is iy true darren has aquierd ykc sportscars probly why no one can get intouch with him
Don't know mate but your typing looks like your still on the xmas piss
Why is dyslexia so hard to spell ? 
read something in one of the kit car mags this month about YKC selling off its roadster range of cars to someone but i dont recall it being Darren's company.
If he is, it does explain where my money has gone and why the rest of my kit is not materialising!
My understanding (which may be wrong)
is that Darren bought KitCarBuilds which used to build the 30s roadsters but he only bought the company and workshop and not the rights to the YKC
range.
I think he does have something to do with JBA now , last time i saw him was at Exeter and they were advertising stuff there.
whether he has or hasnt I reckon that a lot of kit car companies are pissing around buying testing other business oppurtunties!!
AND NOT looking after current customers who have given them money for original items and if they are there rushing things at the last minute ending in
late or poor(er) quality items
After a 10+ month wait and a chassis that is missing rails and has suspension mounts in the wrong place I can testify to zxrlocost's comment.
oh no here we go again 
was thinking about getting me body panels from GTS
From what i gather the body parts issues will soon be resolved, there is a thread about it in the GTS section at the mo.
Some bloke with a top name is starting full time in the new year.
But the boss will be the same and the company will still be managed badly...
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Originally posted by scotty g
From what i gather the body parts issues will soon be resolved, there is a thread about it in the GTS section at the mo.
Some bloke with a top name is starting full time in the new year.
Start a thread entitled 'Where's Darren?' That usually does the trick.
I don't think Darren likes that. If I seem to remember he called us all "Whinging little girls" a while back!
When i was chasing my bits (ooh argh mrs) well the mrs had got hold of him she quoted the forum and he said it was wrong mmmmmmmmmmmm
well, on the bright side, he wont be taking (m)any new orders from the forum, so theres a chance (if he remembers) he might clear some back orders!
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Originally posted by nludkin
I don't think Darren likes that. If I seem to remember he called us all "Whinging little girls" a while back!
Totally agree, from what Ive read Darren appears to think that those who post on here complaining about him dont actually try very hard to contact him
and just like complaining for complaining's sake. However, none of the other companies represented on here seem to have the same issue whereby
customers continuiously chase on here so either a) GTS Tuning are the only Locost company who have inept / lazy customers that don't really try
to get hold of him and prefer posting about it on here, or b) he's not doing his job properly and isnt looking after his customers.
I think I know which answer I'd plump for
[Edited on 28/12/05 by ChrisGamlin]
this thread is shocking me more each time I read it, why do people continue to order from him when they know his service is awful
people wouldnt order from me if I did this!!
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Originally posted by zxrlocost
this thread is shocking me more each time I read it, why do people continue to order from him when they know his service is awful
people wouldnt order from me if I did this!!
ive been on here for 3 years + (in my other guise) and ive seen many posts about Darren being hard to contact, and people not getting bits.
The usual reasons given was it was his day job getting in the way.
If I get crap service from anyone, I dont use them again. Do that for long enough and a company will pi$$ off all its core customers, by word of mouth
or experience.
atb
steve
From the looks of the cross-advertised websites (and snail mail addresses)
KCB Sports Cars
JBA ENgineering / JBA Cars
Kit Car Builds
Duratec Power
GTS Tuning
are all inter-related.
Aquila (ex-YKC) don't have any obvious links...
When Darren says he's been busy, he isnt joking is he!