Re: 'Bye, AlfaBill

["Joe Garcia" <corsanostra@domain.elided>]

From: Will Owen <nashwill@domain.elided>

>Joe in RSF said:
>
>"Hell, I'd rather drive the 4 hours to Tampa than the
>45 minutes to my nearest dealership."
>
>Not an unheard-of practice. I know an artist with digs
>up in rural Jamestown, Tennessee who used to drive his
>GTV6 down to Spruell's shop whenever it needed
>attention...and when I was inquiring about good Alfa
>mechanics in SoCal, at least two of the respondents
>mentioned that they'd relocated far from their shop of
>choice, but continued to patronize it anyway.

I'm fortunate that my Alfa shop of choice is 2.16 miles, but I assure you, I 
*would* schlep to Tampa and back rather than put coin in the coffers of My 
Local Alfa Dealer.

-Joe in reasonably sunny SoFla
1984 GTV-6 Maratona, ~12K mi.

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