78 Miles

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Originally Posted by madmaxx

I have found it not unusual for a new roller / engine combo to have 20 plus problems the first year.

I agree with that. Be it CSX/Kirkham/ERA/SPF or anything in between.

Originally Posted by madmaxx

My first advice is get an attorney involved and determine what your options if any for a full refund, reimbursement.

I don't agree with that (unless he's also an amateur Cobra mechanic that's going to fix the car himself).

Originally Posted by madmaxx

You have wasted to much of your life on this, in all honesty your story is worse than any back surgery and the pain is 50 times longer than surgery.

Let's not get carried away. Remember, this is just a car. Something broke on it and it can certainly be fixed. It can be fixed as good as new; better than new, in fact.

Originally Posted by madmaxx

You want a cobra, buy a used one someone has already sorted, there are plenty out there.

Well, that's probably true and good advice. But, he wouldn't get exactly what he wanted if he did it that way.

Originally Posted by madmaxx

Once again get an attorney, give them the facts, let it go.

Only as an absolute last resort. Give the builder a chance to make it right. It sounds like what Car Nut posted, and from what I vaguely remember, is probably the problem. I know that every time I broke down in my ERA out in the boondocks it bugged me, but now, in hindsight, it wasn't nearly as bad as I thought at the time. This, too, will pass. You'll get the car fixed up, eventually, and you'll have a lot of fun with it. Having a Cobra "custom made" for you is not just a business deal, and it's certainly not like buying a rug by the side of the road; it's more like a relationship. If the builder is a good, honest person, it will all work out in the end.