I'm moving to the Verde Valley in Arizona soon. I would like to know if anyone knows of any Mercedes shops in that area. thanks for any info. andy

I lived in Cottonwood near Sedona in 1999-2000. I used Black Motors Ltd. in Sedona for some work on my 300D. They are the only Mercedes shop in the area that I know of. I was satisfied with the work they did. I had all hoses replaced, new glow plugs and a few other minor repairs. The owner is Paul Davis and he has many years of experience on Mercedes. I think he used to have a shop in the Phoenix area. The labor rate was $ 69 per hour. They have a web site at "www.blackmotors.com" Phone no. is 520 282-6621. If you need any additional info please contact me. Are you going to be working in the Verde Valley?

Thanks Richard, I'm going to be moving to the Verde Valley pretty soon. I'm not sure what part yet, maybe Cottonwood or Clarkdale, somewhere between Prescott and Sedona. My wife and I are going to visit the area the 13th of May. A friend of mine is also moving with us. I was just hoping that there was a shop familiar with MB in the area in case I come up against a job I can't do myself. It's nice to know that there will be one pretty close. Thanks, andy

I am a new resident in the Bullhead City, Arizona, area and am looking for a good, reputable repair and/or body shop in this area.

Well I've bought my struts from Phil and now I need to find a quality shop in Phoenix to do the repair. I think I can handle the struts my self but I'm still going to need an alignment.. Any one know of any shop that are really good that can handle it ?? Alignment or both if possible...

Thanks in advance..

Joe..

92 190e-2.6 Sportline <100K....

Well I've bought my struts from Phil and now I need to find a quality shop in Phoenix to do the repair. I think I can handle the struts my self but I'm still going to need an alignment.. Any one know of any shop that are really good that can handle it ?? Alignment or both if possible...

Thanks in advance..

Joe..

92 190e-2.6 Sportline <100K....

Have you tried German Auto at 5244 N 7th St. I dont know how good they are but they might be worth investigating.

(602)274-3747

- Peter.

Hello,

German Car Service has done excellent job on my MB over the last 4-5 years. I went there knowing my father's opinion that they are the best, most reputable Mercedes shop. From what I know, they've been working on MBs for over 30 years. Kenny Sr. (owner) and Edis are the experts there. They made my MB ownership affordable through high quality work at very fair prices.

I recommend them to everyone. I just moved to Dallas and wish it was closer to Arizona, so that I could continue to service my car there. German Car Service is on McDowell Rd just east Scottsdale Rd. Their phone # is 480-970-6776.

Branimir
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'84 300SD, +250K mi

They also have a very good diesel wrench over there. He has done work on mine and he drives diesels exclusively. He lives a few streets over from my Mom & Pop and is a great help. If you want to sell a diesel see him. His name is Louie. He also got me hooked on the 240 manny tranny. I looked and looked for one of those.

German Auto service. Are they honest? prices?

I haven't been there, but I have bought two diesels out of phoenix and they both had all of their maint. records from that shop.

NCKMSN. Can you comment on the work that they did? Were there any issues that surfaced after you bought them with the stuff they had done? I've been there many times looking for a good deal - they somtimes have cars for sale, but never been able to swing it yet. So no personal knowledge of their honesty etc.

- Peter.

Well I took my 280ce there, and altough not all my problems have been fixed, I highly reccomend them. They remembered my car. Apparently the liitle old lady who first owned my car took it to them. She also had everything little thing fixed. anyway... they are very nice and honest.

They're good but on the high side price wise. Phoenix is blessed to have three very good, honest, reasonably priced Mercedes shops - Schulte (Mike) Automotive on 7th Ave around Camelback, MB Motors (Bud) on East McDowell and Goodys in North Scottsdale.

For the record, Schulte auto has screwed me over twice, but the second time they admitted they were at falt and fixed the promlem.

I would listen to the other posts. I can;t say they are good or not, but the previous owners of my vehicles repeatedly took their cars to german auto

How about in Flagstaff? We are planning to move there next summer. Any suggestion?

I am not aware of any in Flagstaff, however as I stated in an earlier post there is one in Sedona which is not too far from Flagstaff.

Richard

Check Robert Duke ( Euro tech) in clarkdale 928-649-0996 .It seems that there is nothing he doesn't know about benzes.

How about in Flagstaff? We are planning to move there next summer. Any suggestion?

Yeah Me! Not really any MB Indys in Flagstaff. Pinnacle Auto (German cars)Tom, he charged me 280 for an alignment though, pretty meticulous, but that seemed just obsurd. It drove very straight though.

Phoenix/Scottsdale
I know German Car and German Auto personally. Both are great. I know the Son of the owner of German Auto. I know the owner and all mechanics of German Car. Personally, Id recommend German Car, but German Auto is one of the biggest MB indys in phoenix. I just drive down to phoenix if I really need something that I cant do.

I work on mercedes for extra money, but I will probably be moving Summer 2008 for my futher graduate work. Look me up when you come out and I can give you up to date info.