Re: [DML] Boston Area repair shops?

[deloreanernst@xxxx]

In a message dated 4/5/00 11:04:06 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
heskin@xxxx writes:

<< wondering if anyone knows where I can get reliable and resonable D 
repairs done in the greater Boston area. >>

You're wise to check this out. It's great that there are shops that 
specialize in just the De Lorean, but it isn't always practical for most 
owners to pop over to one for something fairly routine like servicing the air 
conditioner. So look around first. If you can't find a good mechanic... wait 
until you can, or you may face a lot of frustration. Before I bought my D, I 
asked Volvo owners who they used, and eventually selected two shops to try. 
The first, a "foreign car" specialist, told me he had owned a D and liked 
it. To replace the 4 brake hoses, (which I supplied,) and the under the car 
coolant hoses, plus an oil change, (I supplied the filter,) took 3 days and 
cost me just over $600. The next day, I noticed that the brakes were still 
mushy. He had flushed it, but hadn't noticed that the master cylinder looked 
like a relic from the Titanic. :(
The second guy is a local, well respected mechanic who's done a little of 
everything including Maseratis. He fixed my brakes, unfazed by the frozen 
rivnuts and corroded master cylinder. He overtorqued my front lugnuts, but 
apart from that has been fast, fair priced, and accurate. For more 
complicated problems, I'll make an appointment at my well respected but 
not-real-close D repair shop. 

-Wayne
Bridgeton, NJ