DeTomaso Mailing List: April 2000, Message #211

----- Original Message -----
From: Paul & Cathy Rimov <whtvnm@mind.net>
To: Detomaso List <Detomaso@realbig.com>
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 9:30 PM
Subject: London Stainless "Quick Silver" Sucks, Stainless steel muffler
update.


> Well as many of you know I have been working on having a set of Stainless
> steel mufflers made that are quieter than the stock or GTS system by
London
> Stainless Steel "Quick Silver of London". The first set was well made but
> wasn't even going to fit and they didn't follow the design parameters very
> closely at all. After several calls and E-mails they agree to rebuild
them.
> So I sent them back along with my pipes. Well several weeks passed so I
> E-mailed them to check up progress and they said they were working on them
> and they would be finished up by the end of the week and that was March
1st.
> A couple of weeks passed so I decided to call and I talked to Paul Goddard
> and he said he had gotten behind and was just finishing up on them and
would
> send them off in a couple of days and added the remark that they were
> loosing their shirt on this order. I thought to my self well if you had
> followed the agreed upon designs and plans you would have only had to
build
> them once and may have had other orders but kept my mouth shut. Fast
> forward, I called today to find out  what the delay was in getting them.So
I
> gave them a quick call,  Get this Paul Goddard of London Stainless "Quick
> Silver" decided against making or refabrication the mufflers because it
was
> going to cost more than his one size fits all muffler cans, even after
> almost a month of E-mailing Diagrams and pictures of the exhaust
> specifications throughout December to him, he agreed would be no problem
to
> fabricate.But, out of simple respect, failed to even bother contact me
about
> not remaking them.  So now not only am I out the Cash and  the  stainless
> steel mufflers but now he has my pipes too. I highly recommend staying
away
> from London Stainless Steel "Quick Silver" webmaster@racercar.co.uk. JERK!
>
> Luckily I paid for it on my VISA so I was able to file a claim against the
> company and have a conditional credit for the majority of cost credited to
> my account and I had all the parts insured.  It kinda continues to get
> worse. I called Mario today to see if I could buy Derks Pre-L GTS SS
> mufflers that didn't fit  Rick's old car. Marino was going to make a set
of
> L-ones for him and I figured he would now have an extra un paired set. He
> said no way Jose. To his credit he was very polite and sympathetic and my
> request gave fuel to the fire for him to produce more than a single one
type
> fits all exhaust. There is not a new stock Ansa set available from any
> vendor on the earth and don't even suggest Halls the set he completely
> misrepresented as new was something that looked like it came off a FIAT
> complete with rust and the chrome tips tarnished scratched and flaking
off.
> Still have a claim against that guy with my Ford City Visa. The only other
> option left is to fit a set of GTS exhaust to my Headman Headers at only
> $900 a side which is just about where I started. If I am starting to sound
> bitter, I apologies, but well, I am, I have been monking with finding a
new
> quieter exhaust since the Vegas 99 convention last year and have invest
> considerable time and money.  I guess I am the only person to ever own a
> Pantera that wants to be able to have a conversation while driving the
car,
> Im not talking Honda or BMW quiet just old factory muscle car quiet. At
this
> time I am at the point of making the necessary repairs to the engine an
> putting our P-car up for sale.
>
>
> Thanks in advance for letting me use this form to vent.
>
> Paul, Very frustrated and alone feeling, Rimov
>