Guest ***fixer*** Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 ***caveat emptor***now what happened in the car and can it be avoided in the future?after all, running with AMGs is not easy to do, if it was, wouldn't everyone do it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 I am quite sure that as a group, VS members and likely other Volvo boards, can agree that Evolve should get none of their business until such a time that there is a satisfactory resolution/explanation to Matt's situation. I know at times it is difficult to boycott companies when they have appealing goods or services but further patronage of Evolve only supports their position that no action is required on their part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Che'_Moderator Posted January 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 I am quite sure that as a group, VS members and likely other Volvo boards, can agree that Evolve should get none of their business until such a time that there is a satisfactory resolution/explanation to Matt's situation. I know at times it is difficult to boycott companies when they have appealing goods or services but further patronage of Evolve only supports their position that no action is required on their part.OR maybe we should wait for the whole story before you go declare jihad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdizzle Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 OR maybe we should wait for the whole story before you go declare jihad. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tubalcain Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 My indie raced Volvo's for quite some time in the Virgin Islands..he gives me pointers every know and then and stated the Volvo engine was not designed to handle over 300+hp no matter what precautions are done..This is coming from a man with experience dealing with these vehicles from P1800's to Bertones to 850 R's, etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mogatu'r Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 I guess we're all right and wrong. But putting myself in that dude's shoes, I'll be one mad MoFO if that happend to me. On the other hand Evolve might be working on a solution, maybe not fast enough...I test drove an S60R with Evolve mods, and not just the one with a bumper and rims. No, it actually had performance mods; it ran really good and handled better than my brother's M5. Evolve just needs to resolve this for their sake, it only takes one bad for people to start second guessing a compay's trust and reliability.My .02But c'mon if anyone of us here were to would loose 35k, we would declare some nasyt jihad on Evolve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-5Bandit Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 There is a thread on SS from Matt, he says Atspeed is rebuilding the car.http://forums.swedespeed.com/zerothread?id=72566He also itemizes the 35K into the car, which also includes the car payments and insurance:Re: GOOD NEWS!! Atspeed is fixing my car!! (Sue Esponte) (racerx88) Thanks but I was told by a lawyer that it was ok as long as I can prove what I say. Everything I say I can prove with out a doubt!! But yeah thats what I got in it$16410.00 to Evolve$1200.00 shipping to Calif$1600.00 shipping car back$14400.00 carpayments$4800.00 ins payments$510.00 oil leaf fixed when car came back ( from the turbo )Total to date=$38920.00 invested WOW thats a lot of money!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Che'_Moderator Posted January 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 My indie raced Volvo's for quite some time in the Virgin Islands..he gives me pointers every know and then and stated the Volvo engine was not designed to handle over 300+hp no matter what precautions are done..This is coming from a man with experience dealing with these vehicles from P1800's to Bertones to 850 R's, etc...My idie told me break an engine in like you drive it. If its a 8k rpm engine run it drom day 1 at 8k for at least 500 miles. Whats your point? Thats why their indie. Any real shop fired them for being whack jobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legbend Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 This is probably a fair representation of what my reaction might be: http://www.youdoob.com/videos/Guys/Angry_Customer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tubalcain Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 My point is in regards to tuning..and the trials and errors many face when they push their vehicles to its limits..he doenst do whack jobs..his shop is well received from Volvo owners..stuff..I wish I were in his shoes with the credentials he has backing his name..Just because you work for a corporate owned dealer doesn mean you cannot succeed to levels that cannot be achieved on a corporate level! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Che'_Moderator Posted January 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 My point is in regards to tuning..and the trials and errors many face when they push their vehicles to its limits..he doenst do whack jobs..his shop is well received from Volvo owners..stuff..I wish I were in his shoes with the credentials he has backing his name..Just because you work for a corporate owned dealer doesn mean you cannot succeed to levels that cannot be achieved on a corporate level!I agree with that. Was just saying. 5 years ago my car put 300 to the wheels and to this day has never had an issue. Properly built the engines will go 150k+ at the 450whp mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackT5 Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 What piggyback was used on Matt's car? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
towerymt Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 What had Evolve ever done or built prior to this project car? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdizzle Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 What had Evolve ever done or built prior to this project car? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyfishing3 Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 What piggyback was used on Matt's car?wilbur?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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