Due to needs specific to my 9 month journey into automotive customization, I've never had the opportunity to work with Richard Winter. After spending hours upon hours in back rooms of automotive shops looking for the correct combination of bends and sizes to make the juncture between the vertical pipe and the inlet of my R16 cooling system all hook up correctly, I bit the bullet and ordered Banks' blue silicone hose package. Having a modified engine with DCOE Webers, I knew the additional hoses would be mostly unusable, but I was hoping I could use the additional bits and pieces to cobble the solution together (turns out, I could).
I ordered the hoses on the 5th.
Yesterday morning, the 6th, around 10AM, my wife asked what I'd ordered that required a signature. I couldn't think of anything, but went over to see what she had... You guessed it... My hoses had arrived.
Now I understand that the UK is 5 hours ahead of me, and the flight is, give or take, 7 hours (kind of a wash for the time difference)... But how on earth can I get something faster from the UK, which has to go through customs, than from Summit, which doesn't, and who's warehouse is in the next state over?
I'm impressed.
Richard was all nonchalant over the whole thing, and I think this is all standard fare for him, but omg, from now on, he's going to be my go-to source for those hard to get Europa parts.
If you read this forum, 5 Stars to you Richard!
Bruce
