[s-cars] ECS brakes warning

[Paul Friedenberg]

Is the design patented??? If not, they can do what ever they want...

"Business is war."






>From: jimk at spotgraphicsinc.com
>Reply-To: jimk at spotgraphicsinc.com
>To: Theodore Chen <tedebearp at yahoo.com>
>CC: s-car-list at audifans.com
>Subject: Re: [s-cars] ECS brakes warning
>Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2002 16:09:04 -0800
>
>I do not know, but it is interesting.  It could be a coincidence, what I
>mean
>is if people are bugging BIRA to come up with something for their
>particular
>model, chances are that other people are bugging ECS about the same thing.
>However, I was under the impression that in theory a BIRA solution should
>be
>cheaper than an ECS solution, seeing as how with BIRA you source all of the
>components yourself, rather than paying an additional markup (although
>surely
>I pay more for two calipers at my favorite Porsche delaer than ECS does
>when
>they buy 20 at a time).  So if this is true, it really doesn't matter.
>When
>I looked for my BigReds, I did the math and found that I could get an
>equivalent to ECS Stage 3 for $250 less.  Until Sierra Motorsport got out
>of
>the rotorhat business, that is.  Then ECS had their GP and I jumped on it.
>Also, BIRA is pretty explicit about stating that they are not in it to make
>a
>profit, so it shouldn't really be any skin off their nose.  But yes, I
>concede  that I would be annoyed too if I were the person at BIRA that did
>a
>lot of work.
>Jim K.
>
>Theodore Chen wrote:
>
> > jim,
> >
> > isn't ECS the one that's been ripping off the BIRA designs?  some
> > listers have observed that shortly after BIRA comes up with a design,
> > ECS releases something similar.
> >
> > -teddy
>
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