I dropped my car off at my friends shop for a weeks storage, when the battery light went on the dash on the way there.
They figured out it was the alternator, which is a PITA to get to in the MR2, so they dropped the exhaust and crossmember (both of which needes to be replaced).
Alternator is in, cross member is in.
The used DP needed some fabing/modding so it's being worked on right now.
The shop's main mechanic went to Asia for 3 weeks, so my car got pushed to low low priority. He's back as of yesterday, and I'm suspossed to have my car back this week.
It's been 6 weeks for me too. . .
luckily, i've got a daily driver for the winter that I've been driving