Sorry but i gotta ask, whats the story with Archie and Cletus? (Page 14/20)
Pyrthian JAN 14, 09:38 AM
its your car - do what makes ya giggle.

not everyone is mechanicaly inclined. big deal. thats why we have mechanicly inclined people for hire. call it a wrench whore, if you like. whatever. I dont get why people buy what they buy - but - I also dont care. go buy it. dont want to? then dont. you can do it yourself? fine - go do it yourself.

there is only ONE reasons anyone would care. because they are insecure. you can try and come up with all the excuses in the world. but - there is not one valid reason to actually actively attack due to engine choice. 'cmon - step back - take a look at what you are doing.

do you actually expect ANYONE to beleive that you are trying to perform a public service?? that you are SAVING someone from a horrible decision?? especially when you see that most are SATISFIED??

yes - I to think the Fiero is more suited to a buzz bomb than a rumble beast. but - so what? my car. go build/buy your own.
MstangsBware JAN 14, 11:28 AM
Everyone needs to stop giving all the credit to Archie and start giving most of the credit to the guy in his shop that put all these customers cars together. I mean sure back in the day Ol Archie did his fair share of wrench spinning but those days have been over. Give the guys out in the shop making it happen some credit for once and let them know they are important also.


Cliff Pennock JAN 14, 11:42 AM

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Originally posted by MstangsBware:

Everyone needs to stop giving all the credit to Archie and start giving most of the credit to the guy in his shop that put all these customers cars together.
revin JAN 14, 12:13 PM

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Originally posted by MstangsBware:
Everyone needs to stop giving all the credit to Archie and start giving most of the credit to the guy in his shop that put all these customers cars together. I mean sure back in the day Ol Archie did his fair share of wrench spinning but those days have been over. Give the guys out in the shop making it happen some credit for once and let them know they are important also.




Gordo JAN 14, 12:43 PM

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Originally posted by MstangsBware:

Everyone needs to stop giving all the credit to Archie and start giving most of the credit to the guy in his shop that put all these customers cars together. I mean sure back in the day Ol Archie did his fair share of wrench spinning but those days have been over. Give the guys out in the shop making it happen some credit for once and let them know they are important also.




DL10 JAN 14, 12:43 PM

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Originally posted by MstangsBware:

Everyone needs to stop giving all the credit to Archie and start giving most of the credit to the guy in his shop that put all these customers cars together. I mean sure back in the day Ol Archie did his fair share of wrench spinning but those days have been over. Give the guys out in the shop making it happen some credit for once and let them know they are important also.




If you had ever met Archie in person you would know he gives his guys credit for doing most of the work
Archie has not been a one-man shop for many years, there's way to much work for one man..
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Archie has a very talented crew. They each had their own skills that they brought with them, but they have also learned many things working with him. They are all very happy to get paid for doing something they love to do.
So his guys are happy working for him, and most of his customers are happy with his products and with the cars he has built.
99% of the time someone complains about Archie they have no real dealing with him………..They just think they know more then him or their way is better then his.

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Archie JAN 14, 12:50 PM

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Originally posted by MstangsBware:

Everyone needs to stop giving all the credit to Archie and start giving most of the credit to the guy in his shop that put all these customers cars together. I mean sure back in the day Ol Archie did his fair share of wrench spinning but those days have been over. Give the guys out in the shop making it happen some credit for once and let them know they are important also.




The reason you know that Rob & Kris are the main guys that put the cars together in my shop is because I mention that fact in vrtually every build thread. They will also be the guys who you might see posing with the car during those threads.

Also whenever I have my Seminars at my Open House or at some shows, I always introduce them to everyone at the beginning of the discussion.

Also at many of the shows I go to, I bring them along to share the glory if there is any.

Now just 2 more things.

#1 By the actions I mention above I'm doing as much as I can to give them the propper credit. In return maybe you can see fit to give me just a little less grief.

#2 The worst thing you can do, at this point, is to start bashing my guys. DarthFiero & Mastermind spent some time calling my guys names & bashing them & that didn't work out too well for them.

Archie
Fierotaz JAN 14, 01:45 PM

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Originally posted by GT Quick:
In real life most people really don't care WHAT'S under the hood of a Pontiac Fiero.



I strongly disagree with this statement, based on the road trip I took with my car and the response I got at every gas station when I popped open the engine bay! I drove over 4500 miles and stopped countless times and not once did I stop that someone was not excited, astonished or just blown away that there was an LT1 in a Fiero. Even the "car guys" at the classic car show I stopped at in Texas were impressed with the engine in the car. But that said I own it because it is what I want and has nothing to do with any body else or what they think.
bmwguru JAN 14, 02:28 PM

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Originally posted by MstangsBware:

Everyone needs to stop giving all the credit to Archie and start giving most of the credit to the guy in his shop that put all these customers cars together. I mean sure back in the day Ol Archie did his fair share of wrench spinning but those days have been over. Give the guys out in the shop making it happen some credit for once and let them know they are important also.




The guys in my shop do a lot of the work, but it is my name on the door and it is my risk. When one tech screwed up a few years ago, it was my wallet that had to pay, not his. Also, keep in mind that a shop owner won't take in any job he couldn't do himself. I once had a tech quit in the middle of an Audi A8 head gasket job. He thought he screwed me.....I can easily put together anything that was taken apart by someone else, or the job wouldn't come in my shop.
I give the guys credit in my shop, but I think they like the fact that I pay better than most new car dealers. My techs make over $30.00 per hour.
Dave
Formula88 JAN 14, 03:11 PM
This has to be one of the most pitifull feuds I've ever seen. Archie, a man who's running a successful and expanding business with a happy and loyal clientele and happy and skilled employees gets so much grief by people who virtually none of them have ever done business with him.

It would be one thing if he constantly ripped people off and you had a whole group of disgruntled customers complaining to the BBB, but other than the rare exception, no one complaining about Archie's shop or his work has ever done any business with him. And these are the same people that think they know how to run a business better, and yet they don't even have their own business. It's not even a case of competition trying to bad mouth him to steal customers.

Shaunboy got his ego destroyed when Archie turned him down for a job, and now he spends his days surfing the net looking for any V8 Fiero he can find so he can poke fun at it. Just look at Youtube, Streetfire, RFT, or even here and you can tell just how much of
his life is consumed by this.

And the rest of the Shaunbag swingers just appear to be desparately trying to win his approval by doing the same. They post something here, then immediately run over to RFT to brag about their post.

You people are pathetic.