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| - Long story short , these guys are crooks. Liars. Greedy. Their mothers would be (and probably are) ashamed. If you want , Skip to the last paragraph to spoil the story and find out what to expect when dealing with them.
My Experience
I had brought my scooter in for a new intake , as mine had just fallen off while driving around town. I didn't think it was a big deal because I knew Performance Scooter was just down the road.
I putted in and explained my situation to them. I wanted to know my options. The guy working there told me my scooter was just a pile of crap , and I should buy one of his. And there was really only one option , a cheap knock off K&N filter that they will connect to a piece of rubber they chopped off some other intake that was laying around. For $80.00 installed. I thought this was a good deal , considering any mechanic knows if you change an intake on a motor you will have affected the air fuel mixture , and thus will need to jet the carburetor. I didn't want to spend the time jetting the carb my self , as it would be my first time for this carb/motor and I didn't have a good baseline to start. Also I had to be to work in about 1.5 hours. I accepted the deal.
The guy working there told me he had just crashed pretty hard on a scooter and had broken some ribs. So he needed me to install the intake , because he could hardly move. I bolted on the parts he had given me.
"There! Its going to run much better , and way faster now!" The man said.
"What about all these disconnected , lose , vacuum lines that are just dangling now? What about the jetting? And the cotton air filter is dry , it needs to be oiled!" I replied.
His response "It doesn't need oil , it doesn't need jetting. Its much better off now." I argued with him another few minutes , and decided I would leave , and try it out. "Maybe scooters are much more simple" , I thought , and went on my way , as I was becoming late for work.
Instantly I noticed the scooter was running poorly. I used to be able to reach 70mph , and now its topping out at 35 , and its taking forever to even get to 35. I got to work late. That evening after work the scooter would not start.
I called a friend and trucked the scooter home. In the morning the scooter still would not start. I trucked the scooter back to Performance Scooter. They told me they would look at it and get back to me.
5 days later they called and said
"I don't know how much money you wanna put into this thing, but you can just buy a new one from me. Otherwise you are looking at $400.00 and I don't even know if that is going to fix it."
I told him screw it. Leave it outside and ill pick it up when i get off work. I called my friend again , and trucked the scooter home. I could tell they had actually worked on it. The vacuum lines were all connected , at least.
I gave up on my little scooter. I bought a new scooter (NOT from Performance Scooter!).
6 months or so pass. My old scooter is sitting , collecting dust , and spider webs. I had a few days off , and figured I would start messing with the old scooter , kill some time and when its all fixed ill have an extra scoot for a buddy. I crouch down to get a better look at things and found it.
A SURGICAL CLAMP ON MY FUEL LINE!!!! I removed the clamp and tried the starter. IT FIRED RIGHT UP. THE FIRST TRY , AFTER SITTING FOR 6 MONTHS!!!
They put a clamp on the fuel line so my carburetor would not get gas , and my scooter would not run so that I would pay them more for extra "repairs"!! I was shocked! Angry! After all the trouble I went through. For nothing but GREED!
Shame on Performance Scooter. These guys should be in jail.
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