Hey Mario:

Did you ever get an appointment with John Walker? I tried calling the man a few times before I bought a Porsche, because I wanted him to do a Pre-Purchase Inspection, and he never called me back. I finally walked up to the shop and knocked on the door (as was on the sign) and talked to the man. Clearly, he knows the air/oil cooled car like it was an extension of his hand, but he told me then that he was swamped, and that's why he never called me back. Walker also suggested Gerber as being a good choice to get a PPI at if he was too busy.

Cut ahead a couple of months. I've been calling Walker for a couple of weeks. I like his lone wolf (doesn't even have a secretary) style of mechanic. And he has a website and puts ads in the PNWR magazine, and seems to be looking for new business, but he has not once called me back, when I'm calling to offer at least a thousand dollars work of business, and a long term ( I hope) relationship.

Anyhow, I finally got concerned that I was getting too close to my date of getting the car ready to do driver's education at the next novice day. And had never had John walker answer the phone or return a call. So I called Gerber.

I don't know if I got a receptionist or a mechanic, but the gentleman who talked to me with the English accent had a bit of technical knowledge of the 911, and immediately scheduled me for an appointment in a week. And when I said what I wanted, it fit very well into what he called their program.

I asked for a get accquainted meeting where we reviewed the known history of the car and set a maintainence schedule.
And that I wanted to track the car, and was looking for items that needed attention before tracking it., and a wish list of upgrades. And that I didn't like the shifting, and wanted the WEVO shift kit quote. He said "absolutely" to all the items except the shift kit., where he noted that the WEVO was great, but that it might be the brushings, and there might be a much cheaper way to make me satisfied with that transmission, through the OEM kit and new brushings. and that they'll want me to drive around a mechanic in my car, then drive around with him in it, to make sure we're all on the same page.

I have to say that the plan that Gerber laid on me was very close to what I had in mind. I'll let you know how the first meeting goes.