Help... Tech wanted in Portland, OR

tewills · 27 June 2003

I am looking for a reputable and experienced tech in Portland, OR. Morgan at Acura of Portland was promoted to Service Manager; so he's no longer getting his hands dirty at all. His 24 year old protoge' sounds okay, but only has two years total Acura experience, minor NSX experience, mostly just observational experience with NSX's. Addtionally, Morgan admits his skills in diagnostics are lacking. Any ideas????

Thanks

reinhart · 27 June 2003

Without Morgon, we are lost. Maybe Seattle? If you go to Tonkin instead of Hannah, be careful about the diagnosis. Their newest tech wanted to remove the entire front end ($200+ for labor) to replace a burned out parking light. If he had read the manual, he would have known there is a screw (2 minutes of labor). Until we find someone, I will rely on Morgan's supervision of his staff.

tewills · 27 June 2003

Has any one had any experience with the "new guy" at all?

ScienceofSpeed · 27 June 2003

Well, it's a bit of a hike up North, but if John at Acura of Lynwood is still around, he has been an asset to several NSX owners in the area, and my preferred tech in the area.

nsxxtreme · 27 June 2003

I ended up doing my own clutch because Morgan was unavailable. I figured if I was going to pay someone to learn I might as well learn it myself. Wasn't to bad. I have had some very bad experiences with the service department at Tonkin I wouldn't take a Pinto their. They really like to add extra labor that isn't needed. Even if you know what your talking about they still try to get away with it.

B-rad · 27 June 2003

Morgan has a nice shop at his house and might be willing to do some work after hours and weekends.

tewills · 30 June 2003

I got this message straight to my email...anyone know of these guys??

NOTE: This is a message from 91BLACKANDBONENSX at NSX Prime ( http://www.nsxprime.com/forums/ ) sent to your NSX Prime account and forwarded by the system. The message follows below:

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Jim waters and don waters used to be the best they were at tonkin a while ago. they do sidework and are good. I can get you in touch with them. I know I was the first person Morgan wrote up when he got promoted

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reinhart · 30 June 2003

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Jim waters and don waters used to be the best they were at tonkin a while ago. they do sidework and are good. I can get you in touch with them. I know I was the first person Morgan wrote up when he got promoted

--------------end of message----------------------------- [/B]

Jim Waters used to be at Tonkin. He changed my oil a couple of times. He was very helpful and he seemed fairly knowledgeable. He left and his replacement had zero NSX experience. Tonkin told me Waters moved to Arizona. I do not actually know if he is around here or not.

nsxxtreme · 1 July 2003

I know I was the first person Morgan wrote up when he got promoted

?? What does this mean?

Jim used to be the NSX Tech at Tonkin. I have never had any work done by him, but I do know someone that used to work with him and they say he is fairly knowledgable. He no longer works for Tonkin as far as I know.

X-TNSIV · 2 July 2003

Jim left to join some division of the military, which I can't quite recall what it was. It was one of those specialized divisions like secret service or CIA. I doubt he has time to work on cars even if he is still in the vacinity.

Allen

Spencer · 10 July 2003

Well, I actually bought my car from Tonkin about a year ago. And while I got a good deal, and it's a nice car, at the end of the day, I don't think they really know much about NSXs .

In my case, there was quite a few things that they missed...I won't burden you with the details...none life threatening...but suffice to say, even their "super tech" (the one cited earlier who left for the military or CIA)...failed to research the fact that my car was the subject of a Service Bulletin for the hoses (that had never been replaced), and that it had a weak window regulator (since replaced).

All in all, I'd call that pretty lame. And if "super tech" has been replaced by someone of a lesser caliber, I'd consider bringing your car up here to Seattle.

nsxxtreme · 10 July 2003

Morgan is they guy you want to work on your car. We should all show up at once to acura of Portland and demand Morgan get his hands dirty again. J/K I wish him the best with his new job.

NSX1991 · 10 July 2003

how do you find Morgan?

reinhart · 10 July 2003

NSX1991 said:
how do you find Morgan?

Call him at Acura of Portland (503-252-2872).

91BLACKANDBONENSX · 11 July 2003

TALKED TO MORGAN AT ACURA

GOOD NEWS!!!
Morgan is back. He said sometime in August he will be back on the job doing side work. He misses getting dirty and wants a nice car to drive so line up but dont all call at once.

John

tewills · 11 July 2003

1.......2.......3.....Yeah!!!

forrests · 18 September 2003

Hello all NSXers in the Portland/ Vancouver area.

I am happy to add you to the local NSX group's list of members but you need to E-mail me directly please. I am at: [email protected]

Please write me and give me the following info:

Name
Address
Car year/ color /mods
E-mail address
Phone numbers

Please remember to join the National NSX club. It is very inexpensive and supports the National and Local activities. Even if you don't care about the National activities, by joining the Club officially, you will be helping to keep the NSX name and organization alive!

Thanks.
Steven Forrest

Help... Tech wanted in Portland, OR

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