Here is the conversation in a thread with this guy on the local Subaru site. If you feel like digging up the original thread, you can do a search for "Rant / Warning" on that site
Originally Posted by John
I'm taking a minute to share my personal experiences with another local Atlanta guy. I'm not trying to talk shit or anything like that. Just more or less rant and give people a fair warning as to if they want to deal with this guy or not.
This all started back in March. I bought the blue 95 Legacy L EJ20R from Muhammad Wasim Mughal (AKA Wazzy).
Our arrangement on this car was a down payment and following that, monthly payments at the beginning of each month. Payments are being made...everyone is happy....etc
Lets fast forward a few months.
I get a call from Wazzy one day. He said "Hey, I'm opening a shop. Do you want to be in on this?" Of course, I jumped on it. I was to be the mechanic. Things went decent at first, we held the Summer Install Day there at Browns Automotive....etc
Now fishy things start coming out. First, I watch Wazzy and his brother Zee (Muhammad Zahid Mughal) screw over several people. This ranged from me being screwed out of pay to customers being screwed over.
One example of this is a Mini Cooper I had done a clutch on. I suggested a new flywheel with the clutch kit. Since I was "not allowed" to talk to customers, the response I got from Zee was "They don't want it because its too expensive." Fast forward a few weeks later after the car is long gone. Browns recieves a call saying that the car is puking out gear oil and in a Mini shop in Atlanta (Way Motorworks). It turns out that a dowell pin in the old flywheel had come loose and shot a hole in the bellhousing...Estimate for repairs was somewhere in the neighborhood of $5,000.
I had a chance to catch up with this customer, and it turned out that he was never told anything about a new flywheel. Zee had just called him and said "You have a bad clutch. I'm going to put a new one in it.". Now this customer is legally after Browns Automotive, Wazzy, and Zee for this. My views are that Browns Automotive is liable for it, because the needed parts were not used or suggested to the customer.
After this car, any kind of pay (my labor split) stopped coming to me. Instead it went to buy a BMW M3 for Wazzy, a new house for his family, a Honda Oddesey for Zee, a new Lexus for their father (Muhammad Gias Mugahl). Right around this time as well, I was often the only person in the shop. Wazzy and Zee avoided the shop for several reasons. The biggest one being people coming after them legally. When it came time for me to be paid for work I had done, it was always some kind of excuse. Usually it was "We don't have it right now."....Gee, thats funny - they sure as hell had enough to go buy a bunch of new cars!
Now lets get to the Legacy. During this whole time, It was being paid on....even though I was not being paid for work by him (this can be verified). Next thing I know, Wazzy goes behind my back to the tag office and files repo on the car for non payment....and gets the title put back in his name.
A few days later he tells me (since he is "boss") that I am to use my time at the shop to rebuild the Legacy. He claimed to have done the repo on it because I couldn't "afford" the car. He said I would have an option to buy it back in one lump sum anytime between then and summer.
Now I'm fucked out of a car, fucked out of several thousand dollars of pay, and generally screwed over. Not to mention I have a few thousand dollars worth of high end tools that are "missing" as well. I take apart the Legacy in a day, and then walk out of the shop leaving a car in a million pieces for him to deal with.
I'll end my rant. This dude, and his brother are both scam artists. Anyone who wants to deal with either of them, be VERY careful. I suggest staying away from them all together though. Wazzys name here on the forums is "subarusti4life"
I know he is selling some parts on here, so I will give you the honest truth about the parts that are being sold, because he is likely trying to scam others as well.
EJ20R - may or may not have been head gaskets being bad. very possible that it has a cracked or warped head - but this has not been checked for
STI v3 5MT - this trans was starting to show early signs of serious problems soon to come. Rear axles vibrated like hell as well.
Coilovers - Fronts need to be rebuilt. They both pop and clunk like hell
Megasquirt - something is funny with the wiring. ECU would get hot as hell and randomly shut off
FMIC - nothing really wrong with it....few bent fins here and there
Koyo Radiator - it works, but the threads for the bleeder bolt are starting to come out. It will strip out after a few more uses
Shell / Chassis - Chassis has over 200k on it (regardless of what the cluster says, you can verify this on CarFax). Wazzy swapped clusters for a low mileage one before I had bought the car. He actually does this with every car he sells. I watched him sell a 300k mile Lexus to a "friend" of his as a 40k mile car. The chassis is kind of weird. I was never able to get the rear toe set right. I had both sides maxed out and the closes I could get was -14 on one side and +15 on the other side. I believe the car has been wrecked in the rear before
Brakes - the brake system in this car is a joke. I did everything I could with it, and Allpro looked at it as well. The pedal is low and soft....and air keeps getting to the driver rear caliper....nobody can figure out where the air is coming from
This thread will likely be deleted. I just hope those who might deal with either Wazzy or his brother Zee get a chance to see this before its deleted.
Alex, Matt, and any mods - please leave this up. Its just a rant of my experiences and my observations of these people. Everyone deserves some kind of fair warning. Like I said, this is not some kind of shit talking fest....I'm not one to just talk shit, and anyone who knows me can vouch for that.To everyone who is reading this! TIMELINE
John,
First of all, you are making false accusations about us and you need to get some things straight
You say we are bad people but here is the truth
When we met, you had a job at a local muffler shop that you quit because you didn’t like the manager—I specifically remember you car clutch broke, and he bailed you out by buying u a clutch and I specially remember paying to get your car towed to the shop after your car died because you had no money
Then you proceeded about walking out of the shop and my family had the KIND decency to get you a FULL time job at a major company--- at this time, your red Subaru was working but had oil leaks etc.
My family helped you out by giving you gas money, food and our personal vehicles to drive while your car was down
Then, you decided to WALK out of the other job on quote “sexual harassment”
At this time, you were financially struggling and whining about having no money, and my family helped you when you needed and gave you timing jobs, and other local car jobs to help you---
After that, you decided to get into tuneratlanta with me—and we had a few events, and you had hosted mountain runs etc
At this time MY SUBARU was at ZEN getting the GT30706R job done—so I could not make it to the run
Once the Subaru was done, you helped me drive the car home from ZEN, and I drove your car--- that night, I also filled your tank since you helped
In Feb 2011, I DECIDED to sell the Subaru because I wanted something else.. I got the Audi and you wanted the Subaru.. so then we decided to go and make a payment plan--- AT THIS TIME, and current, I WAS THE OFFICIAL LIEN HOLDER—You then SOLD your RED LEGACY to ANOTHER person to finance this one
You proceeded with the first month payment in May-- which I have a receipt we mutually signed
We bartered payment for APRIL (s4 springs)
You missed the may payment since you walked out of your job and had no money to pay
My parents then proceeded to start a shop and since you were a great mechanic at that time… so in June, we started the shop and let payments slide since we were all broke (when we opened , we agreed to work out payment plans with you)
Furthermore, my family gave you a place to stay and HELPED you move from your trailer to your house while you borrowed our van, our truck and neighbors truck…. ( we payed 75 for gas for you to move) and we worked day and night to help you move
Furthermore, you had wanted to sell your HD2 phones, and guess who made the trip for you?
Also, we attempted numerous times to help you financially and by letting you borrow vehicles while your car was down or you needed rides to the airport
John you bought the car from us for $5735 In February (with the work wheels) then you gave us a $1000 (450 cash and 550 in a check). Then you gave us $400.00 (toward the work wheels, he added the wheels on after buying the car) As of March your balance was $4335.00.
In April we waved the payment of $208.50 (you replaced the springs on the Audi) and your total was 4126.50.
You DID NOT make a payment in May June July at this time you were behind 625.00 and your friend made a payment of 150.00 (he deposited the money in my account) On July 4th you agreed (in writing) to try to catch up payments and signed a document if payment arrangement were not met, you would officially release the car to us legally. We tried several payment arrangements but couldn’t afford anything.
We gave you the offer of holding on to the car until February (tax time) but you never indicated interest or contacted us to hold the car. In addition to all this you agreed to surrender the car and we gave you 800.00 (500 in cash and 300.00 on tab). You took the car completely apart and quit, leaving us to fix and deal with this car. We have spent several thousand dollars since on parts from things that you broke.
As of TODAY you missed payments in May June July Aug Sept and only paid 150 (Sometime between May and Sep.)
After being behind several months any other lien holder would repossess the car and sued you for the balance. We GAVE you hundreds of dollars back plus worked with you to save the car.
Now, since September, I was an official LIEN holder on the title, and you missed over 5 payments.. Why would we let you keep a car for free?
FOR EVERYONE TO SEE THIS: SINCE I AM SUCH A BAD PERSON AND BAD FAMILY: within 10 WORKING days, JOHN you have the option to take this car FREE! As a Christmas present!—YOU HAVE TO ARRANGE pickup personally and no strings attached title and keys are here come pick them up--- GOD BLESS and good luck –
I HAVE plenty more to say.. but we are not that kind of family—and we will leave your mechanic skills or lack of, behind closed doors.Your accounting on payments is so far screwed up it makes my head spin. I can't help but to laugh at it.
Several payment arrangements? Any payment arrangements that were "offered" were "you need to pay this car off quicker than we originally agreed upon".
I have signed receipts and bank transactions to back up my payment history.
Its real kind of you to offer that I pick up the car for free since you know I just got done moving 2,000 miles away. What a slap in the face.
I'll tell you what. You can sign the back of the title and mail it to me and I'll arrange pickup. But let me guess, you're not willing to do that. You want me to spend money traveling all the way from Arizona to Georgia just so you can fuck me again.
EDIT : while I was typing this, you posted more.
History of jobs? Please, give me a break. I walked out of a shop because I didn't want to be part of dishonest business. As far as towing my car, yet...you did tow my car. You used your AAA membership to tow my car for free, and two weeks later after I got paid I gave you $75 for it like we had agreed upon.
Moving? I paid your brother cash for the help plus gas expenses. I don't remember how much it was off the top of my head, but it was well over $100
You're claiming to be this great person. I remember one instance where I asked you and your brother for money for work I did, and the answer I got was "We don't have it right now.". Guess what? I needed MY PAY to put diapers on my babies ass. What did you do the next day? You went out and bought an M3. "We don't have it" my ass.
Yes, I did borrow a vehicle a few times from you. It was a mini-van during the summer that had no A/C and the windows would not roll down. No biggie, it was wheels to get around on. But one important detail you're leaving out is that not only did it return each time with a full tank of gas (even if I got it empty), but I as well paid you for its use. When I had it for a week, I even took it into work and aligned it for you.
Wazzy, you're known by several people to be a liar, thief, and scam artist. You can say whatever you want. The truth is I have no reason to lie about any of this. It benefits me none. While on the other hand you have a record of lieing and screwing people over.stop cussing.. you destroyed the car- you said it on legacygt.com stating you overrevved it and blew the head possibly-- you took it apart... and i have pictures of you sitting in the engine bay-- and then you walk away- -without ANY contact with us and move to AZ on your own-- just arrange the pickup... the title will be here- as far as you being in AZ--
you have 10 days to pick it up, if you dont believe me that i am giving you the car free and clear i can send you a bill of sale that states you own this car free and clear 100 percent (ONLY BECAUSE we are giving the car to you free you have NOT paid for it) You get the car AS IS no questions asked!--
if you DO NOT pick up or arrange a pickup within 10 days, I will start scrapping everything off as an official agreement with us and everyone on WRXATLANTA!
here is your proof ( everyone see, the title has HIS name on it as of NOW)
Sorry dude. No deal.
I've sunk almost $3,000 into payments and down payment on this car. You have already sold engine and trans. I'm not transporting a rolling chassis across the country. After transport, this rolling chassis will cost me close to $5,000. I think I'm cutting my losses on it for now and will legally handle it.
Yes, I took the car apart. I took it apart as it was my car and during this time is when you yanked the title (and the car was still being paid on). And yes, I did walk away from it. I walked away as soon as I figured out you had filed the title and I wasn't being paid for customers vehicles at Browns Automotive that I had worked on.
And I'll give you credit, you did offer for me to "buy back" the car if I wanted to. Do you expect daily contact? Get real dude. I told you once that I would do it. Even though thats not the case because I was just buying time until this wound up in court....but hell, there is no point in that now since half the car has already been sold.
I'll tell you what Wazzy, how about you just stop while you're ahead of yourself? You don't have a very strong defense here.done, then please leave the subaru alone.. and me.. its is mine to do whatever i need to do... and i am doing this freely
thank you ,
God bless you
ps, the engine and transmission is still in the garage-- with all the new parts-- with the carAnyone who reads this, take it however you want. Both sides of the story have been put out there now....so feel free to make your own decision on if you want to do any kind of business with Wazzy or not. I stand by my previous statement of suggesting to keep your distance.
On a side note - I have nothing to gain or lose by doing this. Its just a heads up about possible problems.for the record, I have proven receipts from FALCON towing that I PAID for your tow,.. and furthermore, i did not have AAA till Oct 2011
and you DID not give the van back-- you gave it to us on empty
and then even if you filled the tank, we used it to take you to the AIRPORT back and forth--- and helped pay for your move in gas--
