Almost Duped
USA#2Author of original report
Wed, June 15, 2011
Guy Algar and Andrea White allegedly have inaccurate information on their website at www.motorheadsperformance. com. This has been confirmed by several companies that Guy Algar and Motorheads claims he is certified by.
Can a company listing inaccurate information on their website be trusted to provide accurate facts about their qualifications? If you call the companies that Guy Algar and Motorheads Performance indicate they are certified by, you may find the companies deny this fact or advise you a certain program no longer exists (yet is still displayed on Motorheads Performance's website). If the facts placed on Guy Algar's and Andrea White's website are inaccurate, embellished, or display alleged false advertising, then how do you trust the rest of this company.
Guy Algar is not a certified mechanic or certified anything according to various companies that he lists on his website at www.motorheadsperformance. Guy is not a certified installer by companies he lists on his website. You can confirm the latter statement by calling JC Whitney, LaSalle, Illinois or Ecklers Corvette Parts, Titusville, Florida. Guy Algar is not a certified ASE Mechanic. Guy Algar allegedly is a guy who decided to open up an auto restoration shop with no certified qualifications in any automotive field. If you feel comfortable with this, then hire Guy Algar to restore or repair your classic auto or other project. If you are comfortable with Guy Algar "liberally using words" to indicate he is "Certified" by companies listed on his website, then that is a choice you make as a consumer. Just call the companies on his website that he states have certified him. For example, ask the companies if Guy Algar is a certified installer for example. Listen carefully to the company's response. And, don't be surprised by the responses you receive.
If an individual claiming to be certified by a company, is found to be either embellishing words or outright fabricating statements on their website, can you trust them to work on your classic car?
The point of this commentary and review of Motorheads Performance is to be an informed consumer. Make informed choices based on available information. Remember, in Texas, any Guy can open up an automotive repair shop or auto restoration shop. There are no certifications or licenses required. There is no agency to advocate for you. Therefore, check the facts I have outlined herein.
Almost Duped
USA#3Author of original report
Fri, April 29, 2011
Addendum to Guy Algar and Motorheads Performance, Leesville, Texas Review.
When and if Guy Algar responds to my Ripoff Report dated April 28, 2011, he will probably state that he first filed suit on me for not paying his trumped up charges. The facts will indicated I sued Guy Algar and Motorheads on or about October 25, 2010 for lack of specific performance and reasonable repair fees. Guy Algar then countersued. However, the central issues are the following:
A. Guy Algar, Andrea White, and Motorheads Performance are allegedly not certified in any automotive repair, auto restoration, auto engine rebuilding, or auto painting. They apparently have attended few, if any, auto restoration courses, seminars, or other skill enhancing training. This may or may not be important to you.
B. Guy Algar will state that Corvette Fever Magazine rated their "shop" (see description of Guy Algar's shop in paragraph C below) as a recommended repair shop. Here are the real facts:
-- Corvette Fever Magazine is now out of business
-- Corvette Fever Magazine did not visit, inspect, or confirm Guy Algar's training, facilities, or equipment. Guy Algar and Motorheads were apparently recommended by "anonymous" letters written to the former editor of this magazine.
-- Guy Algar's "shop" is located at his residential property located out in the country or farmland near the small Texas town of Nixon, Texas. The last time I visited Motorheads Performance, there was no sign and I passed by the small winding country road where Guy Algar's "shop" is located.
Guy Algar, claiming he is the "Shop Manager" of his garage, uses his small open lean-to garage as his shop. I visited this shop during a five month time period. During that time period, I did not see any new automobiles that were being restored. The old truck in his garage was exposed to the weather and the garage was not enclosed.
- Ask to see Guy Algar's certifications in any automotive mechanic field. He will tell you he is an Engineer. Allegedly, he was an Engineer out in the Northeast section of the country. He then purchased acerage in Leesville, Texas and claimed he was an experienced automotive restoration
professional? Ask to see this business' credentials and training.
- Andrea White, Guy Algar's "partner", also claims she repairs automobile transmissions. However, her work background appears to be in medical administration and marketing. Ask Ms. White to furnish her training in the complicated field of automotive transmission repair ?
- Andrea White and Guy Algar also appear in another website and offering services in other fields. For example, check out via a Google search "Scorpio Design Services, Leesville, Texas." After you read that website and read all the fields these individuals market themselves as (via the internet) you may scratch you head and wonder what exactly are they trained in and can perform what services for the consumer?
I write this review to alert consumers. I did settle with Guy Algar and Motorheads. The settlement included them receiving approximately one thousand dollars less than what they attempted to place on their inflated invoices and without my prior authorized approval.
In sum, Caveat Emptor!