I was like 19 at the time, and didn't have access to much funding for parts. It took me long enough to save up for the intercooler, and the tuning. Buying parts that you already have when you're making little income is horrible. Now a days I would just buy a new intake and offset the losses by selling it, but back then it was a different story.

Hopefully this guy won't have to waste money like that though, now that I told him what to look out for.