RE: [DML] Bay Area Bull*

["Montgomery, Ken" <kenm@xxxx>]

 It's really hard to find someone in Northern California that will work
on our cars and actually knows what they are doing, or are at least are
willing to learn from one of the major suppliers. The closest shop to San
Francisco that we know of is:

Ace Automotive - 3407 Adeline Street - Berkeley, CA 94703 - 501 652-2272

They take care of at least 3 DeLoreans that we know of. We also have a
couple of other shops listed in our 'Links & Resources' section of our club
website:

http://www.ncdmc.org

Most of our members do their own work or send their cars to Southern
California for repairs.

Ken

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Ken Montgomery	Sacramento, CA VIN #10911 'OUTTIME'
http://www.jps.net/arkham/delorean/delorean01.htm
mailto:kenm@xxxx
President, Northern California DeLorean Motor Club
http://www.ncdmc.org
Keeper of the International DeLorean Owners Directory
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christian Williams [mailto:delorean@xxxx]
> Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 11:37 AM
> To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [DML] Bay Area Bull*
> 
> 
> Hi guys,
> 
> I simply cannot beliieve my bad luck when it comes to cars 
> and the shops
> that fix them. I've got a relatively small problem with my 
> car right now.
> My brakes squeal, and there is a clicking sound coming from 
> the left rear
> wheel. I took the car to my local guy that I've used a couple times
> before. I gave him numbers for Rob Grady and for DMC Houston 
> for parts.
> 
> Well, he called me back this morning with a quote. It seems 
> that I need my
> front rotors turned, rear rotors replaced, pads all around, and the
> anti-rattle spring set for the rear (probably some 
> anti-squeal shims as
> well). He quoted me 680 dollars for the parts and 460 dollars for the
> labor. This sounds outrageous to me. He said that he marks 
> the parts up
> 10%, but by my calculations, he's marking them up 300%.
> 
> And to top it off - when they were inspecting the car earlier 
> this week,
> they broke my parking brake. I haven't worked on brakes much 
> before, but
> the ammount of work to be done doesn't seem that difficult. I'm
> considering attempting the job myself, but would much rather 
> have a shop
> do it... but not for 1200 dollars. If anyone in the San 
> Francisco bay area
> could recommend a shop to me, or if anyone can provide any 
> tips on brake
> work (specifit to the DeLorean or otherwise), it would be 
> much appreciated
> (and worth 1200 bucks!)
> 
> -Christian
> #3452
> 
> 
> 
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