> I have >learned to take everything a little slower now anyway since owning a Vanagon! >-Loretta >87 Syncro >90 GL SLOW being the operative word, baby! That's why I bought a retro ex-East German diesel/kero turbine cowl housing from Chris and a GE-J492 straight JATO kit from Ken Wilfy. Chris just happened to have it lying around in his basement, and Ken always has a good supply of 1950's era turbojet motors. Even full airplanes in his backyard. But my beef with the whole deal was this superduper jet assisted thingamyjig was really and truly not as simple as they claimed: in fact, it was a bit of a pain in my bass to install. And what about 24 hour customer support? Where was it when I was trying to shoehorn a dadgum jet pod into the back of a frickin GL? I'll tell you: seriously lacking. I know I made those 3 a.m. calls to Pennsylvania, and Chris was fairly cordial, even though in a dead stupor. But *when* the heck do you people expect us weirdo's to do these kinds of projects? In the DAY time??? We have to make a living for crying out loud. And Chris just wasn't much help over the next 13 months while the install was ongoing. He claimed he didn't know much about fitting jet pods into GL's. Sounds fishy to me. And Wilfy didn't appreciate me pushing the "Ask Ken" button on his website about 600 times one Saturday. But he got over it. Heck, that's part of customer service. So I agree with you, but these vendors better get with the program is all I got to say. Horace
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