#$@! Blew my engine today #&*#@!
02-04-2015, 12:22 PM
#646
Three Wheelin'
its your car that needs the disguise, not you
02-04-2015, 02:04 PM
#648
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02-04-2015, 05:30 PM
#650
Racer
Mike, congratualtions on getting your car back. Also, good on you for maintaining your patience, humor and sanity through this whole process. I don't know if I could have survuived a situation like this.
02-04-2015, 05:39 PM
#651
Race Director
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Thanks, Paul. Yes, it's been quite an ordeal. I guess I had no options other than to either deal with this with humor, or kick the cat. The cat voted for humor.
02-05-2015, 09:08 AM
#652
Burning Brakes
Its not even available.. All the factory has to offer these days is a short block assembly, complete engine were discontinued a year ago.
I had a customer last week who wasn't willing to wait for my engine. He went to the dealer and paid 19K for a short block and 11K more for his old engine to be used to complete that short block. They didn't even rebuild his heads before they installed them on the new short block assembly.
His core charge was 15K. He won't know if he will receive any or all of that back until the engine goes to Germany for evaluation- they'll be keeping his 15K for 3 months or so.
Right now he has 45K invested, still has stock internals, still has 3 dollar rod bolts and still has the same thing that he had that failed. But he got it quick, I guess he hasn't learned that haste makes waste yet. He'll make a good poster child.
I had a customer last week who wasn't willing to wait for my engine. He went to the dealer and paid 19K for a short block and 11K more for his old engine to be used to complete that short block. They didn't even rebuild his heads before they installed them on the new short block assembly.
His core charge was 15K. He won't know if he will receive any or all of that back until the engine goes to Germany for evaluation- they'll be keeping his 15K for 3 months or so.
Right now he has 45K invested, still has stock internals, still has 3 dollar rod bolts and still has the same thing that he had that failed. But he got it quick, I guess he hasn't learned that haste makes waste yet. He'll make a good poster child.
02-05-2015, 09:23 AM
#653
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Its not even available.. All the factory has to offer these days is a short block assembly, complete engine were discontinued a year ago.
I had a customer last week who wasn't willing to wait for my engine. He went to the dealer and paid 19K for a short block and 11K more for his old engine to be used to complete that short block. They didn't even rebuild his heads before they installed them on the new short block assembly.
His core charge was 15K. He won't know if he will receive any or all of that back until the engine goes to Germany for evaluation- they'll be keeping his 15K for 3 months or so.
Right now he has 45K invested, still has stock internals, still has 3 dollar rod bolts and still has the same thing that he had that failed. But he got it quick, I guess he hasn't learned that haste makes waste yet. He'll make a good poster child.
I had a customer last week who wasn't willing to wait for my engine. He went to the dealer and paid 19K for a short block and 11K more for his old engine to be used to complete that short block. They didn't even rebuild his heads before they installed them on the new short block assembly.
His core charge was 15K. He won't know if he will receive any or all of that back until the engine goes to Germany for evaluation- they'll be keeping his 15K for 3 months or so.
Right now he has 45K invested, still has stock internals, still has 3 dollar rod bolts and still has the same thing that he had that failed. But he got it quick, I guess he hasn't learned that haste makes waste yet. He'll make a good poster child.
02-05-2015, 12:04 PM
#655
Burning Brakes
BTW, you need to buy some new underwear, you're out of coffee, and I deleted all those figure skating competitions, America's Next Top Model, and Downton Abbey off of your TIVO so I could record Roadhouse, Top Gear, and Wheeler Dealers.
02-06-2015, 05:16 AM
#657
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02-06-2015, 11:42 AM
#658
Race Director
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Ha, actually, that photo is from the first day I bought the car, so that was the dealer's advertising plate. In California, you have to wait for the plates to come in the mail. This often takes a couple months. Since obviously the cops have no idea whether you bought the car yesterday or last year, you can basically drive around forever with advertising plates on. I had a car where, as an experiment, I left 'em on for 7 years and never got a ticket.
02-06-2015, 12:03 PM
#659
Three Wheelin'
Ha, actually, that photo is from the first day I bought the car, so that was the dealer's advertising plate. In California, you have to wait for the plates to come in the mail. This often takes a couple months. Since obviously the cops have no idea whether you bought the car yesterday or last year, you can basically drive around forever with advertising plates on. I had a car where, as an experiment, I left 'em on for 7 years and never got a ticket.
02-06-2015, 12:16 PM
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What was the amount Jake paid for the used engine taken out of the car?