Let the drama begain
11-07-2007, 08:12 AM
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wow, that is an unreal story. I understand what it is like to have a shop do imcomplete, hasty, or sloppy work. I have never had a bolt fall off with one of my installs, but then I use lock washers and locktite on areas that flex a lot or are known to fall loosen up a nut or bolt.
To ME, it is very reasonable to want a COMPLETE job from a shop you are paying $80+ an hour to. I obviously do all of my own work, except for tuning. I cannot afford to pay a shop to do my work...not to mention it is an 5 hour drive one way to the Bay. However, the one time I did pay a shop to work on my car, I ended up having my time wasted. Parts were not ordered on time because of Subiefest II, and bolts fell off of my endlinks. Common issue right? See above comment about locktite
Anyway, as many have said you pay a professional for a professional job, not half-assed work that burns your car down. Of course you always cover your own ***, but that is more of a life motto, and should NOT be applicable when you are paying someone for work you do not have the time, tools or knowledge to perform.
Edit: Thanks for reminding me to get a fire extinguisher....probably CO2, or whatever they are using to replace Halon. What is popular in racing nowdays?
To ME, it is very reasonable to want a COMPLETE job from a shop you are paying $80+ an hour to. I obviously do all of my own work, except for tuning. I cannot afford to pay a shop to do my work...not to mention it is an 5 hour drive one way to the Bay. However, the one time I did pay a shop to work on my car, I ended up having my time wasted. Parts were not ordered on time because of Subiefest II, and bolts fell off of my endlinks. Common issue right? See above comment about locktite
Anyway, as many have said you pay a professional for a professional job, not half-assed work that burns your car down. Of course you always cover your own ***, but that is more of a life motto, and should NOT be applicable when you are paying someone for work you do not have the time, tools or knowledge to perform.
Edit: Thanks for reminding me to get a fire extinguisher....probably CO2, or whatever they are using to replace Halon. What is popular in racing nowdays?
J/K.
11-08-2007, 09:16 AM
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No response back from GST about my e-mail.
Looks like I'll be moving this problem forward to the correct people to deal with it.
Looks like I'll be moving this problem forward to the correct people to deal with it.
11-08-2007, 09:41 AM
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11-08-2007, 09:49 AM
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I believe that things should be worked out with the shop in question before making a thread. I mean if something goes wrong, you should have initiated communications with the shop first before going online and firing the first shot before you have even established and failed some sort of dialog. But maybe this is just me 
11-08-2007, 10:02 AM
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I believe that things should be worked out with the shop in question before making a thread. I mean if something goes wrong, you should have initiated communications with the shop first before going online and firing the first shot before you have even established and failed some sort of dialog. But maybe this is just me
u must not have even read the thread. He already tried to resolve the problem about 5 times already and things were getting worse.
11-08-2007, 10:19 AM
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Some things here just don't add up.
If anyone is the Poster Child for being Johnnie on the Spot, it's Mike "the Bloody ******" Warfield.
I have been dealing with him professionally for a few years and have seen him go way beyond doing what was/is necessary to remedy a bad situation, a customer complaint/concern, etc.
He's gone so far as to pay another shop to fix a customer-caused problem.
A problem he and his crew did not create...and he paid for it.
So, from my point of view, this is so out of character for Mike, it raises questions.
If anyone is the Poster Child for being Johnnie on the Spot, it's Mike "the Bloody ******" Warfield.
I have been dealing with him professionally for a few years and have seen him go way beyond doing what was/is necessary to remedy a bad situation, a customer complaint/concern, etc.
He's gone so far as to pay another shop to fix a customer-caused problem.
A problem he and his crew did not create...and he paid for it.
So, from my point of view, this is so out of character for Mike, it raises questions.
11-08-2007, 09:48 PM
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I had a leak one time and like an idiot kept driving....picked up my friend at his house and when he complained about the smell (that I was ignoring) I looked under the hood..GAS everywhere...even a trail all the way down the street back to his house...and guess what...NO FIRE!!!!
My point being that the smell of gas would have been way before a fire...I would think one would check that instead of driving a long distance ignoring that smell...( like I did )
-freddie
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