Sooo.. My '05 STi has mismatched VIN plates.

[Miranda]

As some of you may know, I have an '05 with a roll cage that's all race kaa ready. I also used to date the biggest douchebag that ever crossed the sea from Europe into this beautiful country, Tom. So, I'm sure you can imagine how effed up this story is gonna be.

Sometime after my little falling out with Speed of Top, Tom convinced me that we needed to use them as a sponsor. I was like, :confused: , but he was like , so eventually I said ok. So, the race kaa went up and sat at Deepspot for a while, while we started on the caging process.

At that time, there was also a 2005 STi belonging to Classic Cadillac/Subaru sitting up at the shop. NEVER ONCE WHEN I WAS THERE DID I EEEEVEEER SEE ITS DASH APART. THE CAR WAS ALWAYS INTACT!

Fast forward to a week ago.

I get a phone call from Subaru telling me that my vin plates are mismatched, and that I need to bring my car to where Classic Subaru's STi is to have the DMV take a look-see. I go . Then I think about it for a few minutes, and it just seems waaay too big a coincidence that my STi and the Classic STi (which I called and verified as the one that had sat at the pot of speed) would be the only two STis in existence with this mismatch. So I make a few more phone calls to various sources of some varying degrees of intel. I also call Deepspot and speak to Giovanni for two minutes, who didn't seem very interested in my phone call, but promised to have someone call me back.

I will say this... Tray tried to call me, and he was totally clueless (I don't think he was working there at the time), but he told me Tom (who also wasn't returning my phone calls) told him he must have accidentally picked up the wrong dash piece. I said bullshit.

So finally Tom calls me back and acts like I knew what was going on. He actually tried to act like I knew he had switched the dashes with the "parts car" as he put it (apparently meaning the Classic car). And I'm just flabbergasted. Why would I ever be OK with him switching parts with another person's car, ESPECIALLY when there's a vin plate on it?!?!?!?

So, today I spoke to a gentleman at Classic who will be handling the issue, and I'm stuck in a holding pattern with a mismatched vin until they can come to some kind of resolution.

I cannot believe how big an ASS Tom is. What a douchebag for doing this to me AND to Topspeed. I certainly hope Topspeed didn't know about these swaps, and I really hope Tom gets whats coming to him. He has absolutely no respect for anyone else/'s property.


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~ Miranda

[Scrappy]

yikes!

[BABY J]

**grabs popcorn**

OH FUCKIN SNAP!!!

[The Yousef]

...well that can be an issue

[Miranda]

Oh hey there Mr. Hoppe. I see you lurking.

[Miranda]

trhoppe, ladies and gentlemen. He's your go to guy if you need parts swapped.

[Scrappy]

trhoppe, ladies and gentlemen. He's your go to guy if you need parts swapped.

can i get a guess... is that tom?

but does he work for TS? cause IMO if any car is taken apart, things should be matched correctly especially if it has something that noticeable on it to be known it doesnt belong with yours... and is there any reason it happened? classics was newer, better or something? or just someone retarded should not touch things?

[Miranda]

can i get a guess... is that tom?

but does he work for TS? cause IMO if any car is taken apart, things should be matched correctly especially if it has something that noticeable on it to be known it doesnt belong with yours... and is there any reason it happened? classics was newer, better or something? or just someone retarded should not touch things?

No he doesn't.

Yes there is a reason it happened. It's my understanding that Tom broke the sun sensor on my dash and decided to swap the pieces with the other STi sitting there rather than replace the piece he broke.

Classic's was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Tom shouldn't be allowed to touch a lot of things.

[fight club]

damn, that is a douche bag move.

[trhoppe]

but he told me Tom (who also wasn't returning my phone calls) told him he must have accidentally picked up the wrong dash piece. I said bullshit.

Exactly what happened. I already spoke to the owner of classic as well as the service manager. The little piece of plastic that holds that vin plate needs to be swapped over. It was something that was removed for the cage install, I couldn't snap it back in after the cage install, so I looked at that piece on Classic's car to see how it was installed. Its my fault for getting them mixed up. Sorry.

Glad that you also made everyone aware, that this wasn't anything to do with TopSpeed but a dumbass mistake on my part while installing the roll cage in your car.

-Tom

[Miranda]

Exactly what happened. I already spoke to the owner of classic as well as the service manager. The little piece of plastic that holds that vin plate needs to be swapped over. It was something that was removed for the cage install, I couldn't snap it back in after the cage install, so I looked at that piece on Classic's car to see how it was installed. Its my fault for getting them mixed up. Sorry.

Glad that you also made everyone aware, that this wasn't anything to do with TopSpeed but a dumbass mistake on my part while installing the roll cage in your car.

-Tom

Please. Feel free to feed that bullshit to whoever will listen, but you and I both know that's a load of crap. Now I'm stuck in a bad situation because you're too cheap to fix/replace parts on my car that you broke. And btw... I'm sure the Classic STi's sun sensor's in perfect condition, right?

[Repost Squintz]

*hmmmmmmm tapes eyes wideopen*

[BABY J]

So the DASHES are good... only that plate? (meaning dashes are the same color, etc). I am unsure why a snap-in plate is Mitubishi's answer to ensuring which dash belongs in which vehile... seems that simply removing or swapping the plates is WAY too easy of a way to get away w/ murder. Is the vin stamped in another place on the dash as well? But hey, Mitsubishi didn't ask me.

[fight club]

So the DASHES are good... only that plate? (meaning dashes are the same color, etc). I am unsure why a snap-in plate is Mitubishi's answer to ensuring which dash belongs in which vehile... seems that simply removing or swapping the plates is WAY too easy of a way to get away w/ murder. Is the vin stamped in another place on the dash as well? But hey, Mitsubishi didn't ask me.

.........this car is a SUBARU. not a mitsubishi. she said her and Classic's STI's not Evo's.

[GsrTurbo320]

-drinks coke-

[BABY J]

Tom --> what about NOT RETURNING PHONE CALLS?? (I am still tryna play devils advocate and keep a neutral ear here)

[Miranda]

What? Don't have anything to say to that, Tom? The truth sucks, doesn't it?

Not only are you so cheap that you'll go and swap parts with other cars when you think you can get away with it, but you'll go race other peoples' cars and then refuse to fix what you broke on them.

There's something seriously wrong with you.

[Scrappy]

What? Don't have anything to say to that, Tom? The truth sucks, doesn't it?

Not only are you so cheap that you'll go and swap parts with other cars when you think you can get away with it, but you'll go race other peoples' cars and then refuse to fix what you broke on them.

There's something seriously wrong with you.

woman answer my 10 questions lol

[B16a2 Civic]

hmmm

[trhoppe]

I don't work at TopSpeed and they were not performing any of the work on the roll cage install of the car. They were allowing me use of their shop space. Its a total case of

or just someone retarded should not touch things?

as I couldn't figure out the way for that piece to snap back in.

The Dashes are 100% good. The piece that was mistaken/misplaced was a plastic 3" wide, 3 feet long piece that snaps down into the dash right under the windshield. It has to be pushed UP and then forward and down for it to snap. I was only trying to push it forward and it wouldn't snap.

Of course in hindsight I shouldn't have used a car that was sitting at a shop I was borrowing to see how it was installed, but I was frustrated with that little plastic piece not popping back in.

-Tom

[Scrappy]

I don't work at TopSpeed and they were not performing any of the work on the roll cage install of the car. They were allowing me use of their shop space. Its a total case of as I couldn't figure out the way for that piece to snap back in.

The Dashes are 100% good. The piece that was mistaken/misplaced was a plastic 3" wide, 3 feet long piece that snaps down into the dash right under the windshield. It has to be pushed UP and then forward and down for it to snap. I was only trying to push it forward and it wouldn't snap.

Of course in hindsight I shouldn't have used a car that was sitting at a shop I was borrowing to see how it was installed, but I was frustrated with that little plastic piece not popping back in.

-Tom

note to self... when i have a car worthy of someones time... dont go to you if you cant work with plastic obviously the pieces werent both "good" or it would of snapped in correctly... but this is just me... i am nobody special...

[trhoppe]

note to self... when i have a car worthy of someones time... dont go to you if you cant work with plastic obviously the pieces werent both "good" or it would of snapped in correctly... but this is just me... i am nobody special...

Like I said, it wasn't a problem with them not snapping in. It was a problem of operator error in the WAY they snapped in.

-Tom

[BABY J]

**insert theme from Jeopardy**

Doo doo doo doo doo doo doooooooo.

Doo doo doo do DO. Do do do do do.

Doo doo doo doo doo doo doooooooo.

DO, do do do do. Do... do. BANG BONG.

[trhoppe]

There is no broken parts any sort of car anywhere that I know of.

Thanks for allowing me to state my side of the story

-Tom

[BABY J]

Are you happy w/ his answer Miranda? What are you talking about something that is broken on your/Classics car?

[trhoppe]

You guys enjoy the topic at hand and please bash me all that you want. I just wanted to be clear and state that TopSpeed had nothing to do with this mixup and it was all a dumbass move on my part while trying to do a favor for Miranda.

-Tom

[Scrappy]

You guys enjoy the topic at hand and please bash me all that you want. I just wanted to be clear and state that TopSpeed had nothing to do with this mixup and it was all a dumbass move on my part while trying to do a favor for Miranda.

-Tom

oh sweet pity party time... but you still scare me

[Miranda]

You guys enjoy the topic at hand and please bash me all that you want. I just wanted to be clear and state that TopSpeed had nothing to do with this mixup and it was all a dumbass move on my part while trying to do a favor for Miranda.

-Tom

A favor for me?! Please. You've never done anything for anyone but yourself. You decided YOU wanted a race car, and I was stupid enough to let you turn MY car into one. Fuck you, and how dare you try to act like this was FOR ME. If you want to do a favor for me, how about replace my windshield and get the maintenance work done on the car that you promised you would if you got to race the car at CMP.


Or how about this? Go back in time, and don't follow me around!

[Scrappy]

A favor for me?! Please. You've never done anything for anyone but yourself. You decided YOU wanted a race car, and I was stupid enough to let you turn MY car into one. Fuck you, and how dare you try to act like this was FOR ME. If you want to do a favor for me, how about replace my windshield and get the maintenance work done on the car that you promised you would if you got to race the car at CMP.


Or how about this? Go back in time, and don't follow me around!

uh oh...

[BABY J]

So is there NOTHING broken on EITHER car Tom? We are not bashing... just tryna get to the bottom of a situation here Bro.

[trhoppe]

So is there NOTHING broken on EITHER car Tom? We are not bashing... just tryna get to the bottom of a situation here Bro.

Not that I'm aware of. If there are, then it needs to be handled by letting me know what parts, where and how much I need to pay to fix them

-Tom

[fight club]

Not that I'm aware of. If there are, then it needs to be handled by letting me know what parts, where and how much I need to pay to fix them

-Tom

or where another STI with working parts is sitting?

[BABY J]

Not that I'm aware of. If there are, then it needs to be handled by letting me know what parts, where and how much I need to pay to fix them

-Tom

I'd say that this is all but handled then, nothing was broken on either car... loox like a mixup that he has apologized for. If he can get the plates back and reswap them then all numbers will match.

[fight club]

I'd say that this is all but handled then, nothing was broken on either car... loox like a mixup that he has apologized for. If he can get the plates back and reswap them then all numbers will match.

a mixup is forgetting to put the oil plug in before you pour in the new oil, taking a vin plate off another car is a federal offence. not so much a mixup. and if he was "just seeing how it worked" he would of checked the fucking vins before putting them back.

[Repost Squintz]

*pops popcorn* any1 want any? how about a heiniken?

[BABY J]

Man, tryna wiggle out of this is bigger than you think. TS leases their space to you... regardless if it is a TS project or not, it can affect their business. If Turbo Dave was fabbbing up garbage manifolds at Mainstream then you gotta know that the crowd is fickle, and it would DEF affect their other business. If you are offering/providing a service then you need to make it right, and you need to make it right PUBLICLY. A happy customer will tell 2, MAYBE 3 people. An UNHAPPY one will tell hundreds (as you can see here). I move parts wholesale on the side on PLENTY of forums and I know how fickle the crowd can be. I am just tryna see what's up... I got nothing at stake either way other than lookin' out 4 peeps that's all. It's bigger then you think... DMV trips is time off work = MONEY = WAY OF LIFE for people. Don't shrug it off bro, that's all.

[Dragonfly5338]

Man, tryna wiggle out of this is bigger than you think. TS leases their space to you... regardless if it is a TS project or not, it can affect their business. If Turbo Dave was fabbbing up garbage manifolds at Mainstream then you gotta know that the crowd is fickle, and it WILL affect their business. If you are offering/providing a service then you need to make it right, and you need to make it right PUBLICLY. A happy customer will tell 2, MAYBE 3 people. An UNHAPPY one will tell hundreds (as you can see here). I move parts wholesale on the side on PLENTY of forums and I know how fickle the crowd can be. I am just tryna see what's up... I got nothing at stake either way other than lookin out 4 peeps that's all. It's bigger then you think... DMV trips is time off work = MONEY, = WAY OF LIFE for people. Don't shrug it off bro, that's all.

Who are you? And leave TS out of Miranda and Tom's personal business. K, thanks bye.

[PhAtBoYMr2]

Who are you? And leave TS out of Miranda and Tom's personal business. K, thanks bye.

lols

[BABY J]

Who are you? And leave TS out of Miranda and Tom's personal business. K, thanks bye.

WHO ARE YOU (I CARE)? AND IF YOU READ BEFORE YOU FUCKIN' POST YOU WILL SEE THAT TS WAS IN THIS POST FROM THE BEGINNING. I DID NOT INCLUDE THEM, I MADE AN EXAMPLE. THANK YOU.

[Dragonfly5338]

WHO ARE YOU (I CARE)? AND IF YOU READ BEFORE YOU FUCKIN' POST YOU WILL SEE THAT TS WAS IN THIS POST FROM THE BEGINNING. I DID NOT INCLUDE THEM, I MADE AN EXAMPLE. THANK YOU.

I am. a) Tray that works at TS's girlfriend. b) good friend to Doug and Giovanni. c) know and/or like both Tom and Miranda as people. d) someone that drives a slow evo.

And I did read before I posted, thank you. All I see is Miranda telling her side of the story (rationally, even though she is upset) and Tom telling his, and a bunch of people who either know NONE of the story or bits and pieces chiming in to try and get the topic to blow up. You being included in that third category there.

I hope everything works out for you, Miranda.