i live right outside trenton so exactly what u are talking about. I had bad experiences with Honda of Princeton. I havent dealt with the Acura dealership on Rt.1 so i cant give input on them. I took the chance and made the drive up to Open Road Acura on RT 18 in New Brunswick. I turned in my leased Civic there and bought my GSR there. They took care of my last 2 months payments on the lease, cancelled all the vehicle damage penalties (crows were eating my molding...very strange i know but its the truth) and paid for all my over mileage. As far as repair shops, i always use Bobby V's Autobody in Trenton for body work. I know him personally and he saved my girlfriend over $1500 vs the Toyota dealership she was going to take it too. She had a not so friendly meeting with a deer that really ****ed up her front end. He did the job in less than a week. He's save me at least $2000 on misc. repairs (ie crows...this happened twice) and upgrades. As far as basic mechanical repairs i always use Al's Sunoco in Pennington. They have been around for 40 years or something ridiculous like that. Its a little harder to find a serious performance shop around these parts though. I have yet to find somewhere that has a dyno. If you hear anything on that end let me know. Hope this helps.