Moved to texas
 

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.

Thanks guys/girls

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 :driving:

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. :hello:

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.

Post in the San Antonio thread, I'm sure they know that area better since I'm based in Austin.

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. :p


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.

:iagree: Round Rock FTW!


And OP, sorry for your loss :roflpuke2:

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.

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

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.

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!

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?

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

He said there was a bad chip or Ecu piggy backed onto the stock Ecu and the car would just shut off and stop running at times and the o2 sensors had been cut in half so the turbo piping would fit.

Who your speaking of I don't know this person. Secondly, if Wendell had called the shop I'm sure I helped him enough and I'm sure I told him to trailer the car up to the shop and we will warrant our work. 3rd, if that car in question came to the shop and we tendered services on that car then that car wouldn't h e left in that condition. No car leaves my shop overheating, limping home, misfiring etc.

I recommend Gunn Nissan in San Antonio. As far as performance shops.. I take mine to JMS Racing in Converse. Welcome to the area! You'll have to experience the "Twisted Sisters" cruises we have deep in the Hill Country.

As far as the cops go.. just gotta be careful on 35 in Schertz/Selma. They'll get ya.

Again, I'm just relaying what happened. Hes still having problems with the car, ill let him know you're more than willing to help and have him attempt to contact you again. It's Wendell thibeduex from Louisiana

i completely understand, but you have to see two sides to a story before posting. facts are facts. regardless the car you speak of left our shop and the customer burnt off on money. if you are talking about the o2 sensors, its the rear o2 sensors and we didnt cut the harness. we told the customer to replace the entire wiring harness but he declined. we went out of our way with that customer and gave him a carbonetic twin plate clutch with the build that we did for him. the utec having issues isnt our problem. i talk to wendall many times on the phone and was as helpful as could be and also told him to call me directly if he continued to have problems. i have quite a few customers from louisiana. we take care of our customers and go above and beyond. wendall isnt even a customer of jtran studios but i sat there and took the time out and spoke to him on his concerns of the car. previous owner of that car did the initial install of the turbo kit and exhaust system. he blew the motor and we went ahead and replaced the motor and it had a base tune in there. the original owner told wendal that he could take it back to us and have it fully tuned for free which is complete bs. he was never charged for a full tune due to the fact that it was a fresh build. the original owner even called me and told me that he sold it to his cousin and that i should tune it for free.

at the end of the day, people talk about my shop rather good or bad, i dont ever say anything and let the work speak for itself, this one particular subject gets under my skin due to the fact that wendall seems to be two faced. ive more then extended a helping hand on this car. if he is still having issues with the car, tell him and again what i told him before, bring the car up here and we will find out whatever issues he is having and let him know how to fix it.

Sounds great, yep it was on I35 but between New Braunfels and San Marcos.

Anyway, flying back to NY tomorrow and coming back with a moving truck and my car to move into our new apartment for a Year, until the new house is being build. Exciting but annoying as well, have not lived in an apartment for over 30 Years, no single garage for my girl :mad:

No you are right, there are two sides, and that you're here telling your side of it instead of ignoring it speaks volumes for sure.

Must have been DPS then.. which is strange because I was told by a DPS officer that they will usually give you a 10% cushion of the posted limit.

Now, whats a DPS officer? You are in New Braunfels as well, should meet sometimes. :hello:

Department of Public Safety, basically highway patrol... they very rarely cut anyone slack.
There's a Z club down in San Antonio. About 15-20 minutes from you. Welcome to Texas...!!!

and you believed them? :icon17:




:hello:

Hop on over to 130 toll road for some nice speed action if you haven't already. You're more than welcome to join me for a cruise down Lime Creek and out to Marble Falls.

I might just take you up on that, funny about the high speed action though. I moved the the US from Berlin/Germany 16 Years ago. Now that's what I call some high speed action, going 160mph in a very safe environment :driving:

Gosh, that's what I miss most :crying:

:tup:

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