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On Tue, 27 May 2008 09:31:14 -0500, Gig 601Xl Builder
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Now, Thielert no longer warrants the engines or parts. When you
come up on the 300-hour gearbox requirement, they'll sell you a
new one at $16,000 or an inspected one for $7800—if you wire the
money to Germany upfront and arrange for your own shipping. On
your Maalox-powered run to the 1000-hour TBR, you get to do that
three times, plus the cost of the pumps, alternator, shipping and
who knows what else. If you go to 2400 hours on the new 2.0
engine, do it seven times. The gearboxes alone have the potential
of more than doubling the cost of the engine to nearly $100 an
hour—and that's before you buy fuel. What this means, in my view,
is that Thielert's management needed help in killing the company
for good, Kuebler seems to be providing it. The part about no
warranty support for anything is especially galling to owners.



All this, and no tort law involved.