Local shop

Thats cool, Advice is priceless, and discounts are nice.

My sister has a neighbor who owns the local NAPA (~1 mi. from my sis' house), he and his wife are into classics (Cougars, go figure! ). When I was living with my sister during my first go round w/ cancer, I would walk up to the store and we'd talk cars and parts, etc.....They helped me out more than once in locating hard to find parts, with discounts, etc........

Now I'll go up the road a few miles and spend time BS-ing with the mechanic who does the maintenance on my '88 DeVille. He's been a great help by lending me tools for those one time jobs (i.e.: spring compressor, pitman arm puller, etc...), and the free advice too!

Never hurts to get to know the local people in the business!