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I think Clois's intent here was to bring some openness and honesty to the discussion of the quailty of builders and possible quality of cars. I must say I envy the opennes the Factory Five guys have about their cars. I think with resonable reading time a person can find the good and bad points of the FF car over on the other forums, and pretty much know what they are getting into buying one of those cars. That openness and honesty I believe has led to improvements to the cars over the years that are impressive, and has led to a network of guys who are willing to talk about how to improve things and make their cars better without fear of talking about a problem with the car or the company.

I wrongly thought that was the norm, but after posting on CC concerns with problems with building my car back in 2009 I received an email by a member warning me that my comments may devalue ours cars or lead to the company going out of business, which would make the cars worth less. I longed for honest discussion on improvements and methods to fix problems. I ended up talking to other owners off line and on the phone. Some think that the car they bought years ago, that they are happy with, is the same car the company is selling today. That is seldom the case with any brand. The company and car may be better or worse.