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Can’t help but to agree with @Robert M on this one. 
“Just because someone shares their misfortunes about a builder, any builder, shouldn’t cause us to get out our picks and shovels to beat them back. It’s their experience and it’s okay to share it .”

We’ve heard a number of members complain about Kirk, Greg, John Steele and SAS in the past (OK maybe the SAS one is well-deserved).  These are all hand-built cars, and have been known from time to time to have a bad one slip threw. Nothing uncommon. Big time auto manufacturers that spend billions in R&D and thousands of testing hours have faulty cars that slip through.  

Then you add in the high-maintenance owners (ie. “Us”) that keep changing things as they are being fabricated. How Henry, the Hines’, Greg, etc maintain their sanity is beyond me. 

That said, Eric’s build was incredibly emotional: a tribute to his father; for which he has the utmost level of respect.  Add in that emotion with these types of builds and Eric’s behavior is understandable.  I would certainly have a similar reaction if I put myself in Eric’s shoes. 

I’ve driven an older IM build. It completely changed my attitude towards IM cars, for the positive. I think they are amazing cars, and can fully understand why the members here that own them may take offense to Eric’s claims. But at the same token, it doesn’t mean Eric is wrong. 

I realize this sounds like I’m talking out of both sides of my mouth here, but why add fuel to Eric’s fire?  He’s pissed. And let him be. And those with amazing IM cars, enjoy them and the relationship you have with Henry. You’re not going to convince Eric he’s wrong. And he’s obviously not going to convince you that you’re wrong about Henry and his cars. 

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