I completely understand where you're coming from on this one, Louie. I thank you for your time and consideration as to warning me what I could potentially have gotten into. After careful consideration (some of which are still underway and being made), I will probably be opting to do the work elsewhere. From what I'm understanding, Rob seems to be the one everyone mentions right offhand because his work is so thorough and sounds just downright pristine, BUT it sounds like his work is for those who have a unlimited amount of money. Louie is deadon, I am on a budget; I have no problem admitting I'm not ludicrously wealthy - being in my twenties I better not be ;). When it comes to just ordering parts from him and doing the job myself, I enjoy supporting Grady, but when it comes to the jobs I've mentioned, I need to consider other options. Like I said, Grady seems to be one of the most popular vendors out here; he has already helped me personally over the phone so much it's amazing. At the same time, I need to know other options at appropriate times. Louie Golden <louie@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:My friend who spent $17k on his car doesn't feel he had a bad experience at all. He did aprove the work... he's a perfectionist, and wanted his car to be the best. He's absolutely tickled pink with his car now... I think he would have spent twice what he did just to get his car the way he wanted. His only complaint was the amount of time it took to do the work. I don't think he had any clue when he sent the car that it was going to be such a costly and time consuming endeavor though. Just to give you an idea of some of his expenses, they charged him $1k to "properly" replace the door seals. This involved looking at the old seals and where they're broken, filing down the lip they attach to, or building it up if necessary. To me that's in no way worth paying someone $1k of your hard earned money to do. But he had no problem with it, because he felt Grady was the best, and knew what the hell he was talking about. I guess I just don't get as serious and over the top as some owners do with their cars. And hey, to each their own... I'm glad we have fanatics out there keeping their cars pristine. I'm simply warning Jeremiah here because he IS on a budget... handing the keys to a vendor and say "fix it!" can end up being a costly decision if he's not on top of things. I don't know that he can send the car to Grady's on his current budget, and get all of the things he wants done, in addition to the items that will most certainly be found to be faulty once the car is looked over thoroughly by an expert. I'm just trying to make sure he knows what he's getting in to by sending the car to one of the vendors. He may need to do what he can himself, save some money, and THEN send it off to one of the big boys. Yes sending the car to Grady's is the proper thing to do if you can't do the work yourself. But there is just realities he should be made aware of before he does so. -Louie --- "James LaLonde" <deloreandmcxii@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: I personally feel that anyone who has had a bad experience with Rob Grady is either 1) a Jackass themselves 2) went in the experience with unrealistic expectations. I had 6k of repairs done at Grady's just about 1 year ago now. My car is now exactly what I want out of a DeLorean and at exactly the right price. If Rob being a perfectionist is a bad thing, then maybe you should look into DeLorean-One I hear they're just the opposite of Grady.... Expensive, rude, slow, and poor quality. (that was only half in jest :P ) Sure, Grady would have gone on forever and ever repairing my car if I'd have let him. All the guy who spent 17k needed to do was tell Rob that that's enough. Rob did everything I wanted and more, and only exceeded my price expectation a little... but I told him it was okay (put a couple hundred extra on my credit card.... it's the American way! Here's to you Gee Dubbya Bush) At any point I could have told Rob "done!" and he would have stopped... it's not like Rob's gonna do all this unauthorized work and demand payment. The only unauthorized thing Rob did was fill my gas tank (and believe I gave him hell about that $14 bucks!!!). As much as I respect DMCH, DMCenter Garden Grove, and John Hervey (and all the rest) - Rob Grady is the best there is, you're in Good hands. James LaLonde 004009 _____________________________________________________________ Buy and sell stocks in NFL teams! Get paid dividends every time your team wins! Free limited-time trial at http://www.AllSportsMarket.com/Index.asp?Refer=delomail To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Yahoo! 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