OK,

I have to respond to this thread.
I am:
a) A competent DIYer (some of the time), with a dad who was both an ASE mechanic and a retired US Army Senior Drill Instructor. I know quite a bit about cars and personal responsibility. I know when to try a job, when to let the pros do the job and when to admit that I don't know what the hell I am doing.
b) About to quit my career and leave for law school, much for the same reasons JCE said his son was interested in going. I want to start a business in the high tech industry and I need legal protection without paying an arm and a leg for an attorney who really doesn't understand my business.
c) Disgusted at the above story...and don't know what to say except that jerks are jerks regardless of their profession. It just happens that in today's society, those in the legal profession happen to have a lot of power. Jerks with power makes a nasty combination.

I would be privileged to have any of you techs work on my automobiles and my future profession ain't gonna turn me into a bad guy. Hopefully, it just means I'll be able to afford newer model MBs.

Oh, and Donnie, I am still planning on bringing my M102 to you (when MB AUtowerks opens) for a head job...but if you make me sign a damned disclaimer... <bg>

Later Guys,

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John J. Meadows
'83 300D 3.0L 260k mi.
'85 190E 2.3L 99k mi.