Horsepower Research and Develpoment in Commerce City Colorado

[Supra98st]

DWALKER (Don Walker, Donald Walker, Fusionsport, Firestarter, 3r_tech, crankwalkdotnet(ebay), don.walker1@comcast.net, don.walker@crankwalk.net, don@crankwalk.net, Don-HRD, Dwalker(Why make so many names and emails??? Read Below) from Commerce City(Aurora) Colorado Posts here and claims to be a Porsche mechanic and tuner of ALL EMS and ECUS.

On August 12th 2008 I had my car towed to Don Walker’s shop, Owner of Horse Power Research and Development, to be left there while I deployed to Iraq to have work done to the car. He has a guy pick the car up on his trailer that was in Colorado Springs to have towed to his shop hand me a digitally signed copy of the agreement between Don Walker and I stating what was to be done with the car while I was to be gone for 365 Days. Days later I went to the shop to talk to Don and his employee Chance (painter at the time) about things I wanted done to the car. Don looked over the engine not listening intently to my suggestions I gave Chance, and things I wanted done to my car as I told Don Walker I wanted Chance only to paint the car, no one else (as was listed in the agreement Don signed). We talked for about an hour and his shop was under COMPLETE understanding of what I wanted done to my car and he even says he pay for my car to get a full clear bra kit installed after paint free of charge so I accept the offer. Day later I leave for Iraq with Don Walker assuring me that pictures will be taken and updated, receipts all updated and emailed, and he was to be done “on time” or 365 days from when I left the car there. The engine was under warranty and was having issues with compression so he was going to pull that anyway to have it rebuilt since it was under “verbal warranty” so I figured hell time to paint the engine bay as well. I paid a local shop here in the springs to run a compression test as well to get a second opinion and it showed 2-3 cylinders with bad compression and the engine was having horrible oil issues as well with smoking, but Don told me it was the valve covers releasing high amounts of oil into the exhaust since it was such a “high horse powered vehicle.” Don said he would take a look at it, and did. He told me the compression was great across the board. This plays out later as we will find out that there indeed were issues with my engine.

As the first few months went by and I started to email Don asking typical questions. Things like “when is the car getting started”, “is the engine apart, “how’s the body work” but all the answers became more like reasons, or excuses. “I’m having the turbo rebuilt” and “I’m looking for paint shops and getting quotes” or things like “the polishing is getting done” and “parts are on order”. I didn’t mind since I was like 8 months out till I got home. A few more weeks go by and I email Don Walker for pictures of car parts that I want to sell. He agrees to take pictures for me and even help out on the shipping of the boxes by packaging them up for me. After emailing him over 4 times it takes him about 3.5-4.5 weeks to get me the pictures on his online account, remember I’m in Iraq so it’s easy to blow me off. I sell some parts; some are mailed on time, some take up to 2 weeks to get to the person who bought them making me look like a bad seller. I email Don Walker and he assures me he mails these things out on a daily basis, but that isn’t obviously the case. I pay for the bills that show polishing, the transmission rebuild, and a valve cleaning job, oh and now he wants me to pay for a $200 towing fee for the pickup to take my car to Denver from Colorado Springs NOT talked about until the car is there at his shop, nice huh……but I pay it anyway. So he is getting paid before I even see any of my work because I’m supposed to trust him right?

We are now on the date of May 6th 2009, which is 7-8 months later and I email him about the paint because I’m upset the car is not painted yet. I get a response a few days later. “Currently the car is ready to go to blast-tec and be stripped, I have spoken to two more good painters regarding the job and I believe I can stay within your budget for paint, just waiting on them to give me solid quotes before making a decision.” Don Walker knew what I wanted to spend before I left and knew the time frame I wanted to have the car done in but he insists he “tries” to stay in my budget of $4000 that we talked about for the paint. Don then emails me with information stating my car is “micro-cracking” and in order for my car to have the windshields taken out for a proper paint job they would have to be “broken” out of the car because there is no way to get them out otherwise. So I do research on micro-cracking to find out there is no such thing. He replies with this “ I still call it micro-cracking, but I really should have said micro-checking, which is apparent to a good painter without a microscope- it appears as a dulling effect but when you look at it closely under good light and/or with a magnifying glass you will see a lot of very small cracks.

My car never had “cracks” in the paint, not have I ever heard of such a thing on a car with only 10 years of paint on it. Don tells me he is going to have a professional look at the glass after I argued with him telling him there is no way he needs to crack the glass to get it out. Now he knows I want the glass removed and I want a “show car paint job” as we talked about but he still emails me this “I guess the bottom line is what level of paint job do you want?” I thought I already told him 4-5 times that I wanted a show car paint job but he throws me a curve. He goes on to tell me he only hires pros and the job will be done right because there reputation is on the line but I argue I want the car painted at my place of choice. He continues to assure me that the car will be done right even after I spend numerous calls for Iraq talking to him. He won’t budge; he wants his pros to do it. He tells me he has found 2 shops he deciding between, and now a buddy he knows at 3R that can paint because I told him “I don’t want you to paint it”.

We now fall into month 10 and still no paint. I’m supposed to arrive home in 2 months and the car has not even been to a shop. I ask why is the paint not done, He emails me back with this “That’s because I have NO CLEAR ANSWER from you as to what YOU want to do with your car. I told you what the price is and you have as yet not said to go ahead with the job. You clearly indicated to me that the job was not within your budget and so I have held off until we have clarification. Funny, we go from a word of mouth $2500, to my budget of $4000, to a quote of $6000? I don’t see how this makes sense. Then he goes on to tell me he just does not know what the heck is going on with my paint because I still have not told him what I wanted? After a good argument with him he decides to let me know again how his shop is ran.

“Things have changed a bit here Ryan, I am still doing the work here by myself but bring in specific people who do a high standard of work as needed and they are held to that high standard.”

So basically he has no one in his shop that is a qualified mechanic. He states he just “brings people in” when he needs certain jobs done but as I see it you should not need to outsource.

I pay my bills all on time and give Don no grief but I’m not getting any replies in time and no updated pictures that I asked for. I tell him to hold off on the paint because this is ridiculous and I just don’t trust him anymore. We are now into July and no paint has touched the car and the engine is on a stand still not touched. This is 11 months later and over $6000 paid to Don Walker. He emails me again stating the car is ready to go into paint and will be there this month and we are still on track to getting this done by the deadline we agreed on August 15th 2009. But August 15th is one month away and the car has no paint on it. Don assures me that it will be done, I know it won’t be. He also tells me “you know one of your pistons was cracked and chipped?” I said no and he tells me “yea and 2 of them were warped as well.” I asked him “so then the engine was bad after all but you told me the compression was good.” He proceeds to tell me “the compression was good, you wouldn’t be able to tell the difference on a chip like this, the compression test wouldn’t show it” and he agrees to pay for + of the pistons costs if I pay 1/2 , so I agree.

August 29th 2009 I go to see my car, it’s in a million pieces not done and it somehow has masking on it? Don explains to me it’s in the process of getting put back together and due to the masking I can’t open the doors to look inside, so basically it’s a shell and the windows are taped off and there is black paint on the brown masking? So I ask Don Walker’s mechanic “Did Don paint this car” he tells me “yes he painted it here in the back” Funny? I asked Don not to paint it? So I ask Don, “Who painted this car?” He proceeds to tell me that Harvey from Corvette City painted it. I say hmm, “so you didn’t paint any of this car”? He tells me he painted “some” of the car. I’m pissed, not only does it look like crap but he painted the car even thought I told him in the contract and in person not to. The car looks horrible.

[Supra98st]

...One year, or 365 days later and the car is in pieces, the paint is horrible and the engine about 25% done.

He tells me they had guys “push the car” to Corvette City to have it painted. But from his shop you have to take the highway and its 13 minutes away according to map quest. I ask his employee “did you ever push my car to a shop to have painted?” He tells me “no Don painted it here in the back” He assures me again that the car will be done in the next 3 weeks because there behind even after 365 days of having the car.

He then goes on to tell me and show me my pistons. “You see here, here is that chip, good thing I took the engine apart or else I wouldn’t have noticed this, it must have happened when that map sensor wire was loose.” So of course it’s my fault right? He knew it was loose, I knew it was loose so it’s my entire fault because I’m not the one who put the engine together and into the car he was. Even though he tells me he will pay + the piston cost since he verbally warranted my engine, so I agree and pay $500 for the pistons which cost $650. He tells me since he had to next day them and gets them from another supplier there $1000 for him and $500 is half. I ask why so much and he told me he needed them next day (in July) to get the car done.

So I give up arguing and I continue to wait for my car and call Don Walker over and over to get a status of my car. He tells me it’ll been done at this time, weeks go by, he tells me this time, more time goes by and the car is still not done. He continues to bill me updated bills and numbers change every time I get a bill for the paint, more hours here, more money there but its suppose to fluctuate he tells me cause it was an “estimate” and now it’s good. A month goes by and he tells me it’ll be done before the trip my wife and I planned to go to Vegas on September 30th which is 2.5 MONTHS later. I tell him I’m coming to get it on the 28th so I can drive it home to test it out and make sure it’s all good. He says sure come buy and it’ll be ready. My wife and I planned this vacation for 10 months and this was my coming home present from Iraq, and our yearly trip together we make to go to Vegas with the other supras for the big car show.

I proceed to get my car on the 28th and I call Don at 2:30 in the afternoon to tell him I’m coming. He tells me the leather seats were not redone yet and the guy redoing them (they needed new stitch) had left for the day and he could not find the right size thread ANYWHERE in Denver for my car. Then tells me it’ll be another good “day” because I’m now at the back of the line since he has other projects to do. I was pissed and told him to call him up and get my seats out of his shop so I can have them done elsewhere and ill have them done myself.

He calls and says that there is no way that it’s going to happen and he left for the day at 3:00pm in the afternoon, great huh. So I call LITERALLY 2 stores in Colorado Springs and acquire the right size thread in 15 minutes and drive it to Dons shop. This is where I realize its another excuse with the leather seats cause someone is nowhere close to even having my car done, but thought the leather was a good “hold off” until he could get it done. I arrive there to see my car’s hood up and it on the lift. I’m confused as I walk around the car to see it NOT polished, with compound all over it, and it sanded down in a lot of spots. The engine has no cams in it and it has no intake manifold on it. I’m pissed and look around the car at the paint, now I can look at the doors jams I wanted to see since they were masked before.

I open the doors to see the jams were not done!? I look under the hood to see that there were spots on the inner fender that was not even painted and was primer gray? I look at the hatch to see there is rust in the hatch area and none of the jams were done. I see dirt in the clear coat in spots. I ask Don “why the jams are not done, he tells me “I didn’t know that they were not painted, and I didn’t know that you wanted those done as well.” I could notice runs in the door jamb area where it was cleared to “look” new. I was like “what are you talking about, you know I wanted them painted, look at the paint runs here, and the dents not fixed here!” he looks oddly surprised and tells me he did not see that. I see the paint line on the windows; I ask him “were these removed for paint?” He tells me “no they were taped off”. So I paid $6000 for a Macco paint job! Its funny cause there was a Macco literally 2 blocks down the road….you could push the car there?

The car is not done for Vegas, I paid $600 for that trip I drove in my other car to, the car was not done and Don said he was going to fix it himself. So I call my credit card company and they say I have to let him have another chance to fix it. I agree to give him 2 weeks to fix the car in good shape and he agrees. I know I’m an idiot. Were at month 15 and the car is WORSE off than it was before, it has depreciated in value due to the workmanship Don Walker did to it by recommending it to a crack head. I talk to Don on the way to Vegas to get this all straightened out. He tells me it was his bad to give my car to a drug addict and it’s his fault, he says he all painters are druggies and he will fix it in 2 weeks, or by Oct 14th.

I get back from Vegas and go look at the car, work has been done to it but it is still 35% done. There is no buffing, there are chips so Don tells me once again “it’ll be done by Friday” so I tell him ill call on Thursday to see if it’s done then I’ll come down. So we get a few snow days and I call on Thursday ready to go get the car. I ask how far we along are and he says he hasn’t touched the car at all. I get angry and we begin to yell. He tells me one of his employees went to court for no car insurance and was in an accident and the other guy has a son in Arizona with a heart attack so he has no guys to finish the work. I yell some more at him and his horrible shop and I tell him I’ll be there on Friday (my day off work) to help him finish the car myself. He says fine so I go. On Friday I get there to see the mechanic working on another car and his other worker working on my car. He goes over the talk with me on how it’ll be done by the time he goes to china with his wife (November 15th) and the guys are working “only on my car.”

We talk some more and he tells me he is about to mount the intercooler and get the window guy to install the glass that day (took 3 weeks to do that) and it’ll be about 98% done. I start to go over the car to find over 6 imperfections with the paint, runs, dents, chips, overspray. He tells me “it’s good that you are so picky so we can find these problems” I tell him “I should have to drive here to find these issues you as a shop should have found these.” So I mark the spots with tape so he can fix them. He tells me “the car has to be done by the time I go to china (another 2 weeks) so I can get it out of the shop. I calm down a bit and agree to let him fix it.

I call throughout the next two weeks to make sure we’re on track as I’m suppose to get the car on a Friday night(he leaves Saturday for china). On that Thursday night I call him, he tells me he will not be done with the car AGAIN because when he built the engine(back in July) the bolts “took torque” but he didn’t feel that they “felt right” so he has been ordering new ones since July and has to redo them. I yell some more and he tells me they’re going to be in the car by Saturday with him installing the bolts and then the guys will finish the rest and the car will be finished that following Thursday If I wanted to pick it up then that was fine cause he left a chore list for his employees to do while he was gone. So he tells me “I’ll have to go over the bill to see what we can do for you money wise” I say okay let me know by FRIDAY LUNCH what you are planning to do for a offer. He tells me “okay”.

Friday Morning I call him around 10am and he never looked at anything and has no answer for me what he can give me a as a discount. I tell him “then when do you want to give me an answer” and he replies telling me by 9:00 PM he will call me with an answer after he looks at the double digits bill I paid him upfront to date. I agree, and call him at 8:30…..no answer, 9:00 no answer, and then at 9:50PM he calls me and says I still have not looked at the bill and asks me what I propose. I give him an offer of + the labor be paid for by him, or $2,100. He says he just “cannot do that” and basically says I’ll give you $1,200 off your $14,000 bill. I tell him I’ll think about it and he leaves for China.

[Supra98st]

On November 27, 2009 I go to his shop, a 1hour 20 minute drive from my house for the 10th time as I had to go to Denver anyway. I see my car in the SAME spot with no more than 1 hours work done to it since he left. His employee greeted me and we chatted. He told me “I haven’t touched any of the cars in the back since he left, I’ve been busy with these ones” (4 other cars) I tell him I’m going to take some photos and see the car and will be on my way. He is nice and allows me in. I take the photos of my car literally untouched with not an hour of work done, all parts still hanging on the wire he painted them on (as Don said it’ll be done a week before that) and it sits with the hood sanded and nothing more done to it. I ask him if Don installed those rod bolts (ones he ordered on Friday) in the engine since he’s there every day and he tells me “not to my knowledge”. I ask him has anyone been back here to work on my car since Don left. He tells me once again “no”. There is no intercooler on the car(like Don said he was doing on that very Friday), the Rod bolts are not in the car, the interior he told me was 98% done was untouched and like 25% done, and those little pieces of tape I did for the mishaps on the paint…..there still there untouched. I look over to see another supra there all polished up since I last left, another car with the motor out of it, a guy working on another car and not mine, and more cars there then when I left! Mine is still untouched. So I take photos of my untouched car and leave. He now gets back on the 1st of December, 1 year and 4 months or (485 DAYS) to date since he has had my car for a paint job (same color), an engine rebuild, and a leather upholstery job all which should take 3 months MAX

I cant tell you legally what is going on next due to "dons friends" letting him know what gets posted on the forums but this story is 100% true, no make ups, no lies. People need to know to stop using this shop and im going to make it so.


Update: as of December 1, 2009: Car has been to new shop to find out engine was built incorrectly, parts were told to have been fixed and were in actually not fixed, and assembly was done incorrectly which could cost me over $4000 in the future to have done right. The main bearings were shreding copper and its all in the oil pan, transmission was never rebuilt like he stated, and cylinder head was suppose to be rebuilt as it was with old unclean parts and never taken to the engine machine shop to be assembled correctly even though that is what was told I was paying for. It also had old gasket sealant still on it! Engine was found to have 2 stripped bolts which were "chased" to work in the piston! Used old bearings which are suppose to be replaced once taken apart from engine, engine was never torque correctly and all bolts could be taken off with fingers. Paint was never done correctly and was 35% complete when picked up from shop on November 30th 2009 and was flaking off onto the new painters hands. Engine was open with no protection of debris falling into it as it was sanded with no cover having me to have the engine taken apart to have cleaned. Rings that were on the pistons were just put on and not gauged properly which could cause another engine rebuild to go down as well as an engine exploding while driving. Auto shop in Denver is providing me with pictures as well as a full written description of the fraud of Horsepower Research and Developments work. In all there was nothing done to my car as it is in worse shape than before it was given to Don Walker and his shop Horsepower Research and Development.

Don is suppose to pay me my $9,500 on monday for the horrific paint job which he said was finished and for work that was said to be done only to find out it wasnt, im still missing parts as well. I will let you know if your local HRD does pay me as I really dont want to go to court with his wife.

[performancevision]

Post up pics........Don's work speaks for itself!!

And to do this to a member of our military who gives his life to protect us is the lowest of the low.

[Supra98st]

This is my bay before it went to dons shop minus the cam gears

http://inlinethumb45.webshots.com/43756/2134183240073664378S600x600Q85.jpg (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2134183240073664378gxGYFS)

This was my bay today after 485 days

http://inlinethumb64.webshots.com/45823/2433139410073664378S600x600Q85.jpg (http://sports.webshots.com/photo/2433139410073664378LWBROZ)

This is my car before the shop

http://inlinethumb43.webshots.com/17962/2350177930073664378S600x600Q85.jpg (http://sports.webshots.com/photo/2350177930073664378sqeSdp)

This is my car now

http://inlinethumb07.webshots.com/45894/2366455370073664378S600x600Q85.jpg (http://sports.webshots.com/photo/2366455370073664378FrwZQX)
http://inlinethumb48.webshots.com/44719/2416634010073664378S600x600Q85.jpg (http://sports.webshots.com/photo/2416634010073664378IRokpC)
http://inlinethumb37.webshots.com/46500/2172980260073664378S600x600Q85.jpg (http://sports.webshots.com/photo/2172980260073664378zhFVYz)


These are my parts as I found them

http://inlinethumb26.webshots.com/89/2033947420073664378S600x600Q85.jpg (http://sports.webshots.com/photo/2033947420073664378iideQl)
http://inlinethumb25.webshots.com/42840/2957705520073664378S600x600Q85.jpg (http://sports.webshots.com/photo/2957705520073664378KgcGwC)

Interior panels, 98 edition rare and expensive.... the shifter piece alone cost $450 as I told don to make sure i wasnt scratched..........well you can see its more then scratched

http://inlinethumb01.webshots.com/12480/2644697210073664378S600x600Q85.jpg (http://sports.webshots.com/photo/2644697210073664378CoBCRD)

http://inlinethumb32.webshots.com/43743/2523274880073664378S600x600Q85.jpg (http://sports.webshots.com/photo/2523274880073664378MJddYE)

[Supra98st]

As the painter helped unload the car, this is what came off the bay........paint flakes(don told me when it came to a refund "well the paint is already done)

http://inlinethumb28.webshots.com/45275/2910221530073664378S500x500Q85.jpg (http://sports.webshots.com/photo/2910221530073664378ozRkQk)

Metal scraps in the engine

http://inlinethumb64.webshots.com/29823/2202484710073664378S500x500Q85.jpg (http://sports.webshots.com/photo/2202484710073664378thpLwb)

I paid for the heads to be resurfaced as was what my bill stated, also don said he "had no idea they were not clean" but.....he put the engine together. Look at the old sealant still there as he was about to torque it down

http://inlinethumb60.webshots.com/43963/2233563090073664378S500x500Q85.jpg (http://sports.webshots.com/photo/2233563090073664378LeDOFa)

One side of the engine mount had a bolt missing, this was the other side

http://inlinethumb31.webshots.com/44254/2404003470073664378S500x500Q85.jpg (http://sports.webshots.com/photo/2404003470073664378XALuee)

REUSED bearings, also one was down to the COPPER!

http://inlinethumb12.webshots.com/10891/2307625840073664378S500x500Q85.jpg (http://sports.webshots.com/photo/2307625840073664378RWeeWU)

Ill post pictures of the RODS he "chased" or re-threaded to get to work. Jeremy-VR4 was there when he stated that.......but he told me "usually I just replace it, that is how i do things"

Other photos I cant post as my lawyer said it wouldnt help the case to post ALL the issues as I agree, I assure you I have over 100 photos with issues found to my engine that will help me in the case

If you type in Don Walker HRD in google, you will find 4-5 write ups alone on him personally. If you ever wanted to be know worldwide Don you sure did it!

[berryw]

wow.... all i can say is wow.... hope everything works out for you....

[prophecymiller]

That is horrible...:( Don should be forced to give you a full refund plus money to fix everything. I've read a few other complaints exactly like this about him. I don't want to advocate a witch hunt here as I am very good friends with a diesel mechanic that has educated me with how some customers want free service and aren't happy with anything, but I've read too many complaints exactly like this to just be a few unhappy customers. It may be worth a shot to collaborate with others who are in this situation to bring it to the courts and put an end to all of this scammery.

[prophecymiller]

Its a shame you banned Jack, a trustworthy person trying to help out the community but whatever you all think.

I don't think many here thought that way...it just simply got a little heated and the rules were probably broken.

[Zeppelin]

Its a shame you banned Jack, a trustworth person trying to help out the community but whatever you all think.

First off, welcome to the forums. Even though you don't appear to own a DSM you are welcome to join and contribute to the boards. Please read the rules since threads like this can get out of hand rather quickly.

With that said, since you're a new member I'm sure you have no idea on what Jack did to get himself banned. Many of the members here also don't know what happened behind the scenes since moderators and admins have cleaned up most of the trash to keep this a friendly site to all members. Jack and all other banned members were given plenty of chances to abide by the rules but decided not to. We are sorry to see Jack go since he used to be a great contributer to the boards.

Good luck with your issues, hopefully all problems between you and Don will be worked out and you can both come to an agreement that can get these issues resolved.

[rlarsen]

And for the love of god, paragraph breaks...those first 3 posts are practically unreadable.

EDIT: Now that I've had a chance to plow through that wall and view the pictures, I'm finding it hard to believe there is a defensible position here for Don. We don't engage in vendor headhunting here (despite the fact that we do not have paid vendor sponsors), however the pictures tell a pretty ugly story. Keep this thread clean and fact-based without resorting to name-calling and flaming.

[Doric]

Keep this thread clean and fact-based without resorting to name-calling and flaming.
If for no other reason than the fact that it helps your position. Whenever I see a battle online between A and B, I typically side with the more mature (not to be confused with age) of the two.

[Supra98st]

Thanks for the welcome, even though I dont own a DSM i posted this so that you as friends in the sport of auto tuning can be aware of shops like this. It kills me to hear when others have this happen and then to have it happen to me is just horrific when you paid someone over $11K to do work while your deployed so that they can have "fun" money to pay the bills.

[Darkmood]

Wow. Now that I can see the pictures since I'm not at work that is just disturbing. That poor Supra. Best of luck to you.

[rlarsen]

I'm having a hard time getting past the apparent situation of "pay someone $10,000+ and wait 1.5 yrs to destroy a car". Looking forward to Don's response here.

[Supra98st]

Hes talking to his lawyer this weekend, I told him to feel free to have him call me and ill give him my lawyers number to talk. So that is where we stand right now, were just waiting on a settlement or full blown case

[JeremyVR-4]

He needs to have his doors closed till he understands what the problem is... He also better have a dumptruck full of stashed $, or a great general liability policy. Just my .02.

[Doric]

I know it doesn't help the conversation in the slightest, but I really, really want a Supra. I need another "let's go from a 60-roll" car.

[Zeppelin]

I know it doesn't help the conversation in the slightest, but I really, really want a Supra. I need another "let's go from a 60-roll" car.

No Mike, no. :p

[JOHNNYCASH]

I am never a person to take my car to a shop when I can do the work myself, but in issues like my transmission I had too. I am a veteran too, and this just pisses me off. For one I have seen Don's work and I am not pleased, Don I have only met you a couple of times but in those times you have not convinced of your work or reliability of your shop. For everyone that gets taken for hundreds to thousands of dollars from him or any other shops, you have been warned. Honestly if your on a forum like this, you can meet OG's and talk to them... not only get the same work (IF NOT BETTER!!) done at cheaper rates. Not to take business from established shops, but you have to know when and where to take your business too. I would like to see what Don can add to this, before I continue on with remarks.

Paul

[Doric]

Honestly, at this point, Don is best served by keeping his mouth shut on this until it's resolved to the satisfaction of the Supra owner. In the court of public opinion, anything he says can and likely will be held against him.

[rlarsen]

Yeah I probably should have been more clear in my previous post. I am not interested in seeing Don post a response here, I am interested in finding out what his response to the customer and this situation is.

[Mr. Moose]

Lawyers here are $225 an hour so if Don decides he doesnt want to pay I will recoup that money as well in the case, my attorney told me were looking at a min of 10 hours and max of triple that ......so pay me $9,500 or pay me $16,000 + anguish (another couple thousand) with a criminal record on yourself and a your shop.......easy EASY choice

Better ask your lawyer about how he or she intends to get attorney's fees added to your claim...

And in Colorado, you can't threaten criminal actions in order to gain an advantage in a civil case, so if you're thinking about pressing criminal charges, either do it or don't, but don't expect that your lawyer will use that "chip" in your civil case.

Good luck with your outcome, no matter which way you go.

[Supra98st]

Well remember its anguish fees, not lawyer fees ;) We will see what Don decides to do come monday, I even agreed to pay for everything that WAS done as well which is around $3,000 but he still has to "think about it" and get back to me....so im certianly being more then Christian here

[formergper]

Sorry that happend to you. That is why I never want to take my car to anyone. Where at in Iraq were you? I am in Ramadi right now, also what unit?


Steve

[john]

Wow. Just effin wow. How is Diamond Don still in business? How come he's not experienced personal injury and/or violence due to his "workmanship" and "work ethic"?

[Mr. Moose]

Well remember its anguish fees, not lawyer fees ;) We will see what Don decides to do come monday, I even agreed to pay for everything that WAS done as well which is around $3,000 but he still has to "think about it" and get back to me....so im certianly being more then Christian here

$10 says you get no satisfaction. Generally, if someone has your money, they would already have given it back to you, since it's obvious that the work you paid for is not done. Under those circumstances, negotiation is usually a delay and waste of time. Get your case filed, served, and a trial date, and you may see a different response. Otherwise, status quo prevails...

[Supra98st]

I completely agree, but remember this chance 4 so itll go on the old bed post as me giving him more then enought times to resolve this issue. I understand what you are saying and agree

[JeremyVR-4]

$10 says you get no satisfaction. Generally, if someone has your money, they would already have given it back to you, since it's obvious that the work you paid for is not done. Under those circumstances, negotiation is usually a delay and waste of time. Get your case filed, served, and a trial date, and you may see a different response. Otherwise, status quo prevails...

I agree about the status quo prevailing on dragging your feet. One thing he may have the upper hand on... I thought if you sued a company in district court and the stated value is above the county court maximum the company can't self represent unless they're staffing a State Licensed Attorney. For HRD that means $5000-$10,000 right off the bat.

Colorado is a prevailing party state and Don's going to get crushed after the photo documentation. He charged for new and refurbished parts and they were never replaced. He also lied about taking Ryan’s car to a professional painter, royally ****ed his motor, and absolutely devalued the car.

Regardless of what Don will say Ryan’s car has never been out of Don's possession. Everything that was done to **** this car was 100% Don, no excuses. DD has absolutely no leg to stand on as he turned a $30,000 car into a $2000 pile of garbage.

In my head I already hear, "Judgment to the plaintiff, in the amount of $20,000 plus attorney fees!" The 9K out is an easy out! If it were I and these were pictures of my car... I'd be pissed and would definitely make him spend a fortune to teach him a lesson about standing on principle. Friend or no friend, I’d go straight to court man!

[JeremyVR-4]

Yeah I probably should have been more clear in my previous post. I am not interested in seeing Don post a response here, I am interested in finding out what his response to the customer and this situation is.

When he does... remind me to thank him for busting out numbers matching glass instead of hiring a professional glass puller. :cool:

[Supra98st]

Yea he told me as well he needs to CRACK glass when taking it out!?(dons way of saving money, like the paint) as I had 3windows removed in the past and they never broke any glass in my driveway. I was like what! I tell him no your wrong and hire someone....fast forward......he seems suprized at how the glass was taken out? He tells me how he amazed that they used certian tools to get it out, and was amazed at the cost!? So that means hes never ever had someone pull glass at his shop.

This goes on to show, not a qualified shop

[JeremyVR-4]

Yup, I had a feeling about no research, experience, or planning being involved. This would be like someone hiring me to build an addition onto their house and leaving to Europe for 1 year. They come back 400 days later and much to their surprise their entire house was gutted and the windows and doors were missing. I'd stand right next to them so proud and say,

"Well, what do you think? Did it all myself... It needs some work but its going to look great! Oh, and sorry about the furniture and what not. Obviously with the doors missing and windows busted we had a problem with looters and homeless people.

So ehhh, could I get a check?"

:D

[Supra98st]

If you have been wronged by HRD please pm me

Thanks

[jonvr4]

Funny how he hasn't responded... Hopefully this shuts his doors for good. I feel bad for you man! Esp after knowing that you were in iraq fighting for us while this guy decided to molest your sweet car. If you need any help getting it together I wouldn't mind taking a day to drive down there and give you a hand, that's just horrible.

http://www.crankwalk.net/2.html

[rlarsen]

Keep it civil guys. Frankly, I could care less if Don posts here or not, frankly we don't need the inevitable drama. What I want to find out is whether the situation was taken care of to the OP's satisfaction (well, as satisfied as you can be with what's left of his car judging by the pictures).

Please stick to facts and refrain from namecalling.

[BlueVelocity]

No Mike, no. :p


Agreed!! LOL
No Mike, no Supra, no Camaro, no Mustang, etc...
What you need to do is start modding the wifeys 1G. :D

So sorry Supra guy, the pics make me wanna cry.

[drcustom]

I'm sure we'll hear about it, but Don PM'd me about some parts a couple weeks ago, and said he was going out of the country for a couple weeks...my guess is that he doesn't even know about this yet.

[rlarsen]

According to the original post/story, he is in China?

[Overkill]

Don is back and I doubt he will respond in here as it would be stupid of him since lawyers are involved. This thread will remain open until Supra98ST has reached a closure with Don on this.

[performancevision]

Wish Don would close his shop and maybe try to make a (maybe one of his own?) car run once in awhile. Does anything he turn out actually stay together?

Doe's that FC "hillclimb" car even run after 2 years? I know he doesn't have a DSM that can make it past 1000 miles of break-in.

[TerryLiv]

Wish Don would close his shop and maybe try to make a (maybe one of his own?) car run once in awhile. Does anything he turn out actually stay together?

Doe's that FC "hillclimb" car even run after 2 years? I know he doesn't have a DSM that can make it past 1000 miles of break-in.

Steve,

This verbiage is considered member bashing and is not tolerated. Please refrain.

Terry

[Doric]

Agreed!! LOL
No Mike, no Supra, no Camaro, no Mustang, etc...
What you need to do is start modding the wifeys 1G. :D
She already thinks she can take the GTO with it. :D

[Overkill]

She already thinks she can take the GTO with it. :D

In the snow she can Mike, but enough cluttering this thread with off topic banter everyone. Thank you!

[Supra98st]

Dons back, he knows, negotiations in progress, lawyers involved, no resolution, looking like court soon

[performancevision]

Steve,

This verbiage is considered member bashing and is not tolerated. Please refrain.

Terry

I understand Terry. But this isn't an ordinary "member".

To be quite blunt, CODsm.org is getting quite a reputation for sticking up for guys like Don "The Con" Walker on other sites, which I doubt you'd like.
Harboring criminals on a performance website is something I personally wouldn't want to associate myself with.

My suggestion? I suggest Don is banned for life from this site Terry. You and I both know he deserves it.

Simply put, if I had been warned 3 years ago about this guy, I would have saved THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.

That's all I'll have to say as far as bashing this "member", as I will adhere to your rules.

Thank you.

[sbiggi]

To be quite blunt, CODsm.org is getting quite a reputation for sticking up for guys like Don "The Con" Walker on other sites, which I doubt you'd like.
Harboring criminals on a performance website is something I personally wouldn't want to associate myself with

I only get that impression from Jack, if he got off his high horse he probably wouldnt have been banned.

but I agree Don should be banned. I think everyone should know by now that he is nothing but a conartist, and we dont need his BS posted here. Anyone who has seen his work knows he has no business giving anyone "advise"

[TheJanitor]

He was defending himself against people like you that cant stop bringing his name up. Jeeze hes been banned for like a month and people still cant stop talking about him, its pathetic.

[bringit]

It blows my mind how you (Supra98st) can stay so calm and keep paying him money. There is no way I would.

[sbiggi]

He was defending himself against people like you that cant stop bringing his name up. Jeeze hes been banned for like a month and people still cant stop talking about him, its pathetic.

Lol ok. If you post outside of this forum, he brings it up constantly. Besides, the op was in context of what has been posted on coloradoracing.net, where all the info was copied and pasted from.

Anyways......

[JSMCPN]

Don is not a private CoDSM member, he is a Vendor that makes (takes?) money from members and other Colorado car enthusiasts. His company URL is in his signature, and HRD is subject to public scrutiny.

VENDORS: You need to carry yourself on local forums like a professional representative of your business, and EXPECT people to complain about unsatisfactory service. Be prepared to deal with it like a professional. Have you forgotten that the customer is always right? We MIGHT sometimes be wrong in reality, but that doesn't make it OK to jerk us around, and it sure won't help your reputation.
Customers deserve more than the ILLUSION of a job well done.

CUSTOMERS: Make your complaint private at first, give a vendor the chance to make things right before you go public. Then if you don't get taken care of, DO go public, but always be honest with yourself and others. Buyer's remorse sucks, try not to let it affect your side of the story.

[TerryLiv]

I understand Terry. But this isn't an ordinary "member".

To be quite blunt, CODsm.org is getting quite a reputation for sticking up for guys like Don "The Con" Walker on other sites, which I doubt you'd like.
Harboring criminals on a performance website is something I personally wouldn't want to associate myself with.

My suggestion? I suggest Don is banned for life from this site Terry. You and I both know he deserves it.

Simply put, if I had been warned 3 years ago about this guy, I would have saved THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.

That's all I'll have to say as far as bashing this "member", as I will adhere to your rules.

Thank you.

Steve,

Thanks for your explanation. It should work out as you hope, only it will take more time.

Terry

[Hemicolt]

What is going to take more time terry? I don't see why he hasn't been bannned and you guys keep defending this guy...

[t_jolt]

My take on this, this is a public board. What he said, she said, is to be determined by the courts. Until this plays out. you cant ban him until he breaks the board rules.
just my .02

[TerryLiv]

What is going to take more time terry? I don't see why he hasn't been bannned and you guys keep defending this guy...

I am not sure who you are referring to when you say "you guys". What defense have you seen from the COE or moderators? Relax for a while and it will work out.

Terry

[Administrator]

Simply put, if I had been warned 3 years ago about this guy, I would have saved THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.


Supra98ST was warned about Don 3 years ago and still decided to use him. Banning Don is not going to keep this from happening, but as you all wish he is banned and can never harm anyone again. :rolleyes:

[rlarsen]

EDIT: Looks like Jared made an executive decision while I was typing this. Case closed I guess.

You guys all really need to chill out with blaming CoDSM for banning or not banning someone.

This is the last I'm going to say about Jack: He repeatedly asked to be excused from the site HIMSELF. Coupled with his frequent breaking of the site rules (and don't pretend he's the only person banned or disciplined for inflammatory behavior), this was more than enough to relieve him of forum access.

This is the last thing I'm going to say about Don: Don doesn't have a spotless record with specific regard to the forum rules, either, but he has generally remained in check. To date (excluding the possible outcome of this thread), within the context of this forum and its members, no concrete evidence has been presented which would allow us to ban him on extraordinary grounds (criminal behavior, etc.). As Terry said, the outcome of this situation with Supra98gst will have bearing on Don's continued membership on this forum.

Keep in mind that when you are biased yourself towards one side of an issue or another, that maintaining impartiality (as CoDSM management has attempted to uphold) will frequently appear to be favoritism.

If everyone will will just settle down and wait this out, you might be surprised that we're actually competent enough to do the right thing. :)

[Supra98st]

Thanks to all who let me know they were screwed by Don, this will help not only me out but you all out in the future. If you were screwed please PM me

[john]

Dons back, he knows, negotiations in progress, lawyers involved, no resolution, looking like court soon

Best of luck to you.

[Supra98st]

Its amazing how many people are coming forward to me. Ive gotten a list of a ton of people even from other countries this guy has tried to screw

[Doric]

Has anything happened with this?

[Supra98st]

Waiting on my court date, that is whats happening. I get it this week so were closer.....

[Mr. Moose]

When is your court date?

[Supra98st]

Court date has been set! A long time ahead but at least were set now!

[HisandHerTurbo]

Good luck, holy bejesus, I remember me and you talking about this before we left for Iraq........... I was scared for you then......... but DA*N......... Didn't think it would go this bad, holy. Hows the car? :(

JOE

[Supra98st]

Ill send you a pm on the car, check out coloradoracing.net under the speed image section as they are in charge of the rebuild to get specs. Yea I dont know why it takes so long for a court date but oh well at least I have a count down now : )

[Supra98st]

If you have been taken by this shop please contact me so I can help you all

[JSMCPN]

You've made progress, I assume? :D

[rlarsen]

Yes, if you are able to publicly share any info I'm sure the forum would like some closure on this issue.

Hopefully you got everything you deserved after this debacle.

[Supra98st]

I cant give any details as to what is going on, not cause im not going anywhere but its where im going and what I know that cant be released. My court case is the first month of 2011. I will be posting the court days (2 day trial by jury) and times around the forums so who ever wants to attend to show me support can. As my list grows I have MANY(no i wont give numbers) people attending as far a the east coast to the west coast (no lie, that is coast to coast) flying to either testify or sit on my side to show the jury how many people have been effected by this guy. I have made significant progress and found many many chunks of evidence, scam tactics, and stories from around the globe by posting my story online, even people in Canada effected from him. I have gotten 3-4 emails a month for a year now of people that have been ruined by this shop or wanted advice on how to move forward all documented and in touch. The problem is Don Walker reads all these posts so I cant sit here and tell everyone what is going on, whos talking to me, who ive talked to, what steps have been taken as he sits here and reads things that could benefit him in some way. Mr. Walker thinks he has done nothing wrong, but hell to lie to everyone else for years and scam them, why not start to lie to yourself and eventually youll start to believe it right? I will let you all know 1.5 months out so I can get a list of whom is attending my case from around the world and present that list to my attorneys so we can tell everyone whom is involved in the case why you all showed up here and what the reasons are. I appreciate everyones help in letting me know what happened and I hope to continue to get more stories as the months move on......were at 4 months and counting


So In lue of getting TONS of emails I decided to help out some people that may need it for this shop as most people think that COURT is so expensive which is true, but also very untrue. Heres some info Ive learned that you all need to take with you if you want to do this the cheap and easy way without lawyers. Im not going to post details on how to go about it but information on how to proceed.

1) So you have been taken by a shop, your broke, your a teenager, you can afford any more money then the $5,000 you gave them by working all summer or saving up all year. You go to to the shop and find out that the motor this shop rebuilt for you blew up, the bearings reused, the block never honed right, and the head never cleaned and gasket never removed. So what do you do.

2) Im going to sue since this guy or shop thinks hes done nothing wrong by stealing your money and using $500 of the $5000 on actually working on it. But remember you have been drained so what money to use to sue him?

3) If your damage is up to $7500 in the State of Colorado you can go to Small Claims Court. Its $300 to file and $25-$50 to serve him the papers of apperance. Once served and filed youll get a court date and all it cost you was $300-$400 to get him there and your off to trial. No lawyers but remember its your word against his so make sure you papers, pictures, and shop testimonies, story, and reciepts are all in order so you dont stutter and forget what happened when you stand there in front of your judge. Also there are Laws of Statue which means you have 6 months to a year to file a lawsuit on a crime or incident meaning if your car is there for 11 months then get to a court house fast cause after a certian amount of days you can file it anymore and your screwed. See law suits are cheap!

4) Use the Credit Card so your warrantied for an extra 90 days. What I mean is most credit cards have a fraud policy (90 days). I lost my claim as I was deployed and gone so after a year there was no way to get my money back, yet. So make a contract with the shop, have them sign it, tell them your not paying anything but 10% down on the project on your credit card and youll pay them in full when the car is completed and if not done in 3-4 months your taking it, wont pay for ANY LABOR work done(make sure its signed and in the contract) and you want your deposit back. (NOTE: After 3 months and 1 day YOU TAKE THE CAR any way possible, its in the contract, they failed, you win) I wish I would have done that. If the shop says no then MOOOOVE on to a legit shop cause there a scam artisit. Most shops will do the 10% down for parts and that and is legal. 10% now and full when its done, so $500 isnt nothing if you lose it from a scam compared to $5000 and if you pay in full when you get your car on the Credit Card, your guarunteed an extra 90 days warranty from them basically (for fraud). DONT PAY AS YOU GO!!!! If they make you do that as well LEAVE RIGHT AWAY, and move on, you dont pay as you go cause then when its done and its 9 months later guess what.....no credit card help anymore!!!! So basically after you drive it on I-25 and it blows up from an un named shop, take it back and call the Credit Card company to report fraud and WHAM you got your cash back until they fix it again and guess what YOU HAVE A SIGNED CONTRACT!!! Youll get your cash back and all the shop stole from you is $500 and 2 years of your time.

5) If you catch the shop in lies, or scams all provable you need to IMMEDIATLY contact that districts attorney. Not in a week, now. Call up the cities DISTRICT ATTORNEY, did I say cops......no (theyll tell you its civial and you waisted your time) You need to call the District Attorney and talk to there investigation unit, youll set up a time to talk and BRING ALL DOCUMENTS and plan on a testimoney. Dont waist there time on anything but FRAUD AND THEFT. They dont do "he dented my car" he took my favorite bobble head figure" all they deal with is crime. YOU need to report this crime to them as soon as you can and be persistant. Just cause your 16 does not mean there going to blow you off and if they do then get your parents involved cause this is a serious crime.(who cares if dad or mom goes with, your taking a crook to meet justice you should be proud) if its legit and provable they want you there. If you dont know what fraud is then look it up in the dictionary, cause fraud, scams, stealing, misrepresentation, misleading stories, stating he did work that wasnt actually done, saying parts are new or refurbished without documentation or proof, using a customers credit card without authorization ect are all cases of fraud. If they move forward with your case then you it will go to trial under a criminal court case (EX: you have all seen Special Victims Unit where the victim is talking to a lawyer in court, the defendent (shop) loses and is hauled to jail with accounts of fraud, theft, 2 years in prison, and fees up to $100K yada yada) That is a District Attorney talking there(paid for by the state), not a Civil Attorney (unless your a defendant) If you get a Criminal Case for your situation and the shop is guilty then go to a Civil one month later all research, proof, accounts, and charges by the state can all be brought up in that case as well, so its kinda like a double whammy. As a defendant you cant argue things in your Civil case that have already been proven Criminally by the state, so you are already ahead of the race with accounts of whatever they slam on that shop. (A great example would be OJ simpson, ruled inoccent by the state, and ruled guilty by the cival case)

6) If you are in deep water with 10K+ spent and a shop ruined your car and has had it for 1.5 years then go get a lawyer. In the state of Colorado you can claim fault, fraud, incompetance, of a shop under the Consumer Act and get TRIPLE the costs of TOTAL Damages (every penny spent including lawyers fees X 3) if you win Example: 10K X 3 = $30K, 35K X 3 = 105K, 60K X 3=180K. Plan on spending money to take this guy to court and plan on a longgggg wait to get a trial. If he fails to show guess what YOU WIN. So if its serious talk to a lawyer and handle it that way. They know what you dont know, or need to know

I hope this helps out for you all and I hope you can use it in the future on your projects. Remember if the shop makes you pay more then 10% down and pay me as I go,then LEAVE and move on, theres other shops around that will do it right. Good luck!

[HisandHerTurbo]

Good info, I hope the people who this could help in the future actually read this PRIOR to something.

[cotsi95]

Great info for anyone that is looking to get their car fixed or modded by a shop! Good luck with your case!

[magikgsx]

This is very dissapointing. Been gone for a while. I see some major things have transspired for the bad.

Good luck man.

[Supra98st]

******UPDATE********

Keep sending your stories to the Adams County Investigation unit as the more there pile goes up the more there digging deeper, and my foot is more then in the door with my investigation. I love adding you to my stack of people so email me but you need to call them and report your shop dealings.

My Court date with Donald Allen Walker is on January 24th 2011 at the Adams County Court house, and records can be found online. I would like all to come to support me that have been effected in anyway by him, his wife, his shop, or his dealing selling parts or having bought parts. I already have a large list of speakers so I dont need anymore of that but support will show the courts what this kind of guy is like that I have the 20+ people sitting behind me when they ask that I have talked to in the past year.

Don Walker has already lost 3 court cases very similar to mine that were waaaaayyyyy less indeph then this one so this will be a cake walk when I go. Ive taked to all 3 people that have sued Don Walker and won which gave me alot of insight on how this case will most likely be opened and close. I suggest you remove all cars or parts from him that you can real soon if you have been holding off to do so before this case begins and ends so you can get your parts back without hassle, and before the verdict is read so when we start to liquidate all of his "assets" which are being researched as we speak you are already ahead of the game.

[rlarsen]

Sounds like he finally pissed off the wrong person. Here's hoping you get everything that's owed to you and more for the **** you've been through.

[Supra98st]

No sounds like he finally screwed the wrong person. Ive talked to seriously 20+ people and NOT ONE can say one good thing about Don, nor his shop, or his workmanship.........NOT ONE PERSON.That is 20+ people screwed by him but dont worry the legal system is trying to fix that as wek speak : )

That is why hes going to be sued 4 times now, he gets sued about every 1.2 years, and this one will really set him back.

[HisandHerTurbo]

WOW! Glad it's going good for you, I bet you wouldn't of thought before we went to iraq and were talking about our cars and his shop, that it would be like this 2 yrs later.

[Supra98st]

^^^ Yeah but shoot me your email and ill show you what the car looks like now! : )

[john]

Bury this guy, man.

[HisandHerTurbo]

Bury this guy, man.

no no no, murder isn't an option, I wanted to do it for him, but following the law was the smarter way........... lol

[rlarsen]

I think John meant financially bury him. And then bury the shovel.

[HisandHerTurbo]

I think John meant financially bury him. And then bury the shovel.

lol, really?.........ha ha, i know, gotta make jokes

[rlarsen]

Well with this clownshoe, I could reasonably expect someone to be serious when discussing murdering him.

[HisandHerTurbo]

Well with this clownshoe, I could reasonably expect someone to be serious when discussing murdering him.

ha ha, yeah, no chit right! lol..........

[Dark_Horse]

Yesterday was the court date. Any updates on what happened?

[my1997gsx]

+1

[Supra98st]

[QUOTE=Supra98st;38225]DWALKER (Don Walker, Donald Walker, Fusionsport, Firestarter, 3r_tech, crankwalkdotnet(ebay), don.walker1@comcast.net, don.walker@crankwalk.net, don@crankwalk.net, Don-HRD, Dwalker(Why make so many names and emails??? Read Below) from Commerce City(Aurora) Colorado Posts here and claims to be a Porsche mechanic and tuner of ALL EMS and ECUS. General Automotive Service / Grid-1, 4940 Niagara st, Commerce City Colorado 80022

[Overkill]

If there is a conclusion to this mess I would to hear it! Your quote above really does not shed any light on what happened in court.

[cotsi95]

I agree i want to know what happened

[burnett03]

Update?

[drcustom]

The suspense!

PS - for anyone taking this advice (and for the OP) just cause you sue the crap out of someone and win doesn't actually mean you'll get any money.

[my1997gsx]

Update?

+1

[Overkill]

A little bird told me the case was settled, however I don't know the details involved, but hopefully the OP can state the outcome so we can close the thread.

[Supra98st]

Don pleaded guilty to the tranny fraud and took the DA plea bargin, one year probation and itll whipe clean if he stay out of trouble, if not itll go on his record. He still nedds to balls up and pay me as per the settlement agreement, but if he doesnt in a year itll go on his criminal record.

Other then that hes claimed bankruptcy in December 2010 and everything is in his wifes name, the shop is, the house is, the cars are, yet he tells everyone the porsche is his wifes fathers whos in china? Okay guy right! He has has 3 civil judgements against him and one criminal one, mine againt him. My civil one fell through as he knows how to scam and will keep doing it unless you all get the word out. Hell be back

Keep a look out as he now owns a race team and operates it out of his General Automotive Services or "GAS" shop called RSR Limited which his wife owns, but you cant run two businesses out of one shop so that is going to get him in the ass soon. I dont know how a bankrupt guy is selling 2 cars, a huge trailer, then gets 2 new model RX8's to race on a "team" and has an older one as well?? But good luck to whomever gets there face blown off by a rotary motor going threw the chassis of the car. You wont get any money for those surgeries, Chip!

That is all for now, hes scamming some other people right now for some other things but they found my posts online and are as well in a hunt.

New emails hes rocking out, I think this is close to #14, but like any scammer you have to keep mixing it up!

dwalker.930@gmail.com
rsrlimited@gmail.com
don@grid-1.net

Good luck and IF ANY OF YOU NEED HELP I will point you to where it needs to go only if its ilegal and you have proof, my vow to the people of Colorado to keep crap off the streets!

[cotsi95]

he is also using gasdenver@gmail.com. He tried to sell me a 6 bolt short block and i never responded when I saw his name.

[Supra98st]

That is why I make posts like these! Thanks for your feedback!

[HisandHerTurbo]

still waiting to see the car.......... havent seen it since before we left

[Supra98st]

I have complete photos of when I was selling it, it since has been sold to a person who wanted to remain hidden of his purchase down in Texas and so I will keep it a secret.

I got what I wanted for the car but after everything I just wanted the car to pay the bills and for it to go somewhere new. Like another person told me Don just ruins peoples interest in there hobbies and I just wanted the car gone, and that is what happened to me as well. I just wanted to get rid of it and If I ever were to start again ill be doing things myself, with my own choice of builders, my own choice of painters, and ill peice the cars together myself.

But shoot me your email and ill send on photos.

If I could recommend a shop itll be Speed Image Performance in Denver, they built my car right, they built it the way it was suppose to be done. There a great shop, and I would not worry going there again. I even told Moe that if I get another car in the future he will be building the motor and trans for me. Its the only time my car never leaked, never made noises, and drove like car should drive was after it was in his hands

[Supra98st]

UPDATE: Now works at Grid-1 Motorsports , 3900 South Mariposa Street, Englewood, CO 80110

RSR Limited still at 4940 Niagara st, commerce city colorado ????

[burnett03]

His facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Grid-1-Motorsports/219053794772050

You'll notice he never deleted my comment ;)

[JeremyVR-4]

Who is Grid - 1 and who owns it? I don't think it's Don's venture. I think Grid and Don are different people?

Damn, this has been going on for years... You ever going to lay it to rest and just move on? You guys are on the cusp of becoming internet stalkers. :cool:

[Overkill]

Going to lock this one up as it has served its original purpose.