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Originally Posted by Cashburn
It's fine, I get your reasoning... but there is a reverse discrimination that exists and there's no sense fueling that fire. There are plenty of BDR and SPF owners (Kirkham, ERA, etc.) that posses the talent to build a car but not the time. Or the money they can make in that time far exceeds the return.
What makes a kit car economical is providing your time/labor at no cost. Once you factor in your time as money (for some people its a lot more than others) the value goes completely out the window.
We serviced a FFR for a local customer, you almost feel guilty billing them the actual time the labor on them costs ... but the "cheap" factor was removed when he started paying us to do it. That's reality.
Give respect, get respect.
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Jay,
Your reality is your own. Your distaste for FFR is frequently displayed here. I'm convinced now that it's simply paranoia. As you know, it's all about the builder's capability when we're talking kits . You don't sell kits. You have a controlled quality environment and FFR does not. At what point do you turn the product over for public consumption or critique? BDRs don't cross the pond in perfect form. Faaaaar from it. The "public" never sees what happens behind the scenes to make BDRs acceptable for delivery. That doesn't happen with a kit. A dealer has the ability to hide what's behind the scenes in prep work
before it hits the "public" so when it has it's debut, it's at it's best according to BDR standards. When you pick a garage built FFR off the street, you have no idea of the build stage of the project or the competence of the builder. Your continued comparison of your product to FFR is extremely tiring. My car was built in the USA with my own two hands. Madison, CT just for the record.