In response to Mr. Joseph Busenhart of Thoroughbred Limousine false statement(s). Mr. Busenhart purchased a $24,000, 50 year old 1962 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II to put to use in his limousine service as a runner. He is not your typical Rolls-Royce owner. Mr. Busenhart was told the good, the bad and the ugly in regards to his vehicle. We have done EXTENSIVE work to this Rolls-Royce throughout the years. Mr. Busenhart had his personal employees (professional drivers) come inspect the car and pick up the automobile. Everything checked out to their liking at the time of delivery and drove off. Driving the Rolls-Royce from St. Louis, Missouri to Lexington, Kentucky without mishap. -except for the fact that the drivers overloaded the fuse panel from connecting phones, GPS units or whatever into a the cigarette lighter of the '62 Rolls and blew a fuse. Mr. Busenhart claims the generator had gone out and that the engine now has a horrible knock. The generator may have gone bad. -This is an electrical component and there is no indication on when an electrical part like this will fail. Even though he purchased this 1962 Rolls in "as is condition" I told him to send me the generator and I will rebuild it. In short, he declined. In regards to the engine knock, his claim is absolutely non-sense. In May of 2008 at 80,815 miles we performed a valve job to the engine. The previous owner whom we performed the work for is a multiple Rolls-Royce and luxury car owner who was absolutely pleased with our work. Along with 99% of our customers in general. Fast forward to the time when Mr. Busenhart purchased the car 4/28/11 it had 81,021 miles at this time. Mr. Busenhart's people came to inspect & pick up the car did not hear any noise whatsoever and drove off with the car to Lexington (350 miles). Throughout this experience the more I spoke with Mr. Busenhart, the bigger the holes in his story started to become evident. The car now has 81,636 miles on it. What happened to this Rolls-Royce in the five hundred plus miles in which Mr. Busenhart has owned it I have no idea. Nor do I know how it was driven. He told me, if I did not pay him he would litter these forums with his statements. With that I told him, go right ahead, my customers know me and the service we provide and I will not tolerate being "terrorized" and held for ransom in internet forums. In closing, I gave Mr. Busenhart an accurate description of the vehicle along with approximately 50 pictures or so of the vehicle. In addition, I advised him to have a third party inspection of the vehicle and provided names of area service shops which specialize in luxury vehicles. However, he declined due to the fact he did not want to spend $250 for a third party inspection. I did everything in my power to advise him as genuinely as possible as I do all of my customers. Mr. Busenhart is not a typical Rolls-Royce owner, he runs a limousine service and should have qualified persons drive and maintain his service vehicles. I stand behind everything I sell and have the clientele to back it up.
Sincerely,
Eric Schwarz
