Thanks to you all for your replies. Yeah, I understand the economics, but I've been having this
car serviced at this Dealership (where I bought the care), and I don't expect to have things like
oil filters and headlights, and every little thing needed, to require 3 days of downtime while those
parts (any parts) are shipped in. Don't get me wrong. I am a true fan, and I'll do what it takes to
keep this car on the road (67,897 miles, so far). It just screws with my mind that it takes 3 days to
repair anything, because of the non stocking of parts. So, I vent here. You guys help me keep
my sanity .

I do perform some of my own work, but I'm not a gear head, per se. I don't have the know how
to do the diagnostics necessary to ensure I've covered all the bases when a problem arises. Shoot,
I get nervous in swapping out my intake and code 3 pulley, and am constantly referring to the
directions I've printed from the forum to make sure I don't miss anything. But, if you want a
smoking, cutting edge computer, I can build you one from the ground up, that'll last you ten years,
and perform with the fastest from a store for at least 5 of those years. Or, if your enterprise
applications are running slow, I'll come by and tweak your Unix servers, fix your network, resolve
your memory leaks and analyze your web apps to get you the best performance for your workload.

The upshot is, the car was in the shop for a total of 11 days. Problem was nothing more than
waiting for parts, wrong part received, waiting for parts, and weekends. The good news is that
I've got the car back (imagine Gollum getting the ring back, if he had), the ringing/screeching
noise is gone, and happiness is restored.

Thanks again for your comments.

Coyote