and talked to em and they seemed like great guys. Really nice, very knowledgable, tons of awesome cars in their shop. The only work I've heard of the, doing though is on my buddy's car and it was pretty jacked. I saw that first hand. And he'd call em, write em, all kinds of stuff to get some guidance on repair and they ignored everything. Could be a fluke but one bad story that close to home for me anyway makes me weary of the shop
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JTran does awesome work and has built more VQ's than anyone else in the state by far! What 350 are you talking about, color, ecu, etc....? I'll get the real story right now. There are plenty of happy JTran customers on here and I've known Johnny for years.
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Texas is a great place for the car enthusiast, hi speed limits, lax smog rules and plenty of reputable performance shops. I'm familiar with the Houston area so I'm probably not much help for you as far as getting your car serviced. I'm a big fan of the DIY, these cars are very easy to work on!
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Umm, I'm gonna have to argue on that one brother. Friend of mine got a turbo'd 350Z those guys had done...car ran rough and had a messed up tune. So we pulled the motor, TONS of plugs left unplugged, NO support on the phone from them, nothing. NOW, I met the guys, and they were super nice, no doubt about it, and I'm ONLY relaying my friends experience with them and work they had performed, nothing more. For my car, I'd prefer the dealer or Dane Miller in Houston.
We have kept every single email since the the start of the business. We work on vqs all day. There aren't that many plugs. If any of the plugs was unplugged or left unplugged then obviously it happened after it left our shop. No car leaves unless its 100 percent. I have went above and beyond for every single client since the start. With this being posted obviously it raises my eyebrows, what is his name?
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So, Wendell bought the silver 350 you guys turbod for someone. After it was done he immediately sold it to Wendell. He had it for a couple weeks and it started running really bad and having problems. Wendell said he called you guys for help and was promised a call back and never got one, no return emails, nothing. (Again I'm just relating what he's told me). So they work out some issues then continue to drive it. His son is driving it one day and the motor goes. Now, this is his sons fault totally, he wasn't monitoring the temp gauge at all. But, Wendell said when he put water back in it, water poured out like crazy, that the reservoir had been put on some of the components and burnt a hole in it. When they tore the motor down to replace the head gaskets and stuff, he says he found all kinds of plugs not plugged in and stuff. Again, this is what I was TOLD, I got no dog in this fight
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