Vinny Ten Racing Preaches The Truth

[G.Irish]

Well he's right on both sides of it. There are a lot of incompetent and shady shops out there, but ignorant customers are the other half of it.

I don't know what it is, but it seems like the aftermarket business attracts a lot of unethical people. From Peter Farrell (who ended up in jail I believe) to John Hennessy, there are lots of stories of guys who may even have a decent reputation who at some point start ripping people off. I have to wonder if part of it is that shops often end up over their heads and at that point they decide to take the unethical way out.

I think shops often find themselves over their heads because to have the engineering expertise to start pushing the limits of a car is not easy. There's no shortage of people who want stupid power but mo' power, mo' problems. If you don't know how to truly engineer a solution, all types of shit is gonna go wrong when you start pushing the limit.

Then, even if the shop owner knows how to deliver, his shop lackeys may not. If you're not a shrewd business owner who is on top of the details, one of your grease monkeys can and will totally fuck things up. Which is still your fault because you should be inspecting work before it goes out.

I think a lot of shops need to get better at telling people no. No I can't get this done in that amount of time, no that's not going to be reliable, no you are not going to get that amount of horsepower with those mods, no I cannot do this job professionally.