What's up with HAHN?
Former Sponsor
Joined: 11-15-2007
Posts: 282
From: Yorkville, IL
This was the first time in my life that I put family completely ahead of business. If it was a suicidal move, so be it. I'm far too young, and far too energetic, to be afraid to start over.
Former Sponsor
Joined: 11-15-2007
Posts: 282
From: Yorkville, IL
Well, no...that, and because if my experience with you is tried, it won't be on the Internet. It will be properly examined by professionals in a venue intended for this purpose.
The week you were here, and my Diane lay dying in her hospital bed...the look you gave me every time I mentioned her suffering and hinted that I might like to go see her...that look should have clued me in to where your head was. But I wanted to finish the project so bad, and get you on the road, so I stayed with you instead. You were gone by week's end...and so was she.
I've made a lot of mistakes this year, but staying to work on your car that week was the biggest one of all.
The week you were here, and my Diane lay dying in her hospital bed...the look you gave me every time I mentioned her suffering and hinted that I might like to go see her...that look should have clued me in to where your head was. But I wanted to finish the project so bad, and get you on the road, so I stayed with you instead. You were gone by week's end...and so was she.
I've made a lot of mistakes this year, but staying to work on your car that week was the biggest one of all.
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Joined: 06-20-2008
Posts: 1,682
From: Chi-Towns burbs
I'd have to disagree...while you may well be seeing the most vocal people on CSS.net, we still draw a large amount of our sales from there. We'll be working our way over to that forum soon too, as my catching up continues...
The car you speak of was indeed caught in the vortex of this year's challenges. It was, and has always been, wonderfully tuned, making great power and very driveable, just like the other Cobalts we've done this too (starting with our won, of course). It did not ever blow an engine.
What it DID do was break in a fashion that would have been covered by GM, had the owner not already decided to modify his car and void his warranty. In short, it failed a lash adjuster and rocker arm, causing one cylinder to run on a single exhaust valve. It's an odd failure to track down, for depending on the mode the DI runs in, it is more apparent at some times, while at others it can feel almost gone. Needless to say, with one cylinder having only 3 out of 4 valves functional, it seemed to run on 3.5 cylinders.
The gist is this...we did not cause the failure, and it happened while the customer was operating the car. Our labor shortage prevented us from finding this mysterious issue as quickly as I'd have liked. He rather freaked out on being away form his car so long, and who could blame him; thus his venting online. Fortunately, we and the customer are good now, and I've been personally driving the car to assure it is 100% right before he picks it up this weekend.
The car you speak of was indeed caught in the vortex of this year's challenges. It was, and has always been, wonderfully tuned, making great power and very driveable, just like the other Cobalts we've done this too (starting with our won, of course). It did not ever blow an engine.
What it DID do was break in a fashion that would have been covered by GM, had the owner not already decided to modify his car and void his warranty. In short, it failed a lash adjuster and rocker arm, causing one cylinder to run on a single exhaust valve. It's an odd failure to track down, for depending on the mode the DI runs in, it is more apparent at some times, while at others it can feel almost gone. Needless to say, with one cylinder having only 3 out of 4 valves functional, it seemed to run on 3.5 cylinders.
The gist is this...we did not cause the failure, and it happened while the customer was operating the car. Our labor shortage prevented us from finding this mysterious issue as quickly as I'd have liked. He rather freaked out on being away form his car so long, and who could blame him; thus his venting online. Fortunately, we and the customer are good now, and I've been personally driving the car to assure it is 100% right before he picks it up this weekend.
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Joined: 04-30-2006
Posts: 9,149
From: Maryland Heights, MO
Well, no...that, and because my experience with you won't be tried on the Internet. It will be properly examined by professionals in a venue intended for this purpose.
The week you were here, and my Diane lay dying in her hospital bed...the look you gave me every time I mentioned her suffering and hinted that I might like to go see her...that look should have clued me in to where your head was. But I wanted to finish the project so bad, and get you on the road, so I stayed with you instead. You were gone by week's end...and so was she.
I've made a lot of mistakes this year, but staying to work on your car that week was the biggest one of all.
The week you were here, and my Diane lay dying in her hospital bed...the look you gave me every time I mentioned her suffering and hinted that I might like to go see her...that look should have clued me in to where your head was. But I wanted to finish the project so bad, and get you on the road, so I stayed with you instead. You were gone by week's end...and so was she.
I've made a lot of mistakes this year, but staying to work on your car that week was the biggest one of all.
Sadly many here will believe you and have sympathy for you because you did experience great personal loss. However, that is in no way an excuse for the way you handled yourself. You may well sauced in making me out to appear to be heartless and cruel. I can't control that. I have been a member here from nearly the beginning and those who know me will not doubt what I have said. Plus I know in my heart how things really happened and regardless of what distortions of the facts you are able to get people to believe, you and I know the truth.
I will not respond to anymore of your posts. I will tell you here as I have told you by notice. All correspondence between you and I should be in writing and that I will do so with only you or you legal representative.
Former Sponsor
Joined: 11-15-2007
Posts: 282
From: Yorkville, IL
This time, there was zero choice. I was my father's only kin in this world. He was a terminal lung cancer patient, in severe pain as the end neared. The thought of him dying alone, laying in his own excrement in some cold VA ward, horrified me. Spending every hour of his last months with him, cooking and caring for him, watching the springtime bloom with him, watching him slowly slip away, him knowing I was there for him...it was the happiest time of my life.
Some might say I made the ultimate sacrifice, walking away from my business without warning for months to do this. I say I could not have done it any other way. I can always build the business back up. I had only one Dad.
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