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[QUOTE]Originally posted by 00SLVRGT: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by hard jokur: [qb] I'm suprised because I see some familiar names from the other boards, and I find it shamefull that they are going with the status quo and not stand up for a local performance shop after so many have closed. [/qb][/QUOTE]im all for supporting local shops, but there is always a reason behind a shop closing, be it financial issues or building a bad reputation over the years, ie... Apex, Speed Freaks... etc... if you have one or two bad marks on your otherwise prefect reputation, that is one thing but if you have the same issues with a large number of customers, like blown motors, bad tune, parts missing/falling off... and use excuses like "well of course the motors going to blow up, its not built to handle that much power" if your going to say that, then don't tune it to that much power or make sure you get them a built motor to handle it, if your willing to build and tune a car that won't last, and give it to the customer regardless of if the customer is aware of the potential of the motor blowing up, then i have a hard time believing that you are not in it just for the money. Look at AED for example, they will not run a tune that is not safe for the motor that is in the car, they will make sure you know what it can handle and what parts you need to make sure your can makes it to the track... and repeatedly prove themselves in there own cars at the track.. thats how a shop should be run, even if its costs me a little more i would rather have it done right the first time... I know that most of the negative experiences were with Apex, and if you have had a good experience with TPS, that's great but if you build a reputation and then open another shop with the same owner running it you cant expect people to forget how you ran the first shop... i mean if someone opens a restaurant, and gets a reputation for having horrible food closes, relocates and then proceeds to make the exact same food that closed you down in the first place... would you eat there again? does everyone deserve a second chance? Yes should some people not be doing the same thing that make them fail in the first place? I dont think so... [/QB][/QUOTE]
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