[M3_WC]

Originally Posted by shiv@vishnu

Good to see this finally happening. Really nice of you guys to chip in with transport costs. We will do what we can when we see the car. Like everyone else, we just want to see him back on the road and reunited with a functioning (and fun) car

Props you sir.

[turborevdboy11]

Applespeed@live.com is his paypal addy...

Again very cool to see people banding together to help out a fellow bmw enthusiast... there is hope for humanity haha!

[GeorgiaTech335coupe]

I assume we will get a picture of the car for our refrigerator so we can see who we are sponsoring. Is it against the rules to get one with the 'hood up'?

[boostaholic786]

3 years for stealing $200k?!?!?!?!?! NO WAY! He for damn sure is going to get more than 3 years for that amount of money. As long as Chris has all of his shit together (meaning CPA and records for the money and how it was stolen) whoever stole $200K is going to get more than 3 years in jail. Somebody stole $45K from one of my businesses and he got 5 years....But I did have all the documents to back it up...

[BoostedE90]

Eric, PayPal sent your way. Best of luck mate!

[Wescuddles]

I'm out of town for work with just my phone - if I can figure out how to use PayPal on my phone you'll be getting something shortly hpf335

[Groganrocket]

Money sent best of luck.

[statelax3]

PayPal sent. Good luck bro. Thanks for your service to our country. Fuck anyone who wants to blame you for this. Things come up and people need to learn some humility around here.

[richpike]

Originally Posted by statelax3

PayPal sent. Good luck bro. Thanks for your service to our country. Fuck anyone who wants to blame you for this. Things come up and people need to learn some humility around here.

-Rich

[KaiserN54]

Originally Posted by pwr hungry

It just pisses me off because they shouldn't have taken my order if they couldn't fill it! I also just spoke to them last week to get the cinco de mayo 10% discount on my order since it hadn't shipped. They said sure and it still hasn't hit my account either!!! Totally feel like I was taken advantage of by a knowing party right now....which if that's the case, then that makes them no better than the thief that stole from them.

I can't even imagine how much you're freaking out right now. There is a guy on e46fanatics who just had a stage 3 car built and it's finished minus unlocking the aem controller and tuning!!!

Torres v. Eastlick (In re N. Am. Coin & Currency, Ltd.), 767 F.2d 1573, 1575 (9th Cir. 1985)

http://openjurist.org/767/f2d/1573/n...s-v-v-eastlick

Unless they took your money in bad faith, i.e, they knew they were going out of business but made the order anyways (contra a good faith belief they could pull through), you are just another creditor in line to get paid. Otherwise, you might have a restitution claim. (depending on your jurisdiction, the language of the purchase contract, etc)

[KaiserN54]

I have an extra set of stock catted DP's if you need them.

[Pat@sonictuning]

Eric sorry to hear about your situation. From a former service member who has also served in Iraq and Afghanistan thank you for your service!! I also paypaled you some money. Hope it helps.

[chumley]

Contributed. Hope it works out.

[COBB Tuning]

Its bad news all around, but I hope that everything gets sorted out.

-Josh

[jpirelli]

Originally Posted by UltimateLurker

I can't fathom why you deserve "donations" from other members to finish such an unnecessary and excessive upgrade. You made a horrible impulsive mistake shipping your only vehicle, a $40-50k luxury sports car across the country to be the guinea pig of a huge custom project. If you don't have the funds to even ship your BMW back to you, you need to sell your car and reprioritize your life. I'm not at all surprised your wife is pissed. If I were her and you pulled this shit, I would leave.

Agreed. It sounds harsh but this is the truth. There are people starving out there and people are donating money to a guy who has a luxury car trying to do an overpriced & unnecessary upgrade while rejoicing that "there is hope for humanity".

[pwr hungry]

Originally Posted by jpirelli

Agreed. It sounds harsh but this is the truth. There are people starving out there and people are donating money to a guy who has a luxury car trying to do an overpriced & unnecessary upgrade while rejoicing that "there is hope for humanity".

This thread is not for you....not.for.you.

[turborevdboy11]

Don't worry I also paypal people in africa regularly... hpf335i didn't ask for money.. somebody suggested taking donations. I put myself in hpf335i's shoes I thought it was the right thing to do...

[nailer335]

Originally Posted by jpirelli

Agreed. It sounds harsh but this is the truth. There are people starving out there and people are donating money to a guy who has a luxury car trying to do an overpriced & unnecessary upgrade while rejoicing that "there is hope for humanity".

The total cost of ownership on a single turbo car isn't for the shallow pocket fellow, I speculate...
Eric, say you get donations sufficient to sort things out, and I hope you do, you'll have an absolute time bomb on your hands. If you say you'll drive it carefully, you're kidding yourself. The first time something breaks again... Then what?

Family > cars

Good luck. You're much more patient than me, to have allowed a company that didn't show any significant signs of growth by any stretch have your car for that long and sit so dormant with it.

To the business owner that doesn't notice something like this, it's not a wonder it happened in the first place IMO. Especially if it occurred gradually as opposed to quickly.

[UltimateLurker]

"HPF Twin Scroll Stage 1 (Vishnu Tuned), FMIC, OCC, Exhaust, KW V1, M3 Front & Rear Roll Bars, M3 Control Arms, Rear Toe Arms, M3 Sub Bushings, WT LSD, VMR 710s, Stop Tech Brakes, AEM Boost Pods, CF Boot Lid, Vented CF Hood, M-Tech Front, Aluminum Pedals, LED Shifter, Mat Black front Grill; Lots of extra work... "

FMIC $600
OCC $700
Exhaust $800-1500
KW V1 $1500
Roll Bars $400
M3 Control Arms $550
Wave Trac LSD $1300
VMR Rims $1200-1500
Stop Tech Brakes $1200
M-Tech Front $1200

Collecting pitty money from strangers on the internet for not having $900 to ship your car back to Kansas... PRICELESS

[Wedge1967]

Just a FYI... I know Sikh335 (Prem) is banned, but he has donated $100. As much as some people don't like him, he's really a nice guy. So big props to Prem for helping Eric in a time of need.

Prem ~ Thanks brother...

[D1swoop]

Ummmm
Wouldn't it be more cost effective to ship the car back to Kansas and just fly Shiv there instead of shipping the car twice?
Just my .02

[OpenFlash]

Originally Posted by D1swoop

Ummmm
Wouldn't it be more cost effective to ship the car back to Kansas and just fly Shiv there instead of shipping the car twice?
Just my .02

The problem is that we don't know if it's more than just a tuning issue. It's more than likely that hardware will have to be modified/changed. This often requires welding and machining equipment that doesn't fit in overhead storage bins.