[DeTomaso] Pandora's about to turn ugly

[Christopher Kimball]

I'll call Larry (the frame guy) about geting his buddy with the flatbed ready to take a trip to Buckly.

 

Sincerely,

 

Chris

 


 
> From: mbefthomas at comcast.net
> To: chrisvkimball at msn.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Pandora's about to turn ugly
> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:20:20 -0700
> 
> Chris - don't continue to chew the same gristle on this. You can't continue
> to leave it up to these clowns to a damn thing for you. I wouldn't even
> consider there to any warranty on your motor any more as that would mean
> taking it back to Dale, and he's proven you get nowhere doing that.
> 
> YOU have to get a truck or trailer and show up to remove the car. You wait
> for him to retrieve it and who knows what will be missing. Stop being the
> nice guy on this and GET YOUR FRIGGIN' CAR BACK!
> 
> Mike 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
> Behalf Of Christopher Kimball
> Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 12:20 PM
> To: Pantera List Serve
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Pandora's about to turn ugly
> 
> 
> First, thanks to all of you who have expressed helpful opinions about my
> poor missing Pantera (which isn't really missing now, since I know it's
> location, but it's missing from my garage, nonetheless).
> 
> 
> 
> Today I called the engine builder one final time (the place where I dropped
> it off almost 8 weeks ago) and told him I finally met his mechanic friend
> who has the car. I told him I was not really confident in the mechanic's
> abilities, let alone timeliness, and I wanted the car back by Thursday.
> 
> 
> 
> He apologized profusely about the situation and said he wished he'd never
> used Randy (the mechanic). 
> 
> 
> 
> Here's where it turns ugly. 
> 
> 
> 
> He said he would try calling Randy, but when I pressed that I wanted my car
> delivered to my house by Thursday, either together or in pieces, he said he
> had no way to get it. He sounded irritated that I would expect him to do
> anything more than try to call Randy, especially when I told him he should
> just do what I had to do on Saturday, namely physically drive out to Randy's
> house. (Randy, as you'll remember, has a penchanct for ignoring phone
> calls).
> 
> 
> 
> He seemed to indicated that since I had talked to Randy, now it was my
> problem. I gave him Randy's home address and suggested he hire a flatbed to
> get me my car back.
> 
> 
> 
> I'm speaking with an attorney tomorrow at 3:30 PM.
> 
> 
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> 
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
> 
> 
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