professional clutch install :picard:

[IanK]

@Pauly

FYI you do have some recourse. I’d wait a few days and see how it plays out first.

Like ? There was no documentation of any services, it was done by “friends” in a garage, sounds like it would be a tough case IMO.

[DeusExMachina]

@chino

one clusterfuck at a time guys

leave the side convo for a different thread

Yeah, because thats the most offtopic two posts in this thread. :rolleyes:

Its pretty relevant information, especially if its true.

[JayS]

@eesti

I don’t know either party personally, so I’ve been trying to refrain from chiming in but what the heck. This sucks for both parties.

Mechanics doing side work can be a good thing for people who don’t want to pay $85/hr of labor, but you get what you pay for. There are very few people I would pay to work on one of my cars, shops included. You obviously used poor judgment when you hired these guys to do the work. I’m sure this was not an intentional mistake, although anyone with half a brain would have noticed it was wrong, or at least had the whereabouts to look at the instructions. It seems that either they should be working on lawn mowers instead of cars, or they were RUSHING to make a quick buck.

They should give you the $500 back, but you certainly shouldn’t expect more than that. Their poor workmanship should cost them any money they made, and time spent. Your poor judgment should cost you the damaged parts.

:tup:

Definitely a shitty situation but this sounds fair to me.

[chino]

@DeusExMachina

Yeah, because thats the most offtopic two posts in this thread. :rolleyes:

Its pretty relevant information, especially if its true.

everything is related to the thread… you two are discussion a whole other topic/situation…

[sweet89s13]

damn shitty but the way it seems without them contacting you, looks like you are out some cheddar.

[MOBOOST4U]

I dont care if these guys are friends, acquaintances, brothers or third removed cousins to you… the keyword here is ACCOUNTABILITY.

If they claimed to be able to do it, then charged you the money they did to do this, bet your ass they should be covering the cost. If they are that good of “friends” to you, yeah, just let it slide, but I take it that you are more so just acquaintances based on this open callout.

Believe me, I have been in/seen this situation more times than I can think of, but if I am ever on the screw up end, I will be the first person to eat the cost because I believe in class.

Sucks for both parties… YES
Honest mistake… YES
Excuse to hide and avoid the situation… NO

It sucks this needed to go public and maybe id give them a pass if they were two high school guys driving beater civics looking to make a quick buck… But as owners of 10 second EVO’s and new gas guzzling “super sport” SUV’s… I think this is a small cost to carry.

[Nikuk]

Guys remembr that there is always two sides to every story.

Obviously the clutch was installed wrong, obviously it was not intentional. As for the rest of it, there are a ton of assumptions occuring here.

Just keep in mind that we are all third party to this.

[Fry]

I wonder what the other side of the story is? These things are never as black and white as they seem.

Edit: Nick that’s creepy.

[MOBOOST4U]

@Nikuk

Guys remembr that there is always two sides to every story.

Obviously the clutch was installed wrong, obviously it was not intentional. As for the rest of it, there are a ton of assumptions occuring here.

Just keep in mind that we are all third party to this.

@Fry

I wonder what the other side of the story is? These things are never as black and white as they seem.

I thought that at first, but why haven’t we seen a response yet? Have you mods been contacted to handle this outside the public eye?

He said he called them for a week with no response… Sounds like plain guilt to me, but as always, what do I know…

[LZ1]

@MOBOOST4U

It sucks this needed to go public and maybe id give them a pass if they were two high school guys driving beater civics looking to make a quick buck… But as owners of 10 second EVO’s and new gas guzzling “super sport” SUV’s… I think this is a small cost to carry.

Mid 11sec highly modded :lol:

[Nikuk]

@MOBOOST4U

I always, what do I know…

As much as the rest of us, except for the OP. That’s my point.

[Onyx_Z32]

We’ve been in contact with both parties. psphinx81 (paul) and 05orangess (chris) have both decided they do not want to respond.

I’m not going to give their reasons or speak for them.

The matter is now in the court of public opinion and you guys can make your own judgments. If they decide they want to rebut this in the future, they can contact me and I’ll reopen this thread. But for now, there isn’t anywhere else this can go.