Hey, I'm looking for an 800 lb gorilla. Anyone know where I can find one?
A couple things:
I have temporarily removed the "resolution" thread. I received a text message at 6 AM from Ray Hofman that it was premature. Until I am notified by Ray Hofman or Janna Hofman, it will stay removed.
I have locked, but restored, the other threads regarding this topic. I locked the original threads at Ray's request. I'm happy he asked but I would have done it anyways because the opinion or conjecture of anyone not involved is irrelevant to Ray's situation being resolved. If you have a problem with the above position on the subject, or feel like you have a reasonable rationale on how your opinion or feelings will help Ray get his car back, fixed or an agreeable financial remedy, please contact me. I will gladly give you my phone number and we can discuss this man to man.
Until I hear from Ray himself that the situation is resolved, the above threads are going to stay up. When and if the situation is resolved permanently, there is going to be a stuck thread about it. The topic won't be deleted unless the owner of the car tells me to delete it. Maybe he will want it, maybe he won't; it's on Ray. Any owner here that has their car totaled by another member would receive the same courtesy.
We have heard Ray's publicly posted side of the story. We have heard Shadowman's publicly posted side of the story. That's all the information you need. If you feel like you need more, you know where to find both of them. If they feel like they need to add more, they know where to find me and I will reopen the thread and allow them to do so. Again, if you think somehow information is being kept from you, go back and read those threads knowing that the involved parties are free to have made their positions known, and ask if subsequent third party pondering would change your opinion.
Shadowman was involved in an accident. He is lucky to be alive. He obviously did not intend or set out to crash anyone's car.
Sponsors of the forum are reflected by having their names in RED or the title "Supporting Vendor" under their name. Shadowman was simply a subscribed member with a GT that worked on GTs people assumed was a sponsor. This was not because of a name color, but because there is a grip of threads in the archives about people who posted happily about their experience with him. People also made the assumption because he's given alot of helpful advice over the years, and alot of the time it was free.
This is just a casual observation because insurance is a hot topic now, but if you are taking your car to be worked on, and the location at which you drop off your car is a house, not a commercial building, odds are they don't have commercial liability insurance. I should rephrase that to say "odds are before this week they didn't have commercial liability insurance". You can probably imagine the phone lines at the Insurance Co's are burning up as of late. But again, be realistic. Over the past ten years two guys have worked heavily on cars for me, both out of their houses. I never even contemplated that a guy working out of his garage would have a commercial liability policy. This is not a judgment of any kind on the current situation, just reality.
Nobody likes this situation. It's not good for Ray, it's not good for Shadowman, and it's not fun for the forum. People are friends with both of these guys. I understand that this is the internet, and on the internet people just can't stand the horrible thought of not being able to walk into their neighbor's house, grab the iron and start poking away at the fire, but that's just not how it works here. You've all got eyes. You can see what is going around the internet. I'd be lying if I said it made me feel anything but profound detestation to see the joy bored losers take while trying desperately to somehow join the party. Just be aware, schadenfreude is a dangerous thing because it's not a one way street.
I don't know where this will end up, but I can tell you this: It's ultimately going to get resolved between PeakCompletions and Shadowman, and nothing anyone else can say will change that.
A couple things:
I have temporarily removed the "resolution" thread. I received a text message at 6 AM from Ray Hofman that it was premature. Until I am notified by Ray Hofman or Janna Hofman, it will stay removed.
I have locked, but restored, the other threads regarding this topic. I locked the original threads at Ray's request. I'm happy he asked but I would have done it anyways because the opinion or conjecture of anyone not involved is irrelevant to Ray's situation being resolved. If you have a problem with the above position on the subject, or feel like you have a reasonable rationale on how your opinion or feelings will help Ray get his car back, fixed or an agreeable financial remedy, please contact me. I will gladly give you my phone number and we can discuss this man to man.
Until I hear from Ray himself that the situation is resolved, the above threads are going to stay up. When and if the situation is resolved permanently, there is going to be a stuck thread about it. The topic won't be deleted unless the owner of the car tells me to delete it. Maybe he will want it, maybe he won't; it's on Ray. Any owner here that has their car totaled by another member would receive the same courtesy.
We have heard Ray's publicly posted side of the story. We have heard Shadowman's publicly posted side of the story. That's all the information you need. If you feel like you need more, you know where to find both of them. If they feel like they need to add more, they know where to find me and I will reopen the thread and allow them to do so. Again, if you think somehow information is being kept from you, go back and read those threads knowing that the involved parties are free to have made their positions known, and ask if subsequent third party pondering would change your opinion.
Shadowman was involved in an accident. He is lucky to be alive. He obviously did not intend or set out to crash anyone's car.
Sponsors of the forum are reflected by having their names in RED or the title "Supporting Vendor" under their name. Shadowman was simply a subscribed member with a GT that worked on GTs people assumed was a sponsor. This was not because of a name color, but because there is a grip of threads in the archives about people who posted happily about their experience with him. People also made the assumption because he's given alot of helpful advice over the years, and alot of the time it was free.
This is just a casual observation because insurance is a hot topic now, but if you are taking your car to be worked on, and the location at which you drop off your car is a house, not a commercial building, odds are they don't have commercial liability insurance. I should rephrase that to say "odds are before this week they didn't have commercial liability insurance". You can probably imagine the phone lines at the Insurance Co's are burning up as of late. But again, be realistic. Over the past ten years two guys have worked heavily on cars for me, both out of their houses. I never even contemplated that a guy working out of his garage would have a commercial liability policy. This is not a judgment of any kind on the current situation, just reality.
Nobody likes this situation. It's not good for Ray, it's not good for Shadowman, and it's not fun for the forum. People are friends with both of these guys. I understand that this is the internet, and on the internet people just can't stand the horrible thought of not being able to walk into their neighbor's house, grab the iron and start poking away at the fire, but that's just not how it works here. You've all got eyes. You can see what is going around the internet. I'd be lying if I said it made me feel anything but profound detestation to see the joy bored losers take while trying desperately to somehow join the party. Just be aware, schadenfreude is a dangerous thing because it's not a one way street.
I don't know where this will end up, but I can tell you this: It's ultimately going to get resolved between PeakCompletions and Shadowman, and nothing anyone else can say will change that.
