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Car Forum / Nissan / Nissan Z Cars / September 2004Attention Steve T.
Background (for the public): Steve emailed me & offered to sell me a thermostat housing for $20. I didn't know if that was a bare housing or if it came with the sensor(s) I need, so I wrote back & said I thought that was a *tad* high (my exact words), then asked if it included the sensor (which would have made it a good price). He wrote back & said I was cheap & that he'd rather throw it out than sell it to me at any price. I wrote back but have not heard back from him, so here is my response. Hi Steve, Just wanted to let you know I'm not cheap; I'm poor. I've made less than an average of $1500 per year for the last 5 years, since the f**king THEIVES stole almost everything I had worked for for the past 15 years (at that time). I had to sell the home that my parents & I built, on 2 1/2 acres that had been in the family for forty years! Using that equity I've just now gotten back to the point of where I was in 1989. I'm currently living in my moving van, without a well (I have to bring in 5 gals. of water at a time, & put it on top of the van running through a black hose just to take an outdoor shower), with no money & no income. I'm trying to sell what I can & take in some paint work (auto body, paint, fiberglass, custom work) or web work (site design, graphics, hosting, etc.) to pay my phone & elec. bills. I'll find the housing & sensor somewhere else, or if I can't I'll find a trans & put the 283 in it. You asked me not to email you, so I have deleted all of your emails & removed your website from my favorites. The site sucks anyway, & your boss has never even answered my previous email. Don't worry I won't bother you again (as per your request). Hell if my insurance hadn't ran out I would be able to drive & probably would have already found the housing & had the car running again anyway... ~ Paul aka "Tha Driver" BTW: if anyone wants a *NICE* mild custom '83 ZX 5-speed that just needs a thermostat housing (for the '80 engine) & the engine dropped in you can see pics here (botton of page): http://angelonearth.net/carparts/ Giggle Cream - it makes dessert *funny*! > Background (for the public): > Steve emailed me & offered to sell me a thermostat housing for $20. I [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > good price). He wrote back & said I was cheap & that he'd rather throw it > out than sell it to me at any price. ----------------------------------------- >Hi Steve, > $20 seems a tad high, Just forget it. I'd rather throw it away then listen to someone bitch about $20 being too much money. Sheeze I can't BELIEVE people are this CHEAP!!!! You have any idea what a new one costs? The sensor you want included is more than this! Good luck finding one cheaper, please don't e-mail or call me again. Steve -------------- That's the e-mail I sent. I said I'd rather throw it away than listen to someone BITCH about a bargain priced item. I explained for you in detail how to deal with this engine swap problem and what you had to do to make this engine work in that car. You wanted a good housing with a good thermostat and good sensors and -then- wanted to get it cheaper than $20? Sorry, that isn't worth my time screwing around with. I have to go pull it off a car and try to get the bolts out without breaking them, then deal with your money order (you say paypal is going to steal your money?) then box it up, ship it etc. I'm sure you'd then want me to throw in shipping or figure it to the penney? $20 is about half what we would normally sell something like this for, I was trying to do you a favor! A new lower half bare was over $75 when they were avalible. A new temp sensor is almost $40. Sorry you have personal/finacial problems, that isn't -my- problem. Thanx for airing our private e-mails in public and good luck finding one for less than I offered.  SignatureSteve http://www.atlantaracing.com Hi Steve, Thanks for responding. I just wanted to make sure you understood my situation. I didn't "bitch" about the price; I simply said that for a used bare housing I thought it was a "tad" high. Thus the reason for asking if it included the sensor, at which time I would have thought it was a *great* price. A simple misunderstang... Explain in detail? Sounds like you spent hours answering all kinds of questions. In fact you have told me about the sensor & if a '77 clutch/flywheel would fit. I *do* appreciate that, but it's hardly how to do a swap "in detail". I was thinking of coming down to pick it up, thus eliminating the need for you to bother with packing & shipping. I was also going to buy several other parts from you at the same time, & offer to give you the engine that came out of the car. It's a good engine except for a warped head. So throw it out if you like: hell I *had* to leave ALOT of good Z parts behind when I moved. And....I never said I wanted a "good housing with a good thermostat and good sensors and -then- wanted to get it cheaper than $20". I didn't need the thermostat (I have a new one already) - heck I could have probably used my sensor on the '80 housing too. I really don't care if I ever find another housing. I can probably just drill & tap the housing I have & install the original sensor. If not as I said I'll just junk all of the Nissan crap & put the 283 into it. I *hate* the fuel injection anyway as it's the one thing on any car I don't have the equipment to deal with. No hard feelings, in either event. ~ Paul aka "Tha Driver" Giggle Cream - it makes dessert *funny*! |
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