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Reply to "JPS - one unhappy customer's advice."

Vince:

Scotch has way less calories than beer - remember that...

You always hate to see someone pay good money for their dream car (and how many of us really like the looks of a 356 coupe?) and then see the dream turn to a horror show because the builder gives them far less than they contracted for.

Sure, Steele's cars are built on a "used" VW pan, which is reconditioned to "as new" condition by either VS (who he gets his pans from often) or JPS. That means that you trash everything except the central tunnel and transmission horns and put in all new stuff (how else would it have disk brakes on it??)

For Steele to say that this is a "used VW" is ludricrous and he knows it. He's just trying to get out of the legitimate expense of making the less-than-acceptable product that he delivered live up to what he promised, which was a "new", problem-free 356A coupe.

It's too bad, too, because we've seen him deliver some (apparently) high quality, show winning cars to others (always, seemingly, to customers nearby on the West Coast where they drop in often during the build to make sure he's not cutting corners). I guess the reality is that if you're not sitting in his shop daily or weekly watching him every step of the way he'll whip something shoddy out to say it's done, get your last check, push it out the door (literally, if Tom and Kelly's cars are any example) and walk away. You are left asking yourself; "Why in hell does he DO that??"

I think 356 Replica Owners and future Replica owners deserve a hell of a lot better treatment after spending the far side of Thirty Grand for a NEW car.

You wouldn't get that from Beck or IM or SAS or even Vintage, so why should we put up with it from JPS?? (and let's not forget Eddy Karyadis' JPS Coupe catching fire on the way to Morro Bay - but I guess that was Eddy's fault, for driving his new car, right??)

Time to get the word out.
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