P.P.R. or Poor People Racing of Dover Delaware are THIEVES. here is the story

i went to the owner of ppr, which shawn kirby, a technical sergent in the united states air force. i figured it would be a good idea since he is military and in theory should be dependable. so i had him rebuild my 94 mazda rx7. i spent an insane amount of money in the car in general to include about three thousand dollars in brand new parts i had him install. roughly 15k in parts alone.

first off, it took him forever to finish the damn thing (assuming he even finished at all, but ill get to that later). i dropped the car off in july and it wasnt ready until october!! wtf. at the time i was in the middle of a move from delaware to florida and drove to florida to drop my wifes car off. when he finally told me it was finished i told him ill come get in a week or two since i was in florida and had to arrange to come pick it up.

here is the good part, i called him the monday the week i was flying out and said i would be there thursday and was going to pick it up as soon as i get off the plane. i called again wednesday to remind him and said everything would be ready. so thursday morning rolls around and i get a call at 6am. it was SHAWN KIRBY calling to tell me my car was stolen!!!

SHAWN KIRBY tells me it was stolen the night before because he put it outside so i would be ready. according to the cop report there were no signs of a breakin being no glass or anything broken on the ground. plus the car is loud as all hell so i know it was driven away.

my rx7 was almost always kept outside my house when i lived there, sometimes even unlocked and few times with the windows open over night and the car was never stolen. the cop also said that car theft in the area is minimal and SHAWN KIRBY'S response to the cop was "oh, i know some people that can get into some cars"

now why would a shop owner be so stupid as to leave a customers car on the curb??? the day before its picked up??? its been there the entire time with no problems but all of a sudden mention of it being picked up and the car dissappears. also, when i was considering him to do the work on my car he had photos of every major car he had worked on but yet he didnt take not one photo of my car so there isnt even any proof of the work that he claimed was done????

ive called his house, his cell, emailed, contacted his military job, and even had a buddy of mine speak with him directly and he has yet to contact me, obviously ignoring me.

you be the judge.

im posting this so anyone considering having him/them do work reconsider before trusting him with your baby.

you've been warned.

 

DAMNNNNNNNN THAT'S FUCKED UP!!!!! Man i am from bethany too.

 

I'm not one to point fingers, but it sounds like he conveniently left your car accessible and then had someone "steal" it. That way he gets your car, and he's not held accountable since it technically wouldn't make sense for him to steal a car from his own business. Store clerks and attendants are known to do this same type of scam quite a bit. They claim that they get robbed in the middle of the night, and the suspect got away clean. The security camera was mysteriously turned off, because the clerk is the one who cleaned out the register and then called the police.

Doesn't sound too promising to me...

 

Oh yeah, almost forgot. Mods get this thread out of here. It has nothing to do with the FB tech section...

 

i agree this doesnt have anything to do with an fb specifically, but at the same time it could. im trying to let all rx7 owners know that an rx7 shop weither it be fb fc or fd has screwed me over and spreading the word that these guys do bad business to help avoid anyone else getting put in a bad situation.

 

First, how certain are you of his actual identity? Is there a specific shop location, an address? I tried a basic internet search and the only thing found on them is these threads you made here. Is there somewhere on the forum where you have seen him post, or does he have a screen name here??

If he truly is in the military, and he's in Dover, then Dover AFB is a good place to start. If he refuses to contact you back, I would suggest trying to contact his commanding officer--CO's typically have a major issue with one of their guys doing something like this to someone.

I also tried a basic personnel search and found a TSGT John Kirby, as recently as 2005, and from Dover, Deleware. Hard to say without more info on this guy if its the same person. I can tell you that a TSGT in the active duty military would not usually be running a shop like this, especially now because of force rotations and personnel needs of the military. Now, if he were in the guard or reserves, that would possibly be different, of course.

 

he is active duty military. and i accidently put tsgt, when it was supposed to ssgt. i know where he works and lives but is difficult to go to either of them since i am in florida. i dont think he has ever posted here but i may be wrong.

 

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