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Originally Posted by olddog
I must say that I went to Carlisle and LCS a couple times and some other shows where many of the venders had cars on sale. Talking to them, none suggested that you could ever have a problem with any of thier cars.
Fact is SPF made a big deal out of how perfect their paint job is and how you couldn't touch building a Kit that nice on your own for half again the money. Once they even claimed to me that $10,000 would not buy you a paint job as good as theirs. So Rsimoes was being picky and whinny when his paint wasn't right? I think his point was that things can go wrong even when dealing with some of the best. He acknowledged that they tried to make it right, but it took a lot of time.
Remember the thread where the guy was terminal and wanted to recieve his Shelby and that they were screwing him over badly? Was he an idiot as well?
Yea I see mistakes too, but I don't think the man is public enemy number one either.
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I agree, it's unfortunate that Rsimoes had such a bad cobra experience. I wouldn't put all the blame on his shoulders, but better planning definitely could have helped his cause! I too would have been upset about major flaws in paint as he had with his SPF. I think this post teaches alot of people what NOT to do! He seemingly jumped into 3 different cobra projects head first without knowing how deep the water was so to speak. That was the flaw in his planning. Good thing for him is that he is not like some people who sink large amounts of money they really can't afford to do and then end up not liking the experience. Rob might have been out some money, but in the end he paid the "tuition" for a very serious lesson learned and got his Vette. I too was on the fence about buying a new vette or buying a cobra. Why didn't I choose the vette? I thought it was TOO refined for me! Go figure right!?
I'm more into the loud, smelly, no heat or air kind of machine, much like my fox bodies.
Rob, you learned a very hard, expensive lesson, hopefully potential buyers will learn from your mistakes! I have no doubt that the intentions of your post were not so much to whine about your misfortune, but to warn others that the cobra is not all that it appears to be from 10ft away! It's very crude and rough! Hindsight is 20/20! Again, enjoy your new vette! I'm sure it suits you better.