Long story, will try keep it short.


about 2 and a half months ago I paid 2630 dollars to croydon racing developments for a new gt3071r turbo for my car. 3 weeks pass, i ring them and say helllo is my turbo coming? this is what they said

"yeah sorry mate we dont even actually know when we are going to get any of these, GARRETT hasnt even given us a date yet, it could be 1 week it could be 10 weeks"

so i was like uhhhh well were you going to let me know?

he then offered me a refund or to wait, to which i said f*** you and il get a refund thx.

this is where it gets lol.

i asked for a refund on a tuesday, to which i was told my money will be wired back to me on the friday because thats when their book keeper is in the shop. no dramas.

following monday, tuesday and wednesday pass, no money. so i ring them and they tell me they forgot, and are going to write me a cheque. no dramas. another week passes, no cheque. i ring them and say wtf is going on (i was always 100% polite to them, obviously because they have my money and i didnt want to tick them off)

they said they forgot again, and they were gonna send my cheque out straight away. another week passes, no cheque. i ring them and speak to someone there who says he has JUST sent my cheque that day. cool no worries. ANOTHER WEEK PASSES, NO F*****G CHEQUE

i ring them and say wtf again, they apologise i speak to their boss, who ensures me he is going to send me my cheque.

another couple of days pass, and FINALLY my cheque arrives. except they made it out for $26.30 instead of $2630 !! i lol and ring them back, tell them they f***ed up. that was 2 WEEKS AGO.

so i called them last week and said did i need to get solicitors involved to get my money back, they backpeddled so hardcore and i have just got my remaining money today.


c****!!

trent
trent trent trent

also, did you try to cash the 26.30 cheque now you have the other one?

havent cashed either of them yet.

and yes my mate bought me a splendor ticket today, so f***en happy

my life is no longer in ruins

a cheque's worth nothing at all until it's cleared.
get them in the bank asap

a cheque's worth nothing at all until it's cleared.
get them in the bank asap

+1

Also, you shouldn't have paid in full. Should offer a deposit, then the business imports. Their investment/risk is the import and that you will pay - up to them how much deposit they want - but f*** paying in full, especially at that price.

CRD are dodgey mc dodge c****

a mate bought a 2871 off them and it blew up inside 12 months, they wont replace it
when he first got it, the wastegate was f***ed
sent it back, got it back again with the wrong wastegate

sent the wastegate back alone, eventually got the right one
had nothing but dramas with them

bad luck mang, that sounds pretty heinous

I didn't have any dramas with them when I dealt with them but I didn't order a turbo.

if the cheque bounces i would be going down there to take some s*** straight from their shop. tell 'em they will get it back when the cheque clears or they give you cash.

f*****s...

Yeah, I'd say there is an above average chance the cheque will bounce.

They're probably just buying time.

yeah sif trust mechanics :)

hey f*** you i'm a mechanic

That's like ultratune up the road from my work. Useless bastards. I rang them up asking for some injectors, a few days pass no call back so I ring up again "oh I forgot, I'll ring you tomorrow". Tomorrow comes, no call so I ring again "oh the guy lost the part number can you bring your car in again" I just said yeah whatever and hung up & got my injectors elsewhere.

Then a while later I rang up enquiring how much it'd be to do my gearbox, says he'll ring me back and I'm still waiting for that call 2 months later.

The ironic thing is, they sent me a letter telling me my car is due for its 6 month service, how the f*** they can expect me to actually go to them again for a service is beyond me, I'd take it there and they'd probably just forget to work on it but charge me anyway.

f*** mechanics, i'd rather get all greasy than deal with dodgy c**** who do half arsed jobs and charge me top dollar for it.

I used to think this way but I have no spare time anymore, I work from 7:30am - 5pm so it's always dark when I get a chance to work on my cars and since I drive a FWD now, just to change the oil you have to pull half the front end to bits.

My gearbox needs a rebuild and I'm dreading having to pull that son of a b**** out, CV's, all the s*** that's bolted to the box for the heater & air intake, oh it's going to be a bastard. Does anyone have any place they'd recommend to send it once I do get it out? Not sure I cbf replacing the syncros & all the bearings myself.

and since I drive a FWD now, just to change the oil you have to pull half the front end to bits.

what fkn car is this?

working on cars is s***. do what i did and get a new car. problem solvered

why so much h8 for mechanics. seriously, 5% of mechanics give the rest a bad name.

yeah the headlight fluid is due for a flush and refill.

the electrons in the windscreen wiper motor have just about run out, have to replace the motor.

yeah the headlight fluid is due for a flush and refill.

Is that why my headlights are dimmer than usual?

are you a mechanic?

no. was going to be one though.

Good work on the splendour tickets. I finally got mine just before after probs clicking refresh a couple of thousand times.

i think im getting a 2nd hand GT-RS now

:)

existence, have you considered just ordering a turbo from the states directly (or from a garrett distributor there)?

with the dollar the way it is you might save a packet even including the rediculous amount you'll pay in freight.

Im glad you got your money back pete!

kkr/hypergear are not very good! stick to garrett and hks always!

yeah but a quick google says US$1,4000 for a GT3071R in T3 0.63, which is pretty good with the dollar where it is.

what car? 3071 is pretty much perfect for sr20
set of mild cams would really set it off but its fine without them

you just go on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on about it ^

wow I thought I'd been teleported into boost cruisin for a second here.

you just go on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on about it ^

like the energizer bunny?

Hey exi, you still own your ute? Saw it today on Blunder Rd this arvo when I left the Oxley job.

what year vs ute was yours exi? and how much did you sell it for? i picked up a 98 sIII 3seater the other day.. what they worth?

yeah that sounds like the guy that bought it..

mine was a 2000 vs olympic edition. sold it for 8grand with 125thou k's on it

my workmate has a 96 3seater manual he paid 6 for it last year

so about 6?

really nf. what 'stupid s*** about cars' have i said?
i've said that i like lpg and lpg increases torque in the lower rev range, and that's about it.
and i chose not to be a mechanic because its s*** money

i'm not sure i can remember you saying anything that wasn't stupid when it was car related (or probably otherwise).

however things that are especially memorable from a stupidity point of view is your complete non-grasp of the concept of torque. and you've just gone ahead and demonstrated it again.

having the same capacity engine:
- making less torque = less power
- making peak torque at a lower rpm = less power
- making less torque at a lower rpm = guess what, less power.

the e-gas lpg falcon makes less power, less torque and makes peak torque lower. its worse in every way. i'd attempt to explain it to you but i think you are far too stupid to understand it if you haven't gotten it by now.

exactly mission. it flattens the torque curve. nf can't fathom that with his tiny brain. and the egas falcon in standard trim is a very, very poor example of how to LPG a car.

here's an example of a car that's been properly converted with a decent ('non-taxi style') system
http://i43.tinypic.com/iwp7bk.jpg
(xr6 turbo if you're interested)

oh and by the way nf, the old land rover V8's love LPG.

last edited by MrHardware at 21:53:18 16/Jun/09

well considering the motors origins are in the late 50's i'm not surprised
same oil filter type from 1959 to 2006

200rwkw from a factory turbo. so what. it was never intended as a horsepower hero.

last edited by MrHardware at 22:07:36 16/Jun/09

I got a turbo on an old 626 name your price!?!!one!

We just bought a turbo diesel and it's better than any petrol car I've driven (although I've never really driven any 'performance' petrols).

Having the torque down low makes it easy to drive, very responsive and it goes up hills like they're not there, without having to get the revs up. I'm not suggesting what you have said is incorrect - I have no idea.

So from my experience I'd take a modern diesel over a petrol anyday for my style of driving and use of the car ie: old man stylze reprezentin'.

last edited by mission at 15:12:37 17/Jun/09

mr hardware was saying that peak torque being at a lower rpm was a good thing

No. This is the basic fact that you fail to comprehend time and time again. Once again your tiny brain can't distinguish between 'more' and 'peak'. This basic failure completely negates all your arguments and shows nothing other than you fail at basic comprehension.

well you now know, cheapest isn't always the best..

what car is the turbo/s for?

no, that's a blow off valve or wastegate billy, some, but not all turbo cars feature noisy ones.

for an rb25det

how isn't cheapest quote the best on the same item? i had no way of possibly knowing this s*** was gonna happen.

Just saying, cheapest price isn't always the best, especially in the car scene..

What other places did you goto?

Horsepowerinabox.com ? I have had dealings with them before.

to4 is going to suck a big fat one on an rb25 imo
you'd need to really keep it high in the rev range

Can I just say that a T88 on an rb25 doesn't start boost till around 4-5k and then all mother f*****g hell breaks loose. The T04Z should be just as spastic. Strik3r yours must be clazy!

Interesting story exi, needed more weeks of waiting.

Google searching the companies name is only showing this thread at the end of the second page. Why has google forsaken us.