I like this AirManCam guy in here. He proved you are right, RL is a hackjob and sounds like a cool dude. Nice to see someone that admits his buddy made a mistake bringing the the car there yet can still smile about it. +rep!
On the flip side, have your buddy get that thing fixed and checked over by someone without a blowout and a massive ego… scrape the RL stickers and shit off it and enjoy the car it should have been in the first place. like the saying goes, “do it right the first time” lol.