My sad story...any offers?

**412mustangz** · 05-20-2009, 12:11 AM

wow man, that sucks ass!!

**Martin0660** · 05-20-2009, 12:17 AM

Originally Posted by somethingclever

I see stropes (I call them Stroke's) charged you ......

LOL, I had typed a bunch of stuff about hat looked like double charging for tunes, spark plugs, oil change parts, etc, then deleted it. Glad i'm not the only one that read through the invoices ;)

**Viper_ed** · 05-20-2009, 12:23 AM

I like how Stropes charged you for 2 different sets of plugs ans ASSSSAP made not 2, but 3 custom O2 extension harnesses. Ed must of added that "Special" third sensor for better performance.

This is a perfect example of why people should not be afraid to learn how to do their own work. You may as well of blown it up yourself, at least you would of learned something in the process in stead of having to deal with all the headaches. Hope it all works out for you.

BTW, let's all not forget to run out to ASAP and get a case of Boost Juice while it's still fresh! :D

**1Badbird** · 05-20-2009, 01:23 AM

Wow that really sucks! Sorry to hear you had to go through all that. I had a gf from wash. and she swore by Stropes, maybe they where stroking her?! That's sad what ASAP has done and is still doing to you. That guy must be a major jackass!

**AdamantiumSilvr** · 05-20-2009, 04:08 AM

Unbelieveable happenings goin on there, really sorry. I heard so many people swear Ed's the best, to hearin gutrenchin horror stories. That's tuff!

**SonofaBish** · 05-20-2009, 09:08 AM

Wow..... that really blows - the best thing to do is to start over and do it right this time....

I feel for ya, as I had something similar happen... i got a quote to do the Twin Turbo kit on my T/A and the labor was doubled by the end... luckily, i took the car off the guy and got it finished up somewhere else and ended up with a great car... Sorry that it didn't work out as well for you!

Good luck!

**Wolfpack Speed** · 05-20-2009, 11:43 AM

Good to meet you buddy and best of luck with everything, thanks for the kind words and support

**95DropTop** · 05-20-2009, 11:56 AM

Wow. Holy sh*t. I cannot believe that these guys can sleep at night treating people like this.

That is great that Mike treated you well. He is excellent, indeed.

There are other great shops on here too. Tim at Rodeheavers is great too. Street Lethal, GNL ... all of them. I would trust any of them to do work for me.

I live near ASAP and see the same cars sitting there all the time for months on end. The place just gives me the creeps. I would never go there. I did call them about 1.5 yrs back about a tune for my 5.0 (I have the same car as yours, basically). First, the guy I talked to insisted that my 95 GT did not have a 5.0 but instead had a 4.7. I said, "4.7 is MOPAR, you mean 4.6". He said.. "no.. it should be a 4.7". I said "thanks" and hung the F**K up. Yeah, maybe it was just some phone answerer / volunteer and not a mechanic, but... it scared the hell out of me to never call them or consider them again.

About the time I was calling, your car was probably there.

**bigmack** · 05-20-2009, 12:14 PM

i dont know if the lighting is odd in your pictures but is that the maroonish color ? im pretty sure thats not the bright red or is it? please let me know fore sure

**raynist** · 05-20-2009, 12:16 PM

Originally Posted by 95DropTop

Wow. Holy sh*t. I cannot believe that these guys can sleep at night treating people like this.

That is great that Mike treated you well. He is excellent, indeed.

There are other great shops on here too. Tim at Rodeheavers is great too. Street Lethal, GNL ... all of them. I would trust any of them to do work for me.

I live near ASAP and see the same cars sitting there all the time for months on end. The place just gives me the creeps. I would never go there. I did call them about 1.5 yrs back about a tune for my 5.0 (I have the same car as yours, basically). First, the guy I talked to insisted that my 95 GT did not have a 5.0 but instead had a 4.7. I said, "4.7 is MOPAR, you mean 4.6". He said.. "no.. it should be a 4.7". I said "thanks" and hung the F**K up. Yeah, maybe it was just some phone answerer / volunteer and not a mechanic, but... it scared the hell out of me to never call them or consider them again.

About the time I was calling, your car was probably there.

Yeah, I have heard some bad things about ASAP. I know a guy that had them install a vortech on his 94 vert gt. It never ran right. He was running 14's at the track, basically what it would have run stock.

I also talked with the owner once at a car cruise. Asked him some questions and got some answers contrary to what I know to be true. Was not impressed and ended up driving out to Kauffmann's for my tune and modifications.

**faststang91** · 05-20-2009, 12:55 PM

That is crazy it looks like eberyone but Mike took you through the ringer. . . I definately would rather do all my own work esp after reading that story thats insane!

**wick** · 05-20-2009, 10:24 PM

WOW. So the story finally comes out. Been waiting to see it in print. I was fooling around one time last year and called that idiot Ed about tuning my supercharged fox. He said sure but I would have to leave it there for a few days. HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA Yeah,right!!! Also, why the hell was he blowing the rust off your rotors? Shouldnt even be driving it. And that hit, damn!!! Good luck man. Hope everything goes well for ya.

**Troll** · 05-20-2009, 10:42 PM

Originally Posted by wick

WOW. So the story finally comes out.

WOW and it is a doozy.

I went to Strope's ONCE. Luckily it was just for a dyno RUN and not TUNE.

The son, Aaron (I think) seemed to know his stuff and was decent to talk to but that old man was like a constipated wildcat. He told me some stupid stuff and I thought, "Jeez, for a 50 or 60-something year old hot rodder, how can you be this stupid?"

I only read about that retard, ED on the internet and none of it was good.

Good Luck!

I didn't really understand why you're selling the car now. You got so much invested. Why don't you just keep it and drive it as it sits instead of taking a horrible bath on it ???

**John4cam** · 05-20-2009, 11:15 PM

Aaron Strope is an asshat, and everyone working for him is as well. Being from the area, Ive seen so many cars that were butchered up from that place and were taken to a friend of mine to be fixed.

I remember that lt1 car they called the firechicken, gm high perf. paid them to do it since they were the best gm guys around, yeah right.

The best they could do with a built 383 stroker was mid 13's, then gm HP yanked the car away from them in time to take it to someone else. These stories make me so upset, and it's not even my car. I don't know how you didn't go postal on somebody through this whole ordeal..

**07vbluestang** · 05-20-2009, 11:53 PM

i took my car to ASAP back in january to have 4.10 put in. hey i didnt know of anyone else, he said that he did hundreds of them. i had the gears already bought before i got there($175). he charged me $360 labor, $125 for bearing kit, $50 for lube plus $37 tax. then he wanted me bring it back after 200 miles and change lube and check gear pattern. i did that this past monday and he charged me another $123. that's a total of $850 it cost me to have 4.10 installed in my 07 mustang gt. SOUND RIGHT? i guess they are alright, he says 4.10 have alittle whine!

**HidalgoGT** · 05-21-2009, 12:01 AM

Originally Posted by 07vbluestang

i took my car to ASAP back in january to have 4.10 put in. hey i didnt know of anyone else, he said that he did hundreds of them. i had the gears already bought before i got there($175). he charged me $360 labor, $125 for bearing kit, $50 for lube plus $37 tax. then he wanted me bring it back after 200 miles and change lube and check gear pattern. i did that this past monday and he charged me another $123. that's a total of $850 it cost me to have 4.10 installed in my 07 mustang gt. SOUND RIGHT? i guess they are alright, he says 4.10 have alittle whine!

You paid 850 to have gears installed? What a rip off. I think we use to install gears for 200$ plus cost of gears. If they had them set up right you had no issues to worry about and needing to have them change it again. Anyone can change the lube. What a joke.

**ArmyWarrant** · 05-21-2009, 01:36 AM

WOW, Man that sucks. I am from Avella, PA originally where the asshat Stropes lived while I was there. I heard so much about their work being half a!#ed. If you think Aaron is bad you should hear about Bill, good god I mean he actually fabbed his body kit on a 280z out of some cardboard from what I heard. I mean them guys are some real pieces of work. Sorry to hear about your car man.

**madmaxin22** · 05-21-2009, 11:32 AM

my car was at ASAP for 6 months after a tune that resulted in me picking the car up with no oil pressure... was a nightmare and made me start doing most of the work myself instead of letting an idiot F* you in the arse for months on end and ends up acting like he's doing me a favor... guy is an EXXON mechanic that decided to get into mustangs

**RAYZ02GT&93LX** · 05-22-2009, 12:03 AM

I had a bad experience with Old man Strope not to long after they opened the shop on Murtland. I bought a set of BBK shorties from Summit and not from the catalog either I stop at summit on my way home from a job and bought them. So I knew i had the right parts. He began to scream at me with a shop full of customers. He said that I wasnt a mechanic and that I probably bought the wrong parts and all I was going to do was tie up his lift as all the customers laughed. I said well youd get paid either way to put the parts on or to put it back together if I bought the wrong parts. The he said he didnt work on Fords and to get the Hell out. I told him my money spends anywhere and he would never see any of my or my friends money.