Well, this thread looks just about done to me, I am happy to say. And I was oh so close to adding fuel to the fire. Gordon, thanks all around for being the adult in the room, and short circuiting the drift of things early on. As local SOCer #2, I reached Cory and found out (to no surprise) that he got this pretty much all sorted out in one visit. We await the further reports from Peek and so on -- might I suggest running a new thread w/ all that cool info? Paul: I stand by my offer, made through Gordon, to help in any way I can. Also, I look fwd to meeting you and the car too. I fugure that will be over at Peeks, if someone can just remember to call me and let me know when that will be. I think we are going to get through this, and we'll do it well.
Rock on!!
Absolutely, I will do my part to post all that PEEK Performance has to say concerning the safety inspection. I will do the same for the reports from the Body shops. I will make a new thread for the information to live on. Just waiting on a call from the big man to give the go ahead.
"Well, this thread looks just about done to me . . . "
Well, I for one or two, would certainly hope NOT. Probably like a lot of you, I opened my email this morning and found a very lengthy missive from Paul, explaining, once again his position and expressing his hope that we don't consider him in an ill light for his posts and such.
I'm embarrassed (for US) that he felt the the need to send it! OK, sure, we all thought that the fake Ferrari California in Miami Vice was kinda cool, the lack of vent windows didn't matter and the drama when the Italians came after them for it made for fun reading in Kit Car, but there's STILL no excuse for Pauls car ! ! ! !
Paul is still defending the eyelash issue, I'm more concerned about all of the rest of the crap in that paint! Hiccups, glitches, clear-coated over-spray and the obvious runs in the jams ! !
"Paul
Well, I for one or two, would certainly hope NOT. Probably like a lot of you, I opened my email this morning and found a very lengthy missive from Paul, explaining, once again his position and expressing his hope that we don't consider him in an ill light for his posts and such.
I'm embarrassed (for US) that he felt the the need to send it! OK, sure, we all thought that the fake Ferrari California in Miami Vice was kinda cool, the lack of vent windows didn't matter and the drama when the Italians came after them for it made for fun reading in Kit Car, but there's STILL no excuse for Pauls car ! ! ! !
Paul is still defending the eyelash issue, I'm more concerned about all of the rest of the crap in that paint! Hiccups, glitches, clear-coated over-spray and the obvious runs in the jams ! !
"Paul
Hey, wait a minute...I didn't get a blow job.....
...damn you, Vince!!
.....you forgot to pivot!
TC,
I agree with you about the paint on Paul's car. It appears that it was flawed from the start and not the result of a few gravel chips. AND not noticing and then sending it off to the customer in that condition.....
Mechanical issues are much easier to deal with than a paint job like the paint "job" on Paul's car.
I had 6 years and 35,000 miles of chips on the front of my car and it looked better. Plus there was a REAL reason for them to be there.
I agree with you about the paint on Paul's car. It appears that it was flawed from the start and not the result of a few gravel chips. AND not noticing and then sending it off to the customer in that condition.....
Mechanical issues are much easier to deal with than a paint job like the paint "job" on Paul's car.
I had 6 years and 35,000 miles of chips on the front of my car and it looked better. Plus there was a REAL reason for them to be there.
Well, ok.....here's what's going on (more for TC's benefit than anyone else, but I guess something should have been posted earlier, but I've had the flu):
I kinda got involved in the middle of this, and asked both Cory Drake and Kelly Frazer to contact Paul and see if they could see what's up. Cory and Teresa visited Paul that evening and spent over an hour with him, looking at the car and suggesting appropriate next steps.
Based on what Kelly Frazer and Tom DeWalt went through with their cars after delivery and not wanting a re-enactment of all the gum gnashing that ensued, I strongly recommended that Paul take his car to a professional, third-party, unaffiliated shop for a thorough safety inspection. The rationale for this was two-fold: 1.) a professional shop will be in a better position to spot and potentially correct anything that may pose a safety hazard and, 2.) a third-party, professionally licensed shop will remove Paul from the liability loop should anything have to be declared on insurance later on. This also gets a lot of the emotion out of the equation, too, to get us to a set of solutions.
Once we get any safety concerns addressed (or at least show that there are none and the car is safe) THEN we'll move on to cosmetic and/or feature items that should be addressed, and Cory is working with Paul to begin to address those as well by taking the same approach - Cory knows a very good Body shop near Baltimore which specializes in Corvettes to provide an assessment of fit and finish. Again, a professional third party gets the emotion out of the equation, can offer correctional advice as well and can work directly with Tom McBurnie if need be.
I've also spoken with Tom McBurnie, as has Cory Drake, and Tom is fully supporting this approach and will work with both Paul and his safety shop (Peek Performance in Baltimore, which has a lot of respect for Thunder Ranch, BTW) to address whatever is found, and then we'll move on to anything else.
That's where we're at. Nothing being ignored, just a lot going on in the background.
We've also formed the opinion that anyone receiving a new car, whether turn-key or used from a third party, should take it to a professional shop for a safety inspection as the first thing they do when they get their baby home. MUCH safer for the new owner, and puts the owner in a much better place regarding future insurance claims.
Gordon
I kinda got involved in the middle of this, and asked both Cory Drake and Kelly Frazer to contact Paul and see if they could see what's up. Cory and Teresa visited Paul that evening and spent over an hour with him, looking at the car and suggesting appropriate next steps.
Based on what Kelly Frazer and Tom DeWalt went through with their cars after delivery and not wanting a re-enactment of all the gum gnashing that ensued, I strongly recommended that Paul take his car to a professional, third-party, unaffiliated shop for a thorough safety inspection. The rationale for this was two-fold: 1.) a professional shop will be in a better position to spot and potentially correct anything that may pose a safety hazard and, 2.) a third-party, professionally licensed shop will remove Paul from the liability loop should anything have to be declared on insurance later on. This also gets a lot of the emotion out of the equation, too, to get us to a set of solutions.
Once we get any safety concerns addressed (or at least show that there are none and the car is safe) THEN we'll move on to cosmetic and/or feature items that should be addressed, and Cory is working with Paul to begin to address those as well by taking the same approach - Cory knows a very good Body shop near Baltimore which specializes in Corvettes to provide an assessment of fit and finish. Again, a professional third party gets the emotion out of the equation, can offer correctional advice as well and can work directly with Tom McBurnie if need be.
I've also spoken with Tom McBurnie, as has Cory Drake, and Tom is fully supporting this approach and will work with both Paul and his safety shop (Peek Performance in Baltimore, which has a lot of respect for Thunder Ranch, BTW) to address whatever is found, and then we'll move on to anything else.
That's where we're at. Nothing being ignored, just a lot going on in the background.
We've also formed the opinion that anyone receiving a new car, whether turn-key or used from a third party, should take it to a professional shop for a safety inspection as the first thing they do when they get their baby home. MUCH safer for the new owner, and puts the owner in a much better place regarding future insurance claims.
Gordon