Vlad's Horrible Job on Yan's M3

[Jake]

This thread is only for those directly involved. If this cannot be respected this thread will be closed.

Jake

[brutus87]

I hope you get whats coming to you VLAD.

[Ara.]

Well, look at the bright side, now you can gut the shit out of it and turn it into a nice track toy :D

[redphu72]

Reputation and trust means everything in this "niche" type of business. Your took payment in return for a pledge to deliver a service; you did not do this.
Take the medical field for instance, you think you can say, "Well sorry we cut off the wrong leg, come back, and we'll take car of the right one". Whatever the resolution, I would never go to your shop because you've lost credibility. Be glad that Yan is not one of those soldiers who have come back w/ PTSD. I'm just saying.

[Don Nguyen]

Has anyone who was at the meet able to comment on how the car looked? Seems like people who are so detailed would have noticed at least one of those problems that were shown in the pictures.

[LeeVuong]

Hi Yan

I wonder if any resolution was reached with Vlad.

[archie]

Yan, hello!
Where we at with the re spray?
Operation Archiesfest went into full effect in January for you. Hope that donation from everyone helped. Cant wait to see it.

[Yan-3]

Hey guys, well as for now, im still saving up for a proper paint job, Im planning on driving the car as is for now and when I have enough to do a proper respray it will go to a shop that I can visit on a daily basis and see the work first hand, and I will only pay once I see the end result and am happy with it. Vlad never contacted back, never appologized. I have chosen to put it behind me, true it hurts everytime i see the flaws and Vlad comes to mind, but I have to get over it now and press on, I lost 6K to Vlad, yes but I have my car and it still puts a smile on my face when I drive it.

If there is one thing I can say from all of this, its to stay away from Vlad and if you have a slight gut feeling deep inside you that someone is shady or something does not seem right, get because it probably is.

[El KuRLy]

Hey Yan, how's it going? Sorry for what happened. Just saw this. don't know how I missed it. still on the east coast?

[LeeVuong]

... Vlad never contacted back, never appologized.

Yet he has the nerve to show up here and post...

[Yan-3]

Hey Yan, how's it going? Sorry for what happened. Just saw this. don't know how I missed it. still on the east coast?

yea on the east coast! you should fly out, better yet drive across in the M3.

[ALINE_M5]

Yan good to see that you are enjoying your car still after the ordeal. The respray shouldn't cost that much more since have a base to start with. Fix some minor things and just respray. Or is there still more work to be repaired? If the paint is good in most parts then do you need to respray it completely? I know a few things were damaged but they seemed minor.

I am getting mine done now - a complete respray. A good respray is not cheap but are you sure you need one?

[El KuRLy]

yea on the east coast! you should fly out, better yet drive across in the M3.

Haha. Well, I am a little closer. Now live in Vegas. Do want to drive accross the states but won't be for a while since I just became a dad. Had a boy, 3 weeks old.

[ElGato]

Story picked up by Jalopnik, with an interview from Vlad.
http://jalopnik.com/5923689/meet-vla...mous-bmw-owner

[Andyman746]

wow now its gone REALLY viral