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Anyone know anything about Farnsbacher-Noles??

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Old Jun 2, 2006 | 11:51 AM
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Anyone know anything about Farnsbacher-Loles??

I think I might have spelled that wrong. Anyway, they have been in Road & Track recently with regards to a 3.8l Cayman and now another article about their 997 gt3 race car. They are very close to me and since I am out of warranty and have a 15k mile service coming up, I figured I could take my car there for service instead of a stealership. Anybody have any experience with them? They are located in Danbury, CT and seem to have a strong Porsche race presence.
 

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Do you know if they do service work? I imagine I would be better off going to them than a dealer with my car since I have non-mod friendly dealers and my car is a Ruf conversion Rturbo 550.
 
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I met some of those guys at Sebring. Good group of knowlegeable people.
 
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I'm pretty sure they do.
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Try Inskip in RI if you haven't already or are in close enough proximity.
 
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Try Inskip in RI if you haven't already or are in close enough proximity.
I am in NY, about 10 minutes from Danbury, CT. RI is waayyy to far for a service. Thank you though......
 
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Farnbacher Loles is our preferred dealer for CT. They have been great to deal with and Spencer is extremely knowledgeable when it comes to tuning and servicing Porsches. They do service as well as tuning.
 
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I've heard some great stuff about them.

You might want to consider www.formulamotorsports.com as well.
 
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Hard core racers, Wolf Henzler drives for them, great work, very$$.
 
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Griza, try Auto Associates in Canton, Wally Simon, etc. There are a few good independents, as well as Farnbacher Loles in this area. Inskip is also good...
 
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Farnbacher, Auto Associates of Canton, and Musante Motorsports in S Windsor are all great independents in CT that would be perfect for your Ruf....
 
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Yeah, forgot about Chris and Lisa's place, Musante is on the list for sure.
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I met Greg Loles a few years ago when I visited him in CT. Great guy!
 
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Being that their car won the Porsche class at the Rolex 24 in 2005, I would say they are very qualified. Road in Spencer's 650HP full raced prepped 951 at Limerock last fall pulling 57second laps. Great guy, great driver, probably the best Porsche prep operation in the Northeast....

http://farnbacherloles.com/
 

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I thought Danbury Porsche was a dealer for some mods? I would assume they are one of the "unfriendly" dealers you are referring to.
 



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