People ask why I drive Alfas. Part of the answer is in the dynamics of the experience, but part of it is exhibited by this thread. See, I don't have to worry about my Alfa mechanic closing up shop. I learned 40 years ago to do my own work and in all that time my Alfas have never been in any shop but my own. Sorry for your troubles, but where I live there are no Alfa shops to close. Never have been.
Peace, Ben Received: by 10.141.213.31 with SMTP id p31mr4098633rvq.21.1271099705615; Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:15:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.193.1 with SMTP id ds1cs144621ibb; Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:15:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from majordomo by krusty-motorsports.com with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from <[email protected]>) id 1O1P5i-0005wo-7V for [email protected]; Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:14:38 +0000 Received: from krusty-motorsports.com (krusty-motorsports.com [192.94.170.8]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id q20si2673495rvl.87.2010.04.12.12.15.03; Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:15:03 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: <[email protected]> Reply-To: "Steven Luftman" <[email protected]> From: "Steven Luftman" <[email protected]> Sender: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> References: <[email protected]> In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> Subject: [alfa] Re: alfa-digest V10 #2245 Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:14:32 -0500 Message-ID: <[email protected]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) Thread-Index: AcradHW/N4mFZCTVR7S0Iwfzpv/xaw== It's very sad about Alfa Only. If you are looking for another mechanic try Alfa Italia in Burbank. I think the DeLeonardis brothers are great. Onofrio and Vitario have restored my 1961 Spider and Keep my 164, Dodge Dakota and Acura Legend running. Alfa Italia (818) 841-6959 1700 N. San Fernando Blvd. Burbank, CA 91504 Steve On Apr 11, 2010, at 3:12 AM, alfa-digest wrote: > > From: Will Owen <[email protected]> > Subject: [alfa] Alfa Only closed! > > Dear Fellow AlFreaks: > > Got a call yesterday from Diane at Alfa Only in Atwater Village, > telling > me they'd closed the shop as of the end of March. Really should have > seen that coming; when I was by there last week, I wanted to get some > feedback on the 164's gas-guzzling problem. Bill was polite, but said > they were doing nothing but clearing out long-standing projects at the > moment, and was noncommittal about when they might be able to help me. > > I know there are some other shops in the LA area, but none as > convenient > as this one (a scant 11 miles from my driveway in Pasadena) nor > anywhere > near as cheap (still around $60/hour!). This seriously compromises our > continuing Alfa ownership. When we were getting ready to move here > from > Tennessee I posted a query on this forum, asking for shop recs, and > got > eleven in all. Three were for Omega, one for a shop somewhere in the > SF > Valley, and seven for Alfa Only. Right now I'm feeling about as bereft > as one can be without anyone's actually dying... > > Will -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected] -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
