[daepp]

Sounds like an exact example of "No good deed goes unpunished".

I may be stating the obvious, but one of the lessons here is never hire a friend to do your work. I do not. I am picky about what I want done (and I think stomachmonkey is too) - sometimes paying for expertise or just careful worksmanship is worth it in the end.

Isn't it seldom that anyone does a job as good as we would do it ourselves? And when they do, aren;t you pretty impressed? Me, I wouldn't mind paying a little extra to get a new suspension and detail like the early car on the tech page yesterday - that was some fine work - but I digress.