To some of you it may come across that I don't like Rob or PJ Grady. Quite the opposite is true. PJ Grady is my favorite DeLorean vendor, and I buy most of my stuff through them. That is why I have so many problems with their products. I'm the kind of guy who notices. And I'm the kind of guy who likes to complain but not always in the most productive fashion. I generally complain once to the right person and if that doesn't resolve it then I tend to give up resolving it and complain to everyone else. For this I apologize. For those of you who haven't figured it out already, I'm quite a jerk. :-) > Many things on > that car smell like Rob Grady's work, Come on guys! I had no idea anyone would interpret "smell" as being derogatory. I did not mean this in the sense that Rob Grady's work stinks or has any kind of bad stigma. The owner of this car was suspicious that Rob Grady worked on it because all of the work that was done was top notch. And as he looked at it he said, "Yep, smells like PJ Grady." I crawled under the car and looked at everything I could see. I could only agree that everything that looked touched was top notch work. It had a new engine installed. Every wire and fastener was done right. And by the way, the present owner found out that it actually was PJ Grady's work. > Another little design > perk of those fucked up shocks. More about the shock absorbers... Someone sent Rob a copy of my post where I'm complaining about his shocks, and word has gotten back to me that Rob is understandably quite upset. Well, I'm upset too. I should have been complaining to Rob rather than complaining to everyone else. So for that I apologize. However, what I am not apologizing for is the fact that I wrote him a detailed letter and followed up with a phone call explaining the problems with these shocks (particularly the issue with the top shank being too long to allow the bushing to compress to 20 ft-lbs as per the Workshop Manual. They went to about 5 ft-lbs before running out of thread. This is an unacceptable and unsafe design flaw.) I had been waiting to hear back on how he was going to resolve this issue, but he never called. I apologize for my public complaints instead of pestering him for a resolution. I would have put my OEM shocks back on long ago, but I threw them out before I fully realized what a problem the new shocks were. Now I'm stuck with Rob's shocks until I buy new ones from someone else. And there isn't a lot available out there. Adding to my frustration is the defective rear brake rotors I bought from PJ Grady. These things came with so much runout that if I had them cut then they would be under spec which of course would be unsafe and unacceptable. I talked to Rob on the phone about it, and his answer was that if I don't feel a pulsation when braking then it won't be a problem. Well, I didn't feel pulsation, but it still had problems. I replaced them with rotors from another vendor. Problem solved. I apologize for my public complaints instead of asking him to take the defective rotors back. As per my modus operandi, I told him of the issue and gave up when he didn't sound motivated to fix it. The skill that I need to learn is how to be more diligent with dispute resolution. And the lesson that Rob needs to learn is how to deal with jerks like me who may only complain once about a problem and then quickly give up when the vendor doesn't sound motivated to resolve the issue. I will call Rob and see how it goes. Walt ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> FREE Cell Phones with up to $400 Cash Back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/_bBUKB/vYxFAA/i5gGAA/HliolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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