Building for the road course...again

[gotovato]

They’re back. Happy new year btw


Now to figure out how in the fuck to get these to fortune auto. Pain in my ass.

 

[Enki]

You wind up getting them without paying?

 

[gotovato]

You wind up getting them without paying?

Yes thankfully 0 fees. I paid $75 to ship them originally and they got a round trip for that price so that’s OK lol. I thought I’d get hit for sure.


Now to figure in how to get them to Virginia. Pain in my ass

 

[Easter Bunny]

Ship them to me as used dildos

What happens if you drive across the border with them?

 

[gotovato]

Ship them to me as used dildos

What happens if you drive across the border with them?

I guess the problem is the border. If I ship them to anyone of you guys, same shit. They’ll get inspected and I’ll pay tariffs on aluminum and steel. Same shit.


If I drive across it’s just the risk of getting searched. Maybe I can call the border and ask? I’m not sure.


Fortune auto is trying to generate the certificate of origin which we need to prove this shit originated in the USA but they’re struggling and asking me questions which of course I have no idea


What a pain. Not sure what to do.
Kinda wanna sell them and buy ktuned. Ktuned is local. All rebuilding and revalving is done 45 minutes away from me

 

[Enki]

How long a drive is it? Maybe trailer the racecar across the border for a day then install them in canned-yadia before driving back over.

 

[gotovato]

How long a drive is it? Maybe trailer the racecar across the border for a day then install them in canned-yadia before driving back over.

Fortune auto is in Virginia. 11 hour drive one way if I wanna deliver them. I could take a day or two off and just send it non stop. That sounds like a pain too. This shouldn’t be so hard

 

[Enki]

Anyone in Canada that can clip the border and mail them from this side?

 

[gotovato]

Anyone in Canada that can clip the border and mail them from this side?

That’s what I’m trying to figure out. I could bring them to Buffalo and ship from a ups store there? I’m just worried if the border asks me wtf I’m doing do I just say I’m going shopping? Maybe not believable with the current exchange rate

 

[Enki]

I meant more have an MSO Canadian pick them up and ship them to you from across the border. Bonus points if they heading this way anyways for something else.

 

[gotovato]

I am definitely open to the assistance of anyone in this matter. I would love to have these reworked as discussed. Knowing the rear is so wrong I definitely ain’t reinstalling these.


There’s a guy on the k20 forum trying to see if he can help. He owns a few Midas shops on your guys side of the border so maybe he can help me out somehow.


Ideally, I need the “certificate of origin” from fortune auto. They are trying to generate it but they have questions and I don’t know the answers or who to talk to about it. It’s all very demotivating

 

[Enki]

Oh wait, you're in Canada? I guess I had that backwards then, my bad. I'm sure there's SOMEONE near where these would get rebuilt to spec that can ship them for you.
If not, we can probably figure out some other kind of shenanigans to get this handled.

 

[Easter Bunny]

I'm shocked fortune can't just generate a repair ticket to avoid this shit. Or maybe call it warranty work?

 

[gotovato]

Still needs this stupid certificate of origin. Politics. Fucking terrible

 

[SyntheticAtmosphere]

...Kinda wanna sell them and buy ktuned. Ktuned is local. All rebuilding and revalving is done 45 minutes away from me

This would solve your cross border issues and give you security of local support.

 

[Enki]

At the cost of a setup designed *specifically* for his car and driver.

 

[SyntheticAtmosphere]

Regrettably he is paying either way, it all comes down to whom the dollars go.

 

[gotovato]

I’m kinda a hostage here ain’t I. It sucks.

I am going to try and make the fortune auto deal work. If I can’t get this cross border business sorted out then worst case I may have to sell and try the ktuned stuff.


I do like the idea of having support local for sure. They support 2 8th gen’s currently both are gridlife cars so they do have some relevant chassis data for me

 

[Crazycanadian]

It's interesting Fortune Auto is having to ask you questions about the certificate of origin. That doesn't make sense to me.

 

[gotovato]

It doesn’t make sense to me either. I think I’m the first Canadian to send anything in since all of this political bs.


I’ve got a guy on the k20 forum who’s gonna take care of it. He offered to just have me ship to him. He’ll take care of the fees and reship to fortune auto. He’s helped me out before. Kinda like a sponsor. He knows the situation. Everyone on my thread does lol