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Old May 29, 2015 | 09:48 AM
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What a SCAM ON GTR LIFE! Must read!

http://www.gtrlife.com/forums/topic/...fraud-careful/
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Old May 29, 2015 | 11:42 AM
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Old May 29, 2015 | 01:13 PM
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How in the **** is a turbo kit $14,000. Those GTR's man, they just jack the prices on parts cuz, you know GT Arrrggghhhhh!
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Old May 29, 2015 | 01:16 PM
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More info here...

http://newsite.speedsociety.com/aust...-of-thousands/
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Old Jun 1, 2015 | 09:38 AM
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How in the **** is a turbo kit $14,000. Those GTR's man, they just jack the prices on parts cuz, you know GT Arrrggghhhhh!
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So, basically copied the Hennessey business model...
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Old Jun 1, 2015 | 01:55 PM
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So, basically copied the Hennessey business model...
I was thinking the same
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Old Jun 1, 2015 | 02:11 PM
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Just read a good amount of that GT-R thread. What a shame, especially to companies that do such good work and do so much for our cars.
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Old Jun 2, 2015 | 05:01 AM
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Thats crazy. I always try to research a good amount before I seriously put my money out there... Sucks that they believed he would keep his word and the amount of people that got burned.
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Old Jun 2, 2015 | 05:05 AM
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Damn. I saw some LLR cars at roll racing events. English Racing builds amazing machines. Sucks they got screwed over. I used to envy LLR for all their badass cars. Well, **** em
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Old Jun 2, 2015 | 09:51 AM
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Damn. I saw some LLR cars at roll racing events. English Racing builds amazing machines. Sucks they got screwed over. I used to envy LLR for all their badass cars. Well, **** em
whats the relationship exactly between English and LLR? reading the thread it seams like they just built a few cars for LLR (what kinda shop hires another shop to do their shop builds for them anyway???). And apparently Lucas made an investment into LLR and then got screwed over just like everyone else...

so my question becomes, why would anyone do business with LLR in the first place? Why would you want a middle man between the guy building your car and you
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Old Jun 2, 2015 | 10:40 AM
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Originally Posted by warmmilk
whats the relationship exactly between English and LLR? reading the thread it seams like they just built a few cars for LLR (what kinda shop hires another shop to do their shop builds for them anyway???). And apparently Lucas made an investment into LLR and then got screwed over just like everyone else...

so my question becomes, why would anyone do business with LLR in the first place? Why would you want a middle man between the guy building your car and you
LLR isn't a shop, they're a "race team" or at least thats what they labeled themselves as.
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Old Jun 2, 2015 | 10:41 AM
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From what I have read they are a race team and not a shop. Seems more like the guy just hustles people for money on many fronts the more I read

He's in the 10's if not 100's of thousands into people at this point (hard to sort through the BS)

Some of these folks have a lot of money too. I don't see him being in the outside world very much longer. I don't know what goes through folks minds to think you can rip of 10's of thousands from multiple people and nothing will ever become of it

Federal time is in his future. Good luck with that

Just sucks for all those folks who will never see their money back
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Old Jun 2, 2015 | 11:24 AM
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LLR isn't a shop, they're a "race team" or at least thats what they labeled themselves as.
hahahahahahahahha

I find it really amusing to have a "race team" for roll racing...
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Old Jun 2, 2015 | 11:34 AM
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hahahahahahahahha

I find it really amusing to have a "race team" for roll racing...
I agree hahaha, bout all those High Power TT Exotics cars are good for though
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Old Jun 2, 2015 | 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by warmmilk
hahahahahahahahha

I find it really amusing to have a "race team" for roll racing...
I had the same thought
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