[kevingross]

Hey John, good to hear from you, albeit electronically.

Sadly, we lost two terrific Porsche people in eastern Massachusetts in recent years. My good friends Bill Pfister (Eurotech Advanced, Framingham) and Rene-Max Prepetit (Rensport, Framingham but more recently Stow) both passed way too young from health issues. There are still many good options in our neck of the woods, like Jerry Pellegrino (EPE, Framingham), Kenny Conway (Conway Autoworks, Hanover), Maurizio Cerasoli (MC Racing, Stow), Mark Cummings and his team (Auto Sport, Shrewsbury) and a bit farther but Pete, Dave and the team at Victory Auto Designs (Seabrook, NH).

The world is changing a bit... or maybe a lot. Bill used to gripe "Remember when working on cars was fun?" Porsche may still have 80% of the cars they made on the road, but 100% of the people who know how to fix them are aging. Every shop owner I talk to has problems attracting and retaining techs, its endemic. I have this idea that when AI eliminates so many of the BS middle-whatever jobs in corporate America, perhaps more young uns will take up actually useful careers, like fixing Porsches. Who knows? Cheers,