[e92stance]

New to Annapolis Maryland.....how is Annapolis BMW? Any local indy shops for instals and mods? car---> 11 e92 msport 6mt, alpine white over coral.....slightly modded.

[Maniac0908]

Sonic tuning in gaithersburg md, ams does some bmw stuff, elite autohaus in silver spring Md. At speed motorsports in hanover Md. and s2 dynamics. All of these shops are good. Dont know anything about Annapolis bmw but rockville and silver spring are good.

[kisho]

+1 on all the above and welcome. Euro Pros is down the street from Sonic Tuning if you ever need any paint work. Great quality work, though it is a bit pricy.

If you ever need maintenance or anything like that, contact Clem. Amazing guy, I always ask him first before going anywhere else. Getting a PE put on this Tues. He can do just about anything that a stealership can do.

[Maniac0908]

Ya Clem is the man. Hes done most of my performance stuff. But he cant do warranty work most of the shops i listed can. If you ever need things do e at a good price i would contact clem first. Where are you located kisho?

[e92stance]

where us Clem? I'm ordering a perf exhaust and BMW ppk ... can dealerships only do the ppk?

any suggestions on places to get wheels and tires local it just stick to our vendors?

[kisho]

Originally Posted by Maniac0908

Ya Clem is the man. Hes done most of my performance stuff. But he cant do warranty work most of the shops i listed can. If you ever need things do e at a good price i would contact clem first. Where are you located kisho?

I'm in Ellicott City/Columbia. You?

Originally Posted by e92stance

where us Clem? I'm ordering a perf exhaust and BMW ppk ... can dealerships only do the ppk?

any suggestions on places to get wheels and tires local it just stick to our vendors?

Clem can do the exhaust, no problem. No sure about the ppk. I do know that he a m3 motor swap for a guy, cause his literally shit a brick. It had two fist sized holes in it. Clem is located off of 32 past clarksville, in Dayton.

You can get wheels from sonic tuning. They have deals for locals and you can pick them up to avoid shipping. Got a set of sc7 for $700 during their black Friday sale.

[Jacblack]

Oh you aren't too far from me. Welcome

[Maniac0908]

Silver spring md. Ya i saw that m3 motor. Haha

[d8rknight]

welcome to the DMV.. gotta hit up one of the rockville meets. Im in Hanover.. not too far

[e92stance]

I'm in Annapolis! awesome place. coming from NY/NJ. where is sonic tuning??? Dayton MD?

[Maniac0908]

Sonic tuning is in Gaithersburg. Lets get a meet going?

[Jacblack]

I actually plan on going to sonic this week on one of my days off. Need to see about cobb and wheels.

[Maniac0908]

The guy at sonic recommended a mechanic who works at bmw but does side work. I use him when clem is busy and i need stuff done asap. He is good and give good prices. If anyone needs his info pm me.

[N0Chill 335i]

Don't forget about Luther@Flemings This is my guy for everything I can't do myself.

[Maniac0908]

Flemmings auto in rockville?

[N0Chill 335i]

No. Flemings in Hyattsville I think it is.

[e92stance]

does sonic have wheels and stuff in stock?

[Maniac0908]

Sonics got everything man. Pm pat@sonictuning or check out the website sonictuning.com if your close by go check them out.

[Maniac0908]

Anyone know a shop or person who does vinyl? Need my window trim wrapped. I dont want to pay 200. I already have the vinyl.

[Jacblack]

You can hit up signs in one day in rosedale, ask for Brandon or aplus in bel air. Tell them Jeremey sent you.

I was thinking to wrap my trim as well.

[bmw0perat0r]

I'm in Annapolis as well. I've had some experience with the BMW dealership there.

Their service is alright. Their prices are higher than other dealerships in the area such as Russel BMW. A service diagnostic will run you about $140 vs $85 at Russel. They don't have but a few service advisors who are slow and rarely call you. I've been in there a few times and nearly every time someone is complaining to the manager about poor service they received. They also have very few loaner vehicles. When they run out you have to wait for Hertz to stop by and give you something cheap. Call ahead and reserve a loaner.

I've bought one car and leased another from their sales team. A couple of them are nice the others will relentlessly pursue a sale at whatever cost and you might find some of them exaggerating their life story to you during test drives, perhaps to try to put themselves on your level and/or impress you. The last time I felt very annoyed with the salesmen over it all. Be sure to haggle and be comfortable walking away bc they will come down in their price to make a sale but you must be sincere in being able to walk away.

Their body shop is first rate. I've had work done there and the manager Rachel is extremely knowledgeable and has a fine eye for detail. They do excellent work, best I've seen from a body shop.

Their parts department is just ok. I've been to other dealerships with better stock, ie Russel BMW.

Summary -

Sales - aggressive
Service - expensive, slow, unresponsive, but they get it fixed in the end, may try to squeeze in unneeded maintenance
Parts - not well stocked but it is adequate
Body shop - top notch, will restore any damage to like new

For service I prefer Russel BMW in Catonsville. They have more service advisors, plenty of loaners, better prices, more honesty imo, and excellent turn around times.

Other than Annapolis BMW I only have sales experience with BMW of Towson and they were excellent.

Good luck, may your experience be better!

[Jacblack]

I went to sonic tuning last week on my day off, picked up a cobb accessport. Going to order wheels soon as well.