Our automotive roots date back to 1964, when I worked for one of the first BMW dealers on the West coast in Pasadena, California. In those days we were able to blend independent servicing of VW, Porsche and Mercedes automobiles with the selling of new vehicles. Many of our customers thought that BMW was a British car. In 1971 my brother and I bought the business and continued as an independent shop specializing in the service and repair of German cars. By 1972, due to many requests by our German car customers who began to purchase Japanese cars, we began servicing those cars as well.

By 1987, escaping from the Los Angeles smog we moved the service operation to Rancho Bernardo where we have been engaged in German car service as Rancho Bernardo German Automotive and as Japan Import Service. Over decades of time we have been able to witness the miraculous technological evolution of the automobile. The continuing technical challenge forces us to keep honing our skills. Forty years of learning is not the end, as next year’s models will present us with new challenges. This is a time when many shops try to repair all brands of vehicles to increase their bottom line. I can truly say that such diversification of service without a proper technology background is an unyielding gamble for the unwary consumer who may not understand the electronic intricacies of today’s automobiles.

Experience costs you no more when applied for servicing your vehicle correctly the first time.