thanks for the info, I do plan to do all my own maintaince and repairs (within reason) I love euro autos and I find when I do it myself I feel good about what's going on under the hood and less the cost of labor I am able to use the best quality parts available. also for me its a pleasure to work with some of the higher end performance engines. it allows me to bond with my ride. I'm more than sure that this forum will prove to be invaluable to me, next I need to get a copy of the Bentley repair manual.