Sounds like you need a lawyer or need to make a trip to small claims court. -----Original Message----- From: Swoyerzone@xxxx [mailto:Swoyerzone@xxxx] Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2003 12:22 AM To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [DML] #$@! amatuer mechanics and matuer I have a similar story, My 1981 DMC-12 was in the shop from April 2002 to March of this year. The car was having problems starting hot or cold, and the fuel line to the fuel pump disintegrated. Now out of a lot of money and patience with the automobile I love, I had no choice but to consider giving it up, because I am a young owner (19 now) and very little mechanical experience I thought it maybe the trans since the car could only drive normal in reverse. I found a garage that said it was a simple job, and he said he had worked on DeLoreans at a nearby then DeLorean dealership. It needed a tun up new hoses and some other adjustments. he said the original mechanic was taking me for a ride, but I never had a problem with the 1st mechanic, everytime there was a problem he had it fixed, even helped me with the stuff over the phone on his own time, but this aside I wanted my car just fixed. [moderator snip]