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Re: V.L. Enterprises / EMsport
I am owner of the manufacture company that builds the 6 speed Tranny for VL
enterprises. The 6 speed conversion is out of vinces control. I have been
working on these 12 transmission cases and parts for a couple weeks now.
We got audited by the F.A.A and had to stop production on all parts we had
in house. even ones unrelated to aircraft parts. To make a long story short
a customer of ours was not following aircraft regulations so all vendors
manufacturing parts for them had to go thru this audit. Vince has been an
innocent victum in this ordeal. Vince Runs a Very good company and have
delbt with him for many years . He has quality parts and sells quality work.
It is also race season so its has been Very Crazy these last few weeks.
Vince will have the 6 speed conversions in his hand early next week. It
would have been this tuesday but even more problems came up. Please
understand he is trying to get to everyone involved.
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Carlson <m-carlson@home.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 5:11 PM
Subject: V.L. Enterprises??? (need feedback)
> Has anyone on the list dealt with V.L. Enterprises in Oregon, or know of
> anyone who has? If so, I need your feedback on how things went.
>
> Here's my story: When I called Vince at V.L. Enterprises many moons ago,
I
> got a quote from him to do the following work:
> 1) Rebuild my 4k tranny
> 2) Install Quaife differential, that I'd supply
> 3) Install his Option-6 speed kit with a .71 6th gear (keeping the
rest
> stock)
>
> He gave me the quote, and when I asked him what the turn-around time was,
he
> said it'd take a week for the tranny to get there, a week to do the work,
> and another week to send it back. Cool.
>
> I shipped my 4k tranny and Quaife to him on May 2nd. On May 14th, I
called
> him up and he said he got the tranny, took it apart, and gave me the final
> price for all the work. I gave him my credit card info, and he said he'd
be
> done with the work by May 21st. He said he'd call me before he shipped it
> back. Cool.
>
> May 21st goes by. No call. I sent him an e-mail with my phone number so
he
> could call me. No reply. A couple more days go by so I call--and leave a
> message. No reply. A couple more days go by, so I call again and leave
> another message. Still no reply. I tried calling him again last week,
and
> his voice mailbox is full, so I can't leave a message. Not cool.
>
> Okay, so I'll give the guy the benefit of the doubt. Maybe some family
> emergency came up, and he had to leave town for a few days? Maybe his
shop
> tragically burned to the ground? Maybe he got an emergency order of
tranny
> rebuilds from the VW rally team, and had to drop all the other work?
>
> Tonight, I'm surfing VWVortex, and see a post from some guy who sent his
> tranny to Vince on December 5th, and that he can't get Vince to return his
> calls or e-mails. He then tells me that he knows of a guy who sent his
> tranny in last November and *still* hasn't gotten it back yet. To top it
> all off, he says that people who know Vince's work say that this is just
> "normal" and that we should wait it out.
>
> I strongly disagree with that. The man said it would take a week to do
the
> work each and every time I asked him how long it'd be. If he knew it
would
> take several months, he should've told me that up front so I could make
the
> appropriate arrangements. (My Scirocco is taking up valuable shop space
> while we wait for her tranny to return.)
>
> If I can't get in touch with Vince by the time my credit card bill is due,
I
> will dispute the charge and take any further action that may be
appropriate.
> I don't wanna get ugly about this. I don't wanna drag a possibly
reputable
> businessman's name through the mud if there are valid reasons for the
delay
> and lack of communication. I just wanna know what the hell is going on,
and
> when I'll get my tranny back. I miss my 'rocco!!!
>
> Thanx for reading my rant, and thanx in advance for any responses.
>
> Mike Carlson
> '84 Scirocco Wolfsburg Edition (make that indefinitely immobile edition)
> '95 GTI VR6
> http://members.home.net/mikes.vws
>
>
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