RE: "My very terrible experience"

["Brian Shorey" <bshorey@xxxxxxxxx>]

> Apart from sympathy for Frank, the thing that troubles me is that in
Frank's
> previous bad experience with a foreign car mechanic who was not an Alfa
> specialist ("The Cape Cod Saga", July 31 1997, AD 4-573 and following)
Frank
> had been advised by Fred Di Matteo, Susan Dixon, Brian Shorey and
undoubtedly
> others off-digest to take his car to Dennis Black, Paul Glynn, Chuck
Ellis, or
> Accel Automotive. Unless there are other "very well-known Alfa Romeo
> specialist mechanics" that I haven't heard of in south-eastern New England
> there is an inference that Frank is talking about one of these few who
have
> been recommended by people I know and whose opinions I respect.

this whole thread is really bothering me.  i really feel for frank and the
troubles that he's had.  we need to either identify the party (and it would
be nice to obtain the other side of the story as well, for fairness), or
drop the whole thing, quickly.

four names are mentioned above (not that anybody from this area couldn't
have figured them out for themselves).  we now have three completely
innocent parties who are in some way associated with this debacle.

given that, i feel the need to remove paul glynn from the list.  as a friend
and long time patronizer of his services, i can't stand to have any possible
involvement on his part questioned.  i know for a fact that he is not
involved in any way, and there should be no questions as to his ethics and
capabilities.

i know that this in some ways leaves the other three on a limb (even though
the 'guilty' party may not in fact be either one of them).  that was not my
intent, but i didn't start this whole discussion, so it's up to someone else
to sort it out and protect other reputations.

merry christmas everybody!

bs

disclaimer - other than being a personal friend and satisfied patron, i have
no financial involvement with paul, other than the occasional tool/parts
deal..

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