I heard that he would close his shops for weeks or even months at a time with his customer's shops unfinished inside his shop with his customers having problems getting their cars back

 

rotorsport is open, and is now called rotorsport2.

it is on el camino real, near san thomas, in sunnyvale.

i know some people have had problems with paul at rotorsport, and he's had a checkered past.....however, i've gone to him numerous times and have always been a satisfied customer. he knows rx7's quite well, and he knows race car prep....he's done a lot of detail stuff for free for me.

i've also had exemplary service from mike at mr.mazda.

i'm quite informed and do a lot of work myself as well, so maybe its harder to "fool" me.

my only true bad experience has been using the mazda dealers.

i think if you ask enough people, you'll here horror stories about every shop....ivan, ricks, mr.mazda, etc. your best bet is to develop a good working relationship with one or two of these shops and go with that. don't expect miracles for free in one hour....i think thats the quickest way to get screwed.

good luck
fabian

 

LOL! I have taken my car to rick to do all the mods on my car, its a fairly extensive list. Rick is someone that will answer any question you have (I call him quite often about things I am considering) He knows that when I call him I may not do this to my car, but he will take the time to tell me his experiences and help me make up my mind. I have told him on more than on occasion that I want to X mod to my car and he has come back on several occasions and told me that I will not likely get any benefit from it. While he's not cheap, I find his experience and honesty the reason I go there.

He BS's with me all the time about RX-7's, but then again I'm a big customer too.

 

Just kinda curious.......... what kinda horror stories have u heard about Ivan, Ricks & Mr. Mazda?

 

no sr does normal work but right now there is a 6 to 8 week waiting period cause they are changing locations.

 

I had Rick's Rotary change my clutch and fix an oil leak a while back. I was happy with their service. I've now learned to do all the work myself.

 

should have chimed in earlier... Rick is the man...only guy who touches my FD....been that way for almost 8 years now !

 

I have heard good things about Rick also...........

 

i don't personally have horror stories about any of them.....only mazda dealers. however, if you were to search this board, i suspect you'd find someone has a negative story about one or all the above. just like anything on the internet, though, you gotta filter the stuff....

regards
fabian

 

hey johnny. i swear i have seen your FD at ricks once. do you have a little wing deal over your rear window. i thought it was killer if that was you. you took out the PFC for rick to play with it, again if that was you.
kris

 

We just picked our FD3 today from
Rick. We had it in his shop cuz it could not pass
the Smog test.

Rick performed the diagnostic and fixed a
loose hose, and grounded a wire so the
fan will stay on. He gave me us a referral to his
smog person who knows how to smog rotaries.

He's very knowledgable and honest.
I m happy with his work (2 times now).
At $ 90 and hour for his expertise is cheap
cuz the regular auto mechanics charges $ 90+ !!!

 

$90/hr?


O.o


i should start charging more!

j/k, relax people.

 

$90/hr???????? Holy ****!! I'm in the wrong business!!!! Maybe that's just the Bay area inflation rate or something.

 

Yeah, rick is $$$ but knows his chit....

 

well actually i have heard some dealerships charge over $120/hr, at the caddy dealer we charged $95/hr

 

Yeah, Rick may know his **** but.... When I know of two different people who know just as much if not more and charge WAY less then that. There's no way I'd pay those prices. I have heard that Rick does excellent work though so I am in no way trying to talk bad about his shop or his work. Just saying that he's over priced IMO.

 

price is relative to area, pleasanton is a much more expensive area to live in than Sac is but come to think of it it isn't all that cheap here anymore either..

 

for me, if its quality work then its priceless.. up to a point like said above $125 for some dealerships then goin to rick's would be cheaper. although i never went to him for service, i did call him once for an oil leak.. fixed it myself. but for smog, that might be another issue. i might consider to have him work on my rx7 someday

 

Rick the *****.... I went there because I was in need of a TB.. he looked at me an said "those don't go bad"... thats all he said(with an additude). figured if he didnt have one to sell he might know someone who did... but it was as if i was waisting his 90.oo an hour. I will never go back... but then again I can do pretty much all my own stuff

 

P.S. for all that do go to him... let him know that there is a local member of the RX7club that calls him Rick the *****

 

but those never go bad!





i'm sure he deals with a bunch of punk kids who waste his time though, just sucks that it seems he treats most anyone with a simple question that way but then again time is money and sometimes i do get irritated when people start spending my whole day asking little questions while i am trying to earn a days pay to pay the bills.

 

http://www.ricksrotary.com/


the first link was a deadend. I haven't dealt with Rick, though I have called and talked to him. I'm more of a PR Motorsports fan, Rick and his crew ain't affraid to talk or give advice at random times.

http://www.prmotorsports.com/

 

i say go to ricks, ive never personally dealt with him but besides his waittime, ive heard nothing but good. On the other hand, ive heard a bad story or two about the shop in sunnyvale, and even after paying them and everything the car was still fucked up. It took like another 3k just to fix what them "fixed". But then again everyone has their off days...

 

For my money there are only two shops in NorCal that I would let touch my car. That's Rotary Evolution and Wolf EMS USA.

 

Would you post their locations?
Thanks

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