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