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Old Jun 3, 2010 | 12:07 PM
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Old Jun 3, 2010 | 12:17 PM
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Old Jun 3, 2010 | 12:56 PM
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Thanks man...I just wanna friggin drive her!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Have that car ship to Hills Garage in MD and have them cover your cost since they BS you around bro. All that time wasted you could have gotten a car built from scratch

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Old Jun 3, 2010 | 01:21 PM
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Have that car ship to Hills Garage in MD and have them cover your cost since they BS you around bro. All that time wasted you could have gotten a car built from scratch
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Old Jun 3, 2010 | 01:35 PM
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Seriously though...

What's even more funny is that I personally know the guys at another local shop, SpeedElement, and could've take my Z there. They deal mainly in Evo's and Subies. I thought that they might have a bit of a learning curve with my TT VQ35DE and since I wanted my car done as quickly as possible, I figured ZCG would be the smart choice since they're the local Z experts.

DOH'!!!!!!!!!!

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Have that car ship to Hills Garage in MD and have them cover your cost since they BS you around bro. All that time wasted you could have gotten a car built from scratch
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Old Jun 3, 2010 | 02:11 PM
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You're WAY more patient than I would be. I'd have taken it somewhere else after the "shop incident".
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Old Jun 3, 2010 | 02:29 PM
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Id have been pissed!!!! I got mad at a shop local to me not getting in my AN fittings by the time they told me.
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Old Jun 3, 2010 | 02:32 PM
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looks like Rob jerked around the wrong guy. OP is pretty damn good at record keeping.
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Old Jun 3, 2010 | 02:55 PM
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looks like Rob jerked around the wrong guy. OP is pretty damn good at record keeping.
Gotta love Gmail and Google Voice.
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Old Jun 3, 2010 | 02:57 PM
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So I might have missed it but what exactly is the "shop incident" you keep referring to?
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Originally Posted by mdcruz88
Seriously though...

What's even more funny is that I personally know the guys at another local shop, SpeedElement, and could've take my Z there. They deal mainly in Evo's and Subies. I thought that they might have a bit of a learning curve with my TT VQ35DE and since I wanted my car done as quickly as possible, I figured ZCG would be the smart choice since they're the local Z experts.

DOH'!!!!!!!!!!
O BTW Hills had a spare built block layer around i think was for sale.. it could have a direct swap and hes labor fees arr resonable.. man i wish you the best bro hope you get your car back in one peice..

BTW was was the incident id you dont mind me askin.. PM me.
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Old Jun 3, 2010 | 03:20 PM
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No need to deal with shops that you can not trust. Sounds like it's not too late, i will recommand move your car and take it to where you can trust owner.
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Originally Posted by PeterSellers
So I might have missed it but what exactly is the "shop incident" you keep referring to?
+1...More info on the shop incident would be helpful
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+1...More info on the shop incident would be helpful
I'd rather not say, as it was completely out of Rob's control and I don't want people to draw the wrong conclusions about his shop. Although I am being critical of my dealings with him, I want to be fair.

Let's just say that the car wasn't damaged in any way, but the incident still required some time and effort to correct. Furthermore, it wasn't anything that made it difficult to perform the requested work on my car.

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Originally Posted by nyqueenz
O BTW Hills had a spare built block layer around i think was for sale.. it could have a direct swap and hes labor fees arr resonable.. man i wish you the best bro hope you get your car back in one peice..

BTW was was the incident id you dont mind me askin.. PM me.
Thanks dude! I hear nothing but great things about Hills! Now if they were only a little bit closer...
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I'm not sure what is going on, but I have had all my work done with Rob at ZCG since 2003. Vortech install, dyno tunes, tranny work, diff work, you name it. Generally I go to the shop and wait for the work to be done, since I am 220 miles away (roundtrip). Not things like the Vortech install, but I have been there as long as 9 hours. If I need to talk to him I call about 7-7:30 am before the shop officially opens, so that he has time.

I owned a business for many years, so I know that sometimes things happen, but I don't know what is happening with your car.

Your time line has a break in it during the time you stored it, but it still seems like a long time. It looks like it has been there a month since you stored it.
I hope you guys work it out. You sound like a reasonable person.
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Originally Posted by mdcruz88
I'd rather not say, as it was completely out of Rob's control and I don't want people to draw the wrong conclusions about his shop. Although I am being critical of my dealings with him, I want to be fair.

Let's just say that the car wasn't damaged in any way, but the incident still required some time and effort to correct. Furthermore, it wasn't anything that made it difficult to perform the requested work on my car.
Why come in here and post anything then?
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The OP has deleted the first post
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thats weird..
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