Simply racing is a terrible shop

[Eastwood]

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[PowerGetter]

Sad situation to see unfold. I didn't really know Sergio, but I did interact with him years ago. He's knowledgeable and does his work -- but that's where it ends. Some people are just not cutout to be business owners, like him. They see the money come in and to some of these people, it just completely corrupts their soul. I hope everyone who was screwed can get something back and their insurance helps them out.

 

[Eastwood]

Sad situation to see unfold. I didn't really know Sergio, but I did interact with him years ago. He's knowledgeable and does his work -- but that's where it ends. Some people are just not cutout to be business owners, like him. They see the money come in and to some of these people, it just completely corrupts their soul. I hope everyone who was screwed can get something back and their insurance helps them out.

Knowledgeable? Maybe.

Does his work? Nope, lot of people would disagree about that now lol

 

[PowerGetter]

Knowledgeable? Maybe.

Does his work? Nope, lot of people would disagree about that now lol

He did when he was working for a shop -- and didn't own one. Which is my point unfortunately.

 

[Eastwood]

He did when he was working for a shop -- and didn't own one. Which is my point unfortunately.

When he was working at Studio RSR? Yeah he was probably getting stuff done since he was being trained by Cody and having his work checked on but he also got fired from there so yeah.

 

[mojo_jojo77777]

It’s hard to understand why a shop owner would go out like that. I think first off he took more work than he could handle

Pretty crazy, but isnt first time I've seen it happen. Some people just suck at managing time/costs.
Living in Houston during the early 2000's, I remember same shit happened with Hennessey and the Dodge Vipers in his shop. Now, somehow it all blew over and he's a household automotive "brand".

 

[rottmore]

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[Rensuhlo]

9:36

TlDR for us not wanting to waste 20 mins on that video

 

[rottmore]

TlDR for us not wanting to waste 20 mins on that video

You're such an asshole... that's why i like you lol

 

[Rensuhlo]

You're such an asshole... that's why i like you lol

Thank you, but I'm in a happy committed relationship with @razorlab. I don't think he's open to adding a third.

 

[mk5nate]

ok homies, this is an extremely long post, so heads up.



About 4.5 months ago, I had my MKV in at Simply racing, owner is Sergio. Had a radium fuel kit installed on my car. Fuel pump, lines, all that stuff. Install took a couple of days of back and forth because my car wouldn’t read the fuel level anymore, but it was done, so whatever. At that time I had also ordered a Wagner intake manifold, Serg told me it would take 30-90 days, but he sees them delivered usually by around day 60. Ok cool, I paid him the 2k, and there was about 700 bucks of credit I had towards him because he lost my Visconti fuel pump and wasn’t able to find it lmao.



So around the first week of November I get an opportunity to take over my cousins business, that is in Colorado. I jump on it and figured will have to make the move from SoCal to Denver the first week of January. So I hit Serg up the first week of November asking, if there’s been any changes on the intake manifold. He just reads my message and doesn’t reply, I tried multiple times to get in contact with him, but no avail.

So then finally I get fed up, call Wagner and they say, “we have no order under simply racing” So I sent Serg one more message on instagram, to which he replied to. He said I should “stop being a detective” as the order was placed under a different name, alright so I figured was my bad, and explained to him that I’ll be moving soon, so if we can cancel the Wagner order and get the remnant performance intake instead, as those were in stock.





I explained to him, with the holidays coming up, things are gonna get busy and since I myself am a truck driver, I’m rarely home as well. I apologized for going off on him, and gave him the benefit of the doubt. So around November 9th he send me a screen shot that he’s waiting on the invoice from remnant, so I was reasonably happy that ok he’s moving on it and it should be here quickly.






So a whole month has passed since November 9th, and I’m starting to worry. I hit up the owner of remnant, and he said “no order has been placed by Serg” that the last contact he had with Serg was about an invoice, but Serg stopped responding.



Great, fan fucking tastic, more BS by Serg.



Remnant, goes ahead and sends him the invoice, I get in touch with Serg again, he says “oh yea I got the invoice I’ll go ahead and pay it and have the order shipped by the beginning of this week” which was on December 3rd.



It’s now December 18th, I move in about 3 weeks, no intake manifold has been ordered, as I checked with remnant twice now, and on top of that my car is making a ticking sound from the fuel pump, and the last person who touched it was Serg.



I’m at the end of my wits with him, and have no idea what to even do from this point on.



If anyone can point me in the right direction to get this fuel pump issue resolved, I’d really appreciate it.



And regarding Serg, I’ve certainly had a terrible experience with him, as have others, but that’s might just be a small minority. Just do your due diligence, and have everything in fine print with him, as he just seems to ghost you when the time comes to get anything done.


TLDR: Serg from racing isn’t pleasant to work with, lies constantly about stuff, and will hold your money hostage, and not message you back.

Sorry this happened to you man. It’s hard to trust these shops out here I feel like everyone does some sort of sketchy thing no matter what. I do my work myself it’s always good to learn on your own for work atleast for simple things motor builds is a different topic

 

[SKILMATIC]

Looks like he has left the country. He posted this to his FB yesterday. I also heard his dad is pretty high up in the CBP. He may or may not be aiding and abetting. Not sure if anyone can hack the pic and figure out where it was taken. But if it is in a country that has extradition, I would try and seek that option.

I hope everyone is made whole. I also do not buy the wife or ex-wife’s response. She had to have known what was going on. But if this ever goes to court I believe she can be subpoenaed if no longer married to him. So essentially she can testify against him.

There is power in numbers, so all victims should be banning together at this point For a coordinated effort.

I think at this point, you all should know you won’t get a dime back. But what you can do is make sure he does not do this again or make it very difficult for him.

 

[Eastwood]

What a piece of shit.

I thought he deleted his Facebook and other social media?

 

[SKILMATIC]

I guess all the parts where being sold to Studio RSR. Robert must have been the ringleader lol

From what I understand, Serg worked at StudioRSR back then. The story was, StudioRSR was running a shady business, so that is why he left to start his own thing. According to him, he did not like StudioRSR. But at this point, I am not sure I would believe anything he says. Again, that is the story I heard from him.

 

[SKILMATIC]

What a piece of shit.

I thought he deleted his Facebook and other social media?

No not his personal fb. Here is a screenshot.

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