still going strong i see, mechanics liens are a pain in the ass and can be very time consuming. we had an incedent in my shop where a kid didnt pay for his trandmission work on his probe. he dissapeared completely but we still had the car. we moved it in and out of the shop so much (so we could use the bay) that it ran out of gas. we started looking into getting the the title for the car when one day the kid comes in to pay for it....over a year later! no call just showed up. he said "im here to pick up the probe" i reply "what probe...?" then "oooooooh the probe" it took forever to look through the computer to find the car and the mechanic who did the work was no longer with the company so he never got payed for the job. i asked the kid what happened where he had been and he looked away and kinda shyly said "been locked up for a bit...right after i dropped off the car". we never charged storage fees (which we do now) but the final bill totaled around $2000.