Rubicons old turbo & supercharged engine!
Turbo Mini Forums

From a very happy customer haha!

Search
170914172600

Was thinking about this when it was up for sale a couple of months ago but
The price was abit out of my reach haha!

Reading up on RTS Clutches

Oh dear not a happy customer, thats the trouble with ebay, its used to sell too much scrap (i should know i bought most of it lol). It used to be if somethings scrap throw it away but people just stick it on ebay and i buy it lol. At least this ebayer is not trying to regain his loses

Patina=old and knackered and won't clean up

lol lol.. aint rubicon a member here?

So he hasn't run the engine and it's still shit? How does he know?

looking a rubicons build thread it does look to be his engine but i maybe wrong
http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=408602
theres always two sides to a story

Edited by wng691s clubby on 24th Sep, 2012.

Done now needs redoing lol

Rubicon is less that reliable, but isn't out to rip anybody of. He's just hopelessly unorganised and a bit ditsy. I've bought stuff from him in the past and ended up going to his house to get it as I was local and he had forgotten to post...

So whats wrong with this engine?

It's green?

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

Looking at the auction, its missing the carb and a few other bits and bobs.

Obviously the new owner is a big fucking drama queen incapable of rational thinking...

dont forget its also missing the spark plugs

By the sounds of it a lot of bits were missing as well that were sold with the engine.
There are two sides to every story but as the guy is now trying to sell it and telling everyone its sh-t then i am no judge and jury but why would he do that?
I have bought loads of top quality, mint, concours, rusty sh-t off ebay and it does sometimes leave you dismayed as how people describe stuff to make a buck. I have to admit i still have most of it in my garage!
I think he may have to shoulder some blame himself as to being so naive to pay £2000 for an engine off someone he doesn't know without first inspecting it.
Maybe Rubicon will post on here and put us in the picture.

Patina=old and knackered and won't clean up

imo this should probably be kept off TM,
i have known rubicon a few years and seems like a decent enough person, i have had a few people kick up a stink over ebay as have others ( such as the zombie compound bow) the buyers are fully protected aslong as they use the correct methods the sellers dont have a leg to stand on, he only has himself to blame

Yes i moved to the darkside

Instagram @jdm_brett

Yes i moved to the darkside

Instagram @jdm_brett

With the exception of the bloke on egay, nobody has bitched about Ron?

wasn't there something a few years back; i dont remember exactly or even if it was on this forum but it was something similar to this or where some guy paid for something and the items never turned up?

i've only ever tried to buy a flywheel off him and that was painful so never bothered in the end so i can see what some of you mean on here by how he is. Seems like a nice guy to chat to though

As to whether this should be kept off the forum.... well it doesnt affect me really and everyone has a right to there opinion.

Im sure something of that value would have had insurance and if items had been stolen who got the insurance money; however 2k through a bank transfer! he really did have that coming.

however there are 2 sides to every story as someone has already mentioned.

Edited by t@z on 24th Sep, 2012.

Cheers Andy,
I think the guy has a few issues... Anger management is one of them, the second maybe just be lack of brains or sleep
First off it was never sold for £2000 it was more like £800 which I thought was reasonable,everybody saw the videos of this running,after Alex and I got it sorted,
The starter wasnt included in the sale as I disbt have a spare at the time and this wasnt listed in the auction,as for the plugs which I think he was really upset about i can't remember, I may have not had them in there but £20 a set it's not really the end of the world, obviously you can see he has zero human skills , I might even have a bid myself get the lot back

Edited by rubicon on 24th Sep, 2012.

It's fine Brett I'm not really that fussed, the fact is the guys not even bothered to attempt to fit it in his mini as he didn't want to cut the bulkhead but was sure it would fit without being cut, he's obviously a pro....idiot

£909

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/120733158421

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

Oh there you go, well still not £2000 then!!hahaha

if your right, why would he make up 2k as a benchmark? maybe you should buy it back just to take the absolute piss!

haha where did he get the 2k from and megajolt rubbish from or is the ebay dude smoking something