I actually do the vast majority of the repairs & maintenance on our vehicles myself, but we recently got back into the German car kult and sometimes with these 'jewels' you really need to concede defeat and get a second opinion. I really enjoy dealing with German Car Depot because they know these cars front to back, and do quality work, *but* they never try to force extra services on you; which is really refreshing for me because 99% of the time I am fully capable of doing the job myself, I just don't always have the time (or patience).