I’ve been taking my now-20-year-old BMW to Foreign Car Workshop for several years now. Every time, the service has been above and beyond. They do a great job of explaining exactly what’s going on with the car and the nature of the repairs. They work fast yet don’t sacrifice quality. Recently I needed a bulb replaced in my headlight but couldn’t manage it myself. I brought the bulb to the shop and they changed it out in 10 minutes in the parking lot. Didn’t even charge for it!
I can’t recommend Foreign Car Workshop enough.
We've used Foreign car for 35 years (starting when Ryan's dad Perry ran it), have recommended to every West Seattle friend that I have (and a few outside West Seattle), and have nothing but total gratitude. Even for routine maintenance like oil changes, I always take it to them because I know they'll look my car over and give me an honest sense of if there's anything else that's needed. And they won't promote service that isn't needed.
We've used them for everything over the years--routine maintenance, inspection when we're buying new used cars, specific problems when they come up. They can do pretty much anything on any car, except core charging and engine systems on electrics, which I hope they'll be adding. Recently i took our 2011 Nissan Leaf to Burien Nissan for the latter, who gave an outrageous price for a charging problem which High Road in Ballard fixed for a third of the cost. They also also "suggested" $1100 of other repairs, half of which Foreign Car said were completely unnecessary, and the rest of which they did for $300. Can't tell you what a gift it is to have a repair shop you totally trust, and that's true in the case of Foreign Car.
