Any A2 specialist in Finland?

[ndavid]

Hei to my Finnish friends, I hope some of you is still active here. I would have a question to you: Do you know any A2 specialist in Finland?

My car just turned 18 and she would need some work, renewal / restoration. Replacing rusty parts in the suspension, minor electrical issues and some kind of a general inspection. Some tuning maybe, (bigger brakes, etc).. I bought the car in 2002 as new and my goal is to have it for a long-long time still. I would like to keep it in as good shape as possible, but I am lacking all the tools and skills that would be needed to do the necessary maintenance work on the car. I am just a software engineer... There was a guy in Oulu who helped me fitting the A1 steering wheel, but unfortunately he has closed his shop recently.

I used to go to the SAH for servicing the car, they are good in doing simple jobs, but I do not feel the same enthusiasm for the A2 as I have. It might be because of the language, it is still hard to express myself in Finnish (you see, I am writing here in English), so I do not really blame them. I am just asking whether you can recommend someone. It does not really matter whether it is in Hanko or Utsjoki, for a bigger work I would be happy to travel. Or are you all servicing your cars by yourselves?

Any tips would be appreciated...

Norbert from Oulu

 

[bretti_kivi]

Hi,
mine recently went to a guy here in Lahti who used to run one as their courtesy car. He seems to know what he's doing, not sure that I'd recommend him fully yet. Cambelt and water pump was done there the other week for €250 (I supplied parts); we spoke briefly about the state of the old belt - which was actually really good - and that the new small belt I supplied didn't fit (DOH!). The brake stuff he did the other month also went well, though there is a little too much sponge in the pedal for my liking - not sure why. He did comment about not having to change the fluid as they used so much to get everything moving again... Overall, decent. Not sure it's worth coming down here for. I will have a chat with him, though, about the front geometry as it's out a little and I'd like it measured up. If he's prepared to mess with that, I think I'm on to a good thing.

My previous preferred garage is now a Mekonomen, which is a shame.