It is not really like restaurants where they seat the celebrities and the "beautiful people" in the front and the best seats. It is more likely that they just don't have the parts on hand for the Delorean (like an oil filter) and they had to have their distributer or parts store get it for them. The other reason it might take longer than it should is that they just don't know what they are doing and are trying to get some info from someone to figure out what to do. This is particularly the case when it comes to the fuel system especially if they are not familiar with the Bosch K-Jetronic. This is another good reason you should have a service manual and let the shop know who your favorite supplier is. It will give the shop more confidence that they can get what they need and without saying it to them they can ask for help too if they can't figure it out with the manual. In dealing with repair shops (if you can't or won't work on your car) it is best to let them get to know you and your car by starting out on the simple things like oil changes and such. By having them do this kind of stuff you can decide if they are a good choice for more complicated work. If it takes a week and they tell you don't bring the car back at least it didn't cost too much. On the other hand many shops like a challange once in a while and may enjoy working on it. David Teitelbaum vin 10757 --- In dmcnews@xxxx, RJRavalli@xxxx wrote: > Does anyone here who takes/trusts their DeLorean to a non-vendor shop ever feel like they work intentionally *slow* on your car so they can have fun working on it and showing it off to their other customers? I feel like I have that problem with my mechanic. Just one example would be having it take 2 days for an oil change. Granted, they are a big and busy import car shop, but it just seems a little fishy to me at times. I have seen some of their other customers oogle my DeLorean when droping off/picking up their own cars