| once upon a time... scratch that... Here in Canadia we have no parts vendors...none, nada, zip, zero, bupkis. We have to order from the Excited States and pay horrendous brokerage fees to get stuff across the border. Coz rocks, gets stuff shipped very quickly and relatively cheaply. However, a trucker friend of mine makes regular trips to south Tejas and doesn't mind bringing back the odd bit back, NQA. Enter Kyle and IPP. I order a RPS Max Street clutch with this above mentioned shipping arrangement. No problems, trucker and clutch arrive within a couple of weeks. I book the car in to get the clutch installed because I was going on a two week California trip, and would come home to a freshly upgraded Z. Problem: (cue dark, minor key music) The clutch I received was an RPS Sport, not Max, and I was leaving the next day. The shop was booked to recieve the Z, and I had to do something, so I phoned Kyle. He sent me up the Max clutch to the shop address at his cost and said I could sent back the Street clutch by my usual trucker route the next time he was heading to Tehas. I have never had a vendor bend over backwards for someone who was not only in a different country, but not buying thousands of $$$ worth of parts. Over the phone that day, I joked that I should post a flaming, negative message on tt.net about how I was terribly inconvienced. Kyle justed laughed. Funny adjunct to this story: I had a shop install the clutch that had minimal experience with Z cars (but a top notch shop, nonetheless). The were having issues with setting the pedal release point and went ahead and phoned RPS for instructions. RPS referred them to their expert in California... Greg Dupree. The funny part is... I was just in Greg's garage buying lots of stainless exhaust hardware one day prior to to their phone call. I heard about this when I got back, the tech said Seb's instructions for pedal height settings were spot on. Too funny. In conclusion: 1) Pick up the phone when you have a problem with a vendor instead of posting on a web forum. 2) Do some research and actually contact people who have boought stuff from a vendor. 3) Quit using web forums as a be all and end all for gossip about a vendor... there are other interests at stake. 4) Kyle is the coolest person I have talked to in a crisis, even if his Tejas accent is inpenetrable. Common sense, people. Regards,
vorpalZ 1990 TT
 The 300ZX Turbo is a dance; it's a song;
it's rolling, roaring automotive art.
There is no color that doesn't suit it.
There is no mood-lifting chemical
substance it cannot replace.
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Why do you spend time here? These people are assholes!
My dear wife, reading TT.net posts over my shoulder 01/23/06
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