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SignUp Now!Thanks for sharing that video John!Consequently, I did not hear him udder the word "Garrett" at all in that video discussing the new HP technology so I'm assuming this technology was strictly R&D'd thru Precision.
Someone correct me if I am wrong but didn't PTE start off with the Buick guys?
Yep.. Harry did start out building turbos in his basement and Buicks were about 95%+ of his business. Mike Licht and I were the first two dealers he ever had. His wife answered the phone and he built the turbos.
I even went out and collected on a bad check for them when they were first starting out as someone wrote them a bad check for a COD and was local to me. Went to the courthouse and filed papers, visited the guy who wrote the bad check.. the whole 9 yards.
Course, then years later after Precision went big time, I was tossed aside as a dealer because I didnt do enough volume. So for years of promoting their business, spreading the word, selling their product and helping build them up, in return I got shown the door for not selling enough product.
There's more to the saga involving copying of chips, etc but Im going to refrain from putting that out there right now.
Yep.. Harry did start out building turbos in his basement and Buicks were about 95%+ of his business. Mike Licht and I were the first two dealers he ever had. His wife answered the phone and he built the turbos.
I even went out and collected on a bad check for them when they were first starting out as someone wrote them a bad check for a COD and was local to me. Went to the courthouse and filed papers, visited the guy who wrote the bad check.. the whole 9 yards.
Course, then years later after Precision went big time, I was tossed aside as a dealer because I didnt do enough volume. So for years of promoting their business, spreading the word, selling their product and helping build them up, in return I got shown the door for not selling enough product.
There's more to the saga involving copying of chips, etc but Im going to refrain from putting that out there right now.
WOW, Jay that is really unfortunate.
I hope that they hear about this and try to make amends.
Good catch Steve, I am not sure if they are allowed to say Garrett anymore...
Just kidding but from what I heard they have a full time engineer working on wheel design. The name escapes me but it was not Harry for sure.
I am looking forward to trying some of their new stuff.
Interesting video.
Honestly, if it wasn't for PTE, I would not be where I am today, nor would I have met my fiance Tracey.
Did I say that out loud?![]()
Patrick