fortunately, nothing broken yet, but then again, i've only had it for 5 days... give me time...

the "romance" of working on my (well, in this case, my wife's) car is long gone for me... i don't get a charge out of it like i did when i was a yute... also, since i have no garage (and thus, not a lot of tools), it's not really an option at this point to do any "major" type work (plus, it's a dd for my wife, so it can't be sitting there for a couple weeks while i figure out how to do something)...

i'm looking for someone to do routine stuff... fluid changes, etc...

i know i'm gonna want a set of bilsteins on it... probably asap on that... although i'm gathering from reading that if i wait for a mod day, and bring lots of beer, someone will assist in that...

i think i can handle putting on the shrockbars... although you never know, i can be quite a klutz given the opportunity...

so, that kind of stuff... i want to avoid the dealer's service department, other than for warrrantee work... since they cut me a good deal on the extended warrantee, they get that work for a few years, anyway... assuming they don't try to mess with me (and assuming something breaks that i don't break myself)...