Tuning / Performance / Repair Shop in Ottawa?

thehalcyon · 10-04-2016, 06:01 PM

Need help here, I feel like I've exhausted my options with my car

Both Otto's and Elite are worthless I paid close to 500 to diagnose car and they didn't fix anything or find anything wrong.

Local shop (wont mention name as they have treated me very well) mainly deals with audi and vw but also say they work on bmw. They've installed most of the mods on the car but they dont tune bmw at all. I feel like they may not really know there way around as I took it to get a boost leak fixed and the car is still loosing power in top end, not like it was before.

I need another shop recommendation that will do good work I dont care about the price of hourly rate just want the job done properly by someone that knows theyre way around bmw cars well.

Dussbrothers I've already called and they don't deal with modified cars, so that's a no go.

Anyone have any recommendations? I'm just super fed up with my car and want to throw the keys at someone and say fix it. starting to hate the car and that's a bad sign, when its good and it works it puts a huge smile on my face but with all the problems of late, I'm just fed up.

NorthernDancer · 10-05-2016, 09:13 AM

Autovation in Stittsville-Derek Lamoureux
Randy Lentz in Perth (Randy actually owns and daily drives a 135)

MightyMouseTech · 10-05-2016, 09:32 AM

Contact Maxime Vadeboncoeur at Simply Fast.

http://www.simplyfast.ca/

His homepage says it all. Owns one of the fastest 1ers out there, and a regular at Bogie.

thehalcyon · 10-05-2016, 09:39 AM

I looked into both Autovation already and they didn't seem confident working on my car with my parts. They would rather I have bought them through them, can't blame them but decided to go somewhere else as they didn't offer any sort of guarantee on their work.

I looked into Randy as well in Perth but he ended up never returning my call so I went to a local shop to do everything. May have been a mistake in hindsight, the shop treated me very well though.

In any case I got in touch with Maxime last night on FB through the 613 BMW Ottawa group. I have an appointment to drop my car off this evening, fingers crossed.

Thanks guys!

NorthernDancer · 10-05-2016, 03:42 PM

Can someone tell me roughly where Maxime's shop is?

Ender_ · 10-05-2016, 08:55 PM

Max does all my work for the last 4 years, pretty much.

Its a moon lighting thing he does, but he likes it more then his 9x5

... has a nice garage setup at his place over in Aylmer.

https://www.facebook.com/SimplyFast-...WSFEED&fref=nf

10-04-2016, 06:01 PM	#1
thehalcyon Second Lieutenant 52 Rep 248 Posts Drives: '12 135i MT LeMans Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Ottawa, Canada iTrader: (0)	Tuning / Performance / Repair Shop in Ottawa? Need help here, I feel like I've exhausted my options with my car Both Otto's and Elite are worthless I paid close to 500 to diagnose car and they didn't fix anything or find anything wrong. Local shop (wont mention name as they have treated me very well) mainly deals with audi and vw but also say they work on bmw. They've installed most of the mods on the car but they dont tune bmw at all. I feel like they may not really know there way around as I took it to get a boost leak fixed and the car is still loosing power in top end, not like it was before. I need another shop recommendation that will do good work I dont care about the price of hourly rate just want the job done properly by someone that knows theyre way around bmw cars well. Dussbrothers I've already called and they don't deal with modified cars, so that's a no go. Anyone have any recommendations? I'm just super fed up with my car and want to throw the keys at someone and say fix it. starting to hate the car and that's a bad sign, when its good and it works it puts a huge smile on my face but with all the problems of late, I'm just fed up.
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NorthernDancer Colonel 848 Rep 2,276 Posts Drives: 08 Sedona 128 & 06 330xiT 6MT Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Ottawa On Canada iTrader: (3)	Autovation Autovation in Stittsville-Derek Lamoureux Randy Lentz in Perth (Randy actually owns and daily drives a 135) Last edited by NorthernDancer; 10-05-2016 at 09:15 AM.. Reason: add info
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MightyMouseTech Major General 4338 Rep 6,196 Posts Drives: 13 135i 6MT LeMans Blue MSport Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Ottawa, Canada iTrader: (0)	Contact Maxime Vadeboncoeur at Simply Fast. http://www.simplyfast.ca/ His homepage says it all. Owns one of the fastest 1ers out there, and a regular at Bogie.
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10-05-2016, 09:39 AM	#4
thehalcyon Second Lieutenant 52 Rep 248 Posts Drives: '12 135i MT LeMans Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Ottawa, Canada iTrader: (0)	I looked into both Autovation already and they didn't seem confident working on my car with my parts. They would rather I have bought them through them, can't blame them but decided to go somewhere else as they didn't offer any sort of guarantee on their work. I looked into Randy as well in Perth but he ended up never returning my call so I went to a local shop to do everything. May have been a mistake in hindsight, the shop treated me very well though. In any case I got in touch with Maxime last night on FB through the 613 BMW Ottawa group. I have an appointment to drop my car off this evening, fingers crossed. Thanks guys!
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NorthernDancer Colonel 848 Rep 2,276 Posts Drives: 08 Sedona 128 & 06 330xiT 6MT Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Ottawa On Canada iTrader: (3)	Can someone tell me roughly where Maxime's shop is?
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Ender_ Lieutenant 54 Rep 509 Posts Drives: BMW 1M VO, V60 Polestar '24 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Ottawa iTrader: (0)	Max does all my work for the last 4 years, pretty much. Its a moon lighting thing he does, but he likes it more then his 9x5 ... has a nice garage setup at his place over in Aylmer. https://www.facebook.com/SimplyFast-...WSFEED&fref=nf
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