On the contrary I love the car and have a ball driving it. But it ticks me off to have had to fix all of the things I paid "pro" shops to do. And it isn't just SoCal - had a local engine builder do the motor and it had a major oil leak requiring me to remove it and take back to them; had a trans shop go through the Muncie only to have it leak in front where the countershaft goes in - "yeah, they do that sometimes" was the only response.

As for contacting Pete, I called plus wrote them a multi-page letter. He did call back once and missed me; never heard from him again. I doubt this is a very high priority for him. After a while you start sounding like a serial complainer and it's just better to fix the problems and move on, which is what I have done. But curiosity whether others are having similar problems is what prompted me to post here.

Lesson learned: do it yourself, even if it takes longer. At least then you know who to complain to.