NAC..'00 VW Passat 4Motion...$7200 in repairs!!!

[Jon Linkov]

Probably the most FANTASTIC response I have ever read to an attempted
internet flame post!

Jon


On 6/12/05 6:52 PM, John Larson" <j.d.larson at verizon.net> wrote:

> Hi, Tyson.  I am surprised at your attack on my credentials and knowledge,
> as my background is pretty well known on this and other lists.  I am a
> factory trained Audi and Porsche tech, and have been for 32 years.  Before
> that, I was an enthusiastic amateur for another 14 years.  After nearly 2
> years of dealer experience and training, I worked at a Porsche specialty
> shop in Los Angeles that had a huge number of exotic Porsches in its
> clientele, mostly 4 cam cars like Spyders and 904s.  We did a significant
> amount of preparation and maintenance work on what are now called "track
> cars".  I held a smog license for a number of years, have had a number of
> classes from Bosch, and I've operated my own shop since 1977.  I spend
> approximately 30% of my time at work dealing with emissions related work on
> German cars for the smog check station next door.  I know, and am on first
> name level professional terms, with some of the best known Porsche and Audi
> "tuners" (a word I don't like) in the country.  I have a customer list that
> stretches from San Diego to Portland to Atlanta (if you don't count London,
> UK).  I've helped assemble a concours car that won it's class at the Porsche
> Parade, and have built a group B SCCA 914/6.  Oh, and I've worn glasses
> since I was 14 and injured an eye while working on a tractor with my
> neighbor.  To sum it up, I've lived and worked in the practical automotive
> world for most of my life, have been around since the very beginning of the
> smog laws, and have seen the environment of LA go from an air quality
> cesspool of a million people to a relatively clean air environment with 7 or
> 8 times the number of inhabitants.  And your professional automotive
> qualifications are .............................................?  John
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tyson Varosyan" <tigran at tigran.com>
> To: "'John Larson'" <j.d.larson at verizon.net>; "Quattro at Audifans. Com
> (E-mail)" <quattro at audifans.com>
> Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2005 11:35 PM
> Subject: RE: NAC..'00 VW Passat 4Motion...$7200 in repairs!!!
> 
> 
>> John,
>> Bottom line, you
>> sound like the type of guy that wears glasses and pushes papers all day in
>> some cubical - can you even point out the catalytic converter in your own
>> car?
>> 
>> Before making arrogant statements about other people, perhaps you should
>> do
>> some research and read independent studies on the subject matter so that
>> you
>> yourself do not come across as parrot-like moron repeating something that
>> you read on a placed ad in a newspaper about how great cats are. Or you
>> could get some hands-on experience - that works too.
>> 
>> Tyson Varosyan