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Old 08-23-2018, 08:13 PM
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I think Ron’s post is a very stand-up approach to a difficult situation. I have great empathy for Greg’s compressed timeline (and I sincerely hope it is not really that compressed – he is too ornery for that to happen), but it put both him and Ron in a box. Greg has already stated that others turned down the build because of the time constraints, but Ron gave it the old college try. Building a fully functioning, trouble-free track car in 4 months is an almost impossible task, especially if the car is a prototype of sorts. Ron probably over-extended. Ron has discussed the errors, and I wish he had the opportunity to make the corrections to problems that he accepted as his responsibility and knew were necessary – but that did not work out.

With that said, I will say that I have been doing business with Ron for a number of years and I have had absolutely no problems with the quality or pricing of his service or parts. I order “one-off” stuff and he works with me to get the right product. There are sometimes slight delays, but usually caused by me not having my act together and having to rely on Ron pointing me in the right direction. His Lateral-g stickys on suspension design and car handling have probably greatly increased the technical knowledge of most of us, and all for free.

I know Greg will get his car working the way he thinks it should, with the support of a bunch of great friends. And Ron will continue to be the suspension “magician” that we have relied on to make our cars faster. I wish both the best of luck.
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