New Demon record 9.38@146

UBNZO6D said:

That's haulin...I don't know Hennessey nor do I know someone that got burned by him, does anyone here have 1st hand knowledge of him burning someone or are all these 10 years old...I'm not defending him but I'm on a lot of boards and don't see anyone complaining but just gang assaults... Am I missing something? He either has a lot of satisfied customers or he has some old family money to stay in business...He routinely gets one of the first models out (HOW) and they ALL boogie...In my over 40 years of racing it's been my experience that if abused, most engines will fail or eventually wear out and need to be freshened up...If you build anything "out to the water" sorta speak, it's going to break and every parts manufacturer has an occasional failure and don't warranty their race products...If he has not delivered on promised goods or stolen money, that is certainly another no-no...Again, not defending him but expecting flames.

Greg

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13COBRA said:

I have 4 friends that got screwed by him.

He was NOTORIOUS for taking on project A, starting on it, taking on project B and then using project B's money to finish project A; not a great business plan, but not terrible until you get hung up on a few projects that eat your lunch.

I believe between the 4 of them, they lost over $75,000.

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Zemedici said:

This. I have a few friends that got ganked as well, over $100,000 between the 5 of them.

All vowed never again.[/QUOTE

So how does he stay in business? And why do friends 3,4 & 5 go him after 1 & 2 got burned?

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Zemedici said:

nice quoting

However, let me feed into your feeble question with relatively simple answers.

There are plenty of individuals who are NOT aware of Hennessey and his previous dealings. I have plenty of older customers who do not spend hours and hours perusing the internet prior to building their call. They call a shop, ask a couple questions, feel them out, maybe check the shop out, and bam send a check and get the ball rolling. Is t'S logiuche sales rep at Hennessey going to say 'well sir if you would google search our name you'd find out about our bad reputation...' blah blah? Come on. Logic.

Maybe friends 1,2,3,4,5 dont know each other? Or live in different places? So every single person in your social network knows each other?

Again. Logic.

Seems like you just Z06'd yourself....

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Zemedici said:

nice quoting

However, let me feed into your feeble question with relatively simple answers.

There are plenty of individuals who are NOT aware of Hennessey and his previous dealings. I have plenty of older customers who do not spend hours and hours perusing the internet prior to building their call. They call a shop, ask a couple questions, feel them out, maybe check the shop out, and bam send a check and get the ball rolling. Is the sales rep at Hennessey going to say 'well sir if you would google search our name you'd find out about our bad reputation...' blah blah? Come on. Logic.

Maybe friends 1,2,3,4,5 dont know each other? Or live in different places? So every single person in your social network knows each other?

Again. Logic.

Seems like you just Z06'd yourself....

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COOL COBRA said:

If it was as fast as it is ugly, it'd be running mid 7's. Stock.

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GNBRETT said:

Whats a matter ur feelings hurt again cause Hennessey made the Demon faster then ur imaginary Mustang car u don't have sitting in ur garage lol

And 9.38 @ 146 mph in a 4500 lbs car with driver puts it at 1100 whp so thats 1300 at the crank..... I guess ur 1500 hp is just impossible lol it really does show how clueless u really are. The car has been out less then a year and its already making 1300 hp but 1500 hp is impossible lmao.....

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GNBRETT said:

Whats a matter ur feelings hurt again cause Hennessey made the Demon faster then ur imaginary Mustang car u don't have sitting in ur garage lol

And 9.38 @ 146 mph in a 4500 lbs car with driver puts it at 1100 whp so thats 1300 at the crank..... I guess ur 1500 hp is just impossible lol it really does show how clueless u really are. The car has been out less then a year and its already making 1300 hp but 1500 hp is impossible lmao.....

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UBNZO6D said:

Your logic doesn't track...Friends would ask friends whadayatink about Hennessey? If you knew all 5 them why didn't you say something? I find it hard to believe that they only call one shop, it's called word of mouth and no one I know speaks well of him...Older people check things out more than younger, THAT'S LOGIC...Why do you want to insult?

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UBNZO6D said:

That's haulin...I don't know Hennessey nor do I know someone that got burned by him, does anyone here have 1st hand knowledge of him burning someone or are all these 10 years old...I'm not defending him but I'm on a lot of boards and don't see anyone complaining but just gang assaults... Am I missing something? He either has a lot of satisfied customers or he has some old family money to stay in business...He routinely gets one of the first models out (HOW) and they ALL boogie...In my over 40 years of racing it's been my experience that if abused, most engines will fail or eventually wear out and need to be freshened up...If you build anything "out to the water" sorta speak, it's going to break and every parts manufacturer has an occasional failure and don't warranty their race products...If he has not delivered on promised goods or stolen money, that is certainly another no-no...Again, not defending him but expecting flames.

Greg

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Zemedici said:

No...YOUR logic doesn’t track. You can shit talk someone until you’re blue in the face, but a grown man is going to do what he wants at the end of the day. And dont generalize, every individual is different.

Perhaps some of their cars were there at around the same times?

Perhaps they sent the cars there on their own prerogative?

Did you think of these possible scenarios?

FWIW Hennessy has to turn out SOME good builds or he would be bankrupt....so there are bound to be some good stories out there.

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HudsonFalcon said:

https://jalopnik.com/ex-employees-say-hennessey-is-a-bigger-mess-than-you-ev-1778134112

http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2016/06/john-hennessey-earns-crook-badge/

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UBNZO6D said:

What do you mean perhaps? Don't you know if you were friends? You're right, you are different, perhaps it's your sparkly jeans?

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Zemedici said:

Sigh.

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Screw-Rice said:

When a troll tries to be cool...

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Revvv said:

...and neither of us mentioned the jeans. Lol

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