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| Mueller |
 Jan 5 2005, 01:59 PM
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914 Freak!  Group: Members Posts: 17,146 Joined: 4-January 03 From: Antioch, CA Member No.: 87 Region Association: None 
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Called to get pricing and to see if they had a new windshield frame seal in stock.... got Frank (?) on the phone..turns out he is a 914 owner as well.....smooth transaction.....web site still needs some work..or it could be my browser (Opera) .......oh yea, they list my front bearings with a weight of 10lbs which is too much and can be misleading to those shopping (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif)
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| MecGen |
Feb 3 2005, 05:50 PM
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8 Easy Steps Group: Members Posts: 848 Joined: 8-January 05 From: Laval, Canada Member No.: 3,421 |
Hi People
I am a very old customer of GPR, way before "Web" stores. I used to rush to the bookstore and buy anything with 914 adds or VW type4 stuff. Then spend hundreds of $$$ of long distance phone calls, just to talk to VW bug or 911 experts. After some HORRIBLE advice, parts, money etc...from some other "well known" suppliers, the only one that I am mentioning is closed (I think) the others are member of this board (I think), I buy a mag with a GPR add and saw a small space that mentioned a 914 part. Now, there is a long story before this and lets just say, I was in deep$$$ and distressed,angry, name it, I call with a carb problem, I screwed with the jets till everything was messed. I think his name was Dave, but this is 12 to 15 years ago... anyway, I ask very gently if its cool to talk 914 (I have had some big Porsche places laugh at 914s) and he says "Ya Man we kinda cut our teeth on 914s". I fall over and start to explain my stuff, he goes "Hey sounds just like my setup, what you need is jet #xxxx , Jet # xxxxx , Jet # xxxxxx , this conversation took about half an hour (this was the time AA was charging 10 or 15 bucks for advice), and he even says I can find the parts locally at a Dell supplier, I said "no way, just send them". I put them in and "BANG" I'm in business. I can write a 10 page topic on bad experiences, anybody want to talk about "Stevens machining perfomance" . To this day I am still running these jets, how do you say thanx for over 10 years of 914 fun. If he's out there, I am lifting my beer to your health, cheers. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/beer.gif) Back in the day we had no way of comparing suppliers it was all hit and miss. PS I am not 40 yet. THUMBS UP GPR FUCK Stevens Machining (if you only knew why) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/pissoff.gif) WBR Joe |
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Posts in this topic
Mueller Positive vendor experiance this morning Jan 5 2005, 01:59 PM
Root_Werks There is a bunch of great people that work at GPR.... Jan 5 2005, 03:52 PM MattR Its the browser (I use opera as well). I loaded m... Jan 5 2005, 03:58 PM 736conver Frank the new guy....He's pretty cool to talk ... Jan 5 2005, 04:27 PM 736conver Oh and thats the price we pay for using a cool bro... Jan 5 2005, 04:28 PM Scott Carlberg I also like dealing with GPR/Dave,
just ordered m... Jan 5 2005, 04:33 PM Mueller 
