What happened to the Genius Garage Fast & Furious Lykan Hypersport?

[@Salvaba]

Casey didn’t mention that you can’t mess with family.

[@messmeister92]

Short of damaging the car, the real GM couldn’t have handled it any worse. “Why do you think the car is here?” would have had me lunging through the phone if I were in Casey’s shoes.

[@CaseyPutsch]

Oh I wanted to do terrible things….

[@RoughNek72]

Oh yeah.

[@420Jspec]

At the other side of it. It was a cloaked way of saying. What did dipshit tell you? LoL

[@darthrevan2063]

@@CaseyPutsch don’t blame you.

[@downwithtrudeau]

I think the car is there because your guys mouths write checks your assess can't cash.

[@jason1351]

You should release the name of the shop. I work in one of the biggest auto parts suppliers in MI. I would really like to know which company did this.

[@schizophrenicgaming365]

i agree

[@dadbod4life]

Its probably not worth the headache that comes with outing the shop. For us yes, for the people dealing with it, no.

[@keiton9512]

More than likely will end with lawsuits.

[@KnarBurger]

@@keiton9512 I’ve always hated when people say this. No, it won’t result in lawsuits. If he came on here and didn’t lie and just told the story as it was there is nothing wrong with that. The company can try and sue him but they literally have nothing to stand on and if they take legal action the shop might end up liable for “damages” caused to Casey because they lied to him and didn’t perform the work he took it for which he could argue resulted in a profit loss for his channel or shop. The real issue is once you out the shop they may act like a bunch of idiots and start defaming Casey or his shop online or to the community. Just messy at that point and Casey probably doesn’t want the headache.

[@GTSgamer101]

A 100% plus if you need a car lawyer for MI, Steve L. Who also is on this show could lawyer up.

[@Eatongee]

Sounds similar to Casey's bad experience trying to sell the Batmobile. The guy just wanted it for a show piece.

[@chefcc90]

Those poor students. What the hell is wrong with some people. This was a passion project for them

[@maddog4390]

@@SpartanArmy117 sounds like you need to take your meds. Or stop taking so many.

[@interpol007]

@@SpartanArmy117 look up the deal between him and rabbit

[@jaubuchon28]

@@interpol007 wym? I'm interested but not seeing anything

[@Threebs_]

@@SpartanArmy117 you’re judging him over assumptions. I’m not saying you’re wrong, I’m saying you’re not necessarily right. Point is, you don’t know the guy. You’re surface-level judging over some weirdass assumptions and maybe that’s why you got banned

[@TheInsaneShecklador]

@@SpartanArmy117 I could be completely wrong but, I've always felt the same vibe about Casey that you just described.

[@18spd4Life]

You should definitely out these clowns and help save anyone else from making that same mistake and vomiting on the side of the highway

[@PLD0VR]

Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't he trying to get the work done for free using the promotional value as payment? Not sure many people are trying to do that and I'm amazed he pulled it off TBH

[@18spd4Life]

@@PLD0VR you’re not wrong and there’s nothing wrong with that, one company is holding to that arrangement where the other company didn’t. They wasted valuable time and left him puking on the side of a road. I guess Casey is just a better man than me because I’d be telling everyone in hopes of saving at least one person from feeing the way he did. Imagine if someone else had rated that business poorly, Casey could’ve made a better informed decision and avoided bringing his rare project car there and we wouldn’t be having this conversation is all I’m saying

[@VINwiki]

Happy Friday everyone! Have an awesome weekend.

[@highdonny]

Thanks you as well my friend

[@stormace695]

Happy Friday to the moderators and Mr Ed Bolian!

[@philipdavids7663]

You too

[@theanomalous1401]

Same to you. Tell me, How is Doug Tabbutt these days? It's been a long time since he sat in the big chair and regaled us with his tales of the Mexican Stig!

[@johnsnow1355]

Happy Halloween 🎃🎃

[@davidstewart3868]

At least you got the car back unmolested. Man, that’s two in a row, first your Batmobile in the shop in Columbus had to be rescued and now the Lykan Hypersport. There are some real unethical scumbags out there. Looking forward to the finished Lykan.

[@BoostAlmighty]

Woah.... what happened to the Batmobile? (which yes, I'm assuming happened a million years ago) lol

[@Howema]

@@BoostAlmighty to keep it short, a dealership wanted the batmobile on display to promote the business (i think they were supposed to sell it on commission actually) and offered space for an additional genius garage location in exchange. dealership didn't keep their end of the bargain and even let random people crawl all over the batmobile.

[@imolazhpdom]

@@Howema which dealer?

[@louskunt9798]

We need to know who the POS shop is who did this!!

[@jringhisen]

I agree with the other comments. Wish there was a means to go public with this company so I could make sure they don't get any of my business, ever. Glad it got back safe; congrats to your students; keep up the great work at Genius!

[@KungfufightU]

Would really like to know the name of the shop that screwed this all up. I definitely don't want to give them any business.

[@DarkRaptor99]

I'm really curious now. I live in Michigan, so I do wonder which body shop chain it was.

[@n0z4a243]

@@DarkRaptor99 had to be Gerber or The collision shop. There's very few LARGE chains in Michigan outside of those 2.

[@imagri1]

@@n0z4a243 well let’s hope it’s at least one of them since you made this comment. Love how people will start throwing out names to be drug through the mud without the actual knowledge or proof.

[@javierguajardo1760]

@@imagri1 aint nothing wrong with talking shit

[@Turshin]

From my experience all the paint and body shops in Michigan are full of shit. Either they charge absurd prices or dick around for months with your car. I've seen it too many times. My brother in law had to show up to a shop with the pistol to get his car back after a shop who promised to paint it, wasted months and did nothing with his car.

[@Bicketybam68]

It makes you wonder if they did a body mold of it so they have their own version?? Probably didn't happen but some people are just... weird.

[@stormace695]

Happy that the project is back on track again!!!

[@OriginalMomo]

The lykan went from being launched from a cannon, to launching careers. Perfect

[@zamoragera13]

I'm afraid that I've worked at some of those shops that were not that great with customers and I did not like it. I wanted to learn to work in thebody shop business. I learned that you can't trust nobody these days.

[@SharmV]

“I’m a good caller of bs” - gets bsd for 5 months.

[@blackhammer_928]

Yeah he is a clown 🤡 that don't know how to work on cars

[@orangecayman520]

@@blackhammer_928 he knows how to work on cars, just look at his channel, he literally is building a Lancia Stratos Zero from scratch, but you're right he does seem to be bad at making buisness relationships, considering that this is the second time this has happened to him

[@ViolentMLG]

I think his issue is that he cut corners and therefore ended up with the result. I'm sure the guy he was desiring to work with was probably ALLOT cheaper than some high-end shop with multiple certifications. He probably knew the guy was BSing the entire time, yet, he also was underpaying and working with less-professional people, which means you have to be lenient with them, especially when they have something of value in their hands. You have to weigh the cost of savings VS being sketched out. Best case they do their job and you save thousands, and worse case you regret it, the degree of regret depends on how sketchy you got.

[@crazyrat51]

I am a retired 40 plus year high end body and paint guy. (Pre WWII Antique and Classic cars, hot rods, race cars, custom paint.) This is all to common in the industry. Every time I see or heard of this kind of shenanigans, it tears me up inside. Most of the time it is a guy trying to get his pride and joy done and some weasel comes along and does a "song and dance" on them. AND not knowing the right questions to ask or what to look for in a body shop, the guy gets taken for a ride, looses a large amount of money and possibly his car. Unfortunately there are too many of these types of people in the business. I WISH there was some kind of certification nationwide that would eliminate the fly by night a**holes. Your Pal, Gary

[@DepreciationNation]

The Lykan build is what subscribed me to Genius Garage. I was consumed with the build and cannot wait to see the completed car.

[@evanfelch7689]

Always love watching Casey's stories. And that he repped that Laguna Seca shirt for this filming set.

[@scottmk5]

At a certain point you have to start thinking "maybe it's me" Batmobile and Lykan. Apparently your judge of character isn't so keen after all. 🤣🤣

[@lxlphantomlxl3600]

Glad to see the car is in safe hands! It's mind blowing to think that something like this even happened.

[@alexanderkareh6832]

Hearing this story makes me feel better about getting screwed over for two years with my car, I’m glad I’m not the only one. This sucks to go through. Glad he got it back.

[@stormace695]

And cannot wait for the finished product to be showcased!

[@cpt_nordbart]

Going full "Let me talk to the Manager!"

[@IraqVet0608]

No not that “ manager”. The real one

[@Po_Buoy_Fresh]

I was screwed but I won’t share names…. What are you a politician? 🤦‍♂️

[@spinmoto180]

One of my favorite Builds on KZbin of all-time!

[@502undergroundmedia6]

It’s so awesome that you actually got hooked up with the right collision repair facility to get the Lycan fixed. The first place missed their opportunity to be part of something really special. Great episode. 👍👍👍

[@RealStuntPanda]

UTI needs to accept that they need to change their name, just like the diet candy AYDS did.

[@rwdplz1]

If you're going to deal with a paint shop you don't know, you need at LEAST 3 letters of recommendation and cars to inspect. Paint guys are shadier than dealers.

[@unclebs4732]

Must have been a Gerber body shop! Or a Macco.

[@budrohammbone2806]

Ed/Casey, This was a great video, actually a cautionary tale we all should pay attention to. I am now 64 and have had a couple of these type incidents. When a business claims to have the wherewithal to accomplish a task it is often wishful thinking on their part. The Weasel types then panic and start making up BS to try to cover their a$$. "Don't Let Your Alligator Mouth Overload Your Hummingbird A$$" applies here.

[@brucedeyarmin8720]

So just to straighten things up was the car paint work done for free for exposure??

[@michaeldoran8157]

7:45 "...kinda funny, in a horrific way... Gold.

[@jjlegend3922]

Any person/company that tries to abuse the positions of teachers at trade schools are absolute scum! These are the future workforce kids, to take a project like this away from them, is terrible. We never had cars like this back when I was in trade school, but I would still be crushed if someone tried scamming our school for our hard work projects. Glad this didn't turn into a "And thats the last time we've seen the lykan"

[@jjlegend3922]

This will be the best student project for years to come.. Even *if* the future is strictly EV, This would be a fun way to teach how to swap powertrains, to keep "older" cars on the road!

[@SAVikingSA]

As a career body guy, you can tell the good shops from the bad when employees get excited to work on particular cars. Those of us that desire to be a part of making an exotic or collector car look its best do so out of love, and the money is secondary. Body work is ostensibly an art, whereas auto mechanics is a science. Actual artists have passion, and that really shows through in our industry.

[@michaelhowell2326]

You're a classy cat, Casey. Most anyone else would have "accidentally" name dropped the doodoo bodyshop.

[@villanistic22]

You chose the PERFECT WHEEL for that car too!!

[@ymhymh3944]

Advanced Collision sounds like a great company, run by stand up guys!

[@gordythecreator]

Keyword "nonprofit". Old money and Rotary Clubs are living in a different dimension. Nonprofit Organization is how Casey needs to introduce himself. I can see someone being confused by his way of doing business. Most of us aren't familiar with the "upper class/old money" way of doing business. Most of us are ghetto. We are "the help". And yes I've personally heard them rich bastards use these terms

[@SirOtterman]

The number of people who have been willing to screw over Genius Garage is just disturbing. So glad the community is stronger than the trash & has come through for this amazing project!

[@bravofighter]

I can feel the anxiety and tension, that must’ve SUCKED to go through. I’ve been through similar stuff, where I moved material and people into place to start a massive construction project, and when I got to the house, they just blew me off and said, “Yeah, we just can’t do this today, we have friends coming over for lunch. Maybe next week some time?”

[@griptopia]

The progress video of how the car looks now is on Casey's channel , very cool seeing it come together ... Casey you are the best Troll taunter on the internet

[@stormace695]

At the very least the car was safely back in his hands!

[@jamesmisener3006]

Your greatest achievement in life may well be Genius Garage Casey. Looking forward to more G.G. episodes in the fall including the Lykan build. Cheers to everybody at Genius Garage. 🇨🇦

[@CaseyPutsch]

Thanks!

[@Backroad_Junkie]

I can understand why he wouldn't release the name of the shop, but in a way, it drives me crazy when they don't. They're leaving the door open for someone else to get screwed. If the shop is that unprofessional, people should be warned away...

[@sgtjay]

Hell yeah!! I am excited to see it finished as well. That’s great the real shop stepped up in a big way!

[@NeverMetTheGuy]

I'm here for the Casey, and Genius Garage stuff.

[@texas_stone_lets_go_brandon]

They were probably making molds of the Lykan for later use. Hate to say it, but it is the reality of it.

[@louskunt9798]

We need to know who the POS shop is who did this!!

[@UltraMagnis]

Happens to all car guys one time or another. Had a very prominent supra builder here in brisbane Australia keep my car at his shop for going on 5 years. Just milked me for money and it took way too long for me to realise. I eventually threatened to report him for fruad considering he had hardly touched the car. He then did subpar work to get fit out of his shop. I made a bullshit excuse that I needed the car for a photo shoot and got it on a tow truck. . I called him the next day and roasted him i then left a really bad review on their google review. He then released my information publically on a forum. He was a real piece of shit. You learn from it though... Found some actual good shops for my cars now and can smell bullshit a mile away.

[@jcwat]

Dumb thing number 1, you didn't confirm your contact owned the place. Dumb thing number 2, talking sh** to him before securing your property.

[@ronconrad3507]

When begging for stuff. Throw in the kids. Very effective

[@Lowbudgetracing37]

How could I get into the genius garage classes? That’s the type of stuff I want to do and I’m honestly not happy just doing collision repair on insurance jobs. Occasionally I get yelled at for having too much attention to detail and making things too nice. I want to do something where that would be appreciated

[@lxLanarchyxl]

that sounds like the opposite of a bad thing..sad, hope you find somewhere that appreciates you and you grow to learn more and more

[@Lowbudgetracing37]

@@lxLanarchyxl I actually just got hired at a custom car shop that does everything from restorations to tube chassis race cars! Your kind words mean a lot man!

[@16Willmanutd]

Casey and his popped collar. Jesus Christ he makes it really hard to like him.

[@manofsheerawsomness]

Let me save you 13 minutes: Casey trusted a 1 of 1 build through a friend (who should take some responsibility for part of this) to a company and a man he did no checking on and got nothing in writing in Michigan, after 2 months he got it back.

[@theresalerascal2215]

Is the car finished? The video said it would be done this year. I want to see it!

[@jackjuggalo6005]

You should have called tht shop out

[@noonehere1793]

What a great project genius garage is…..well done sir.

[@timross9554]

Everything happens for a reason. Glad to hear it ended up in the right hands

[@stormace695]

Couldn't belive the fact that they faked it and used this car for their publicity

[@bradklingensmith]

Sounds some similar to the Batmobile story.

[@dandailey1857]

Needed more light on face of Casey. I'm hearing impaired and rely heavily in lip-reading. Please improve foreground lights🙏

[@John-oo4ec]

Shoulda called your boy Rabbit, he woulda went there with you.

[@reycaballero2462]

That was horror story....as a car guy the hardest thing to do is to entrust your prized possession to a snake oil dealer. You really have to have a good read on people when it comes to having your car worked on. Happy to know the story has a happy ending.

[@johnhufnagel]

The internet is a small place. these geniuses will be revealed at some point.

[@atrujillo7836]

My guess is B&B collision Corp

[@GreggyGTV]

What wheels are these? Stance SF07?

[@Mulerider4Life]

Was this body shop in beautiful sunny Sylvania?

[@wrxzboost]

i'm getting the feeling that Casey was looking for a freebie? Because finding people that are "onboard" with the project and have the same "vision" and want to be "part of the build" is just fancy for charity work. you get what you pay for and it's no surprise you were struggling to find a good shop. hell, i can barely find a "good" shop paying top dollar. people are assholes.

[@willsee7452]

I was losing my mind trying to figure out that track on Casey’s t shirt! Got it though….Nurburgring 😉

[@vedantawasthi5410]

is there some form of sarcasm in this comment that I am unable to comprehend? edit: yeah it was sarcasm

[@voxer16333]

It's Laguna Seca...

[@TheRealMerkinSeason]

Sounds like the guy that agreed and took the car in knew from the start he couldn’t do it. And his idea of “exposure” was having that car sit in the shop for a few months so every single person that came In could see that they have a “lyken hypersport” there and nothing was out of their wheelhouse to do.

[@bbarber6845]

Casey is almost too nice. Glad to see his continued success

[@craigcolavito5606]

I like Casey and I love Genius Garage, but the idea of paying a shop in "exposure" just doesn't sit right.

[@teametniesbmx]

Classic “choosing beggar” I want you to paint this high end car with the best possible materials but I’m not going to pay you to do it. No shit if I were the GM at that body shop I would tell him the same thing. Get your charity case out of here. Anyone whose worth a damn in this business isn’t going to be doing work for free.

[@andrewfletcher5584]

Where can you get Kasey's t shirt!

[@stormace695]

Can't Wait for the next update on this car in particular!

[@houstonOLED]

Puke on the side of the road over this overhyped slow car? Ooof

[@2strokesimdone833]

Totally want to drive over just to look at it.

[@boxedfender4810]

Body shops tend to be a lot of important vehicles purgatory..

[@JFryed420]

Ohhh he’s a popped collar guy. Ouch

[@benz500r]

That industry in plagued by crooks. My car was in varies shops for 9 years. They moved to other locations and took my car along didn’t telling me. I had to find them myself. Many times they didn’t answer my calls and texts for weeks. That was a complete disaster. I had to file a lawsuit against 1 shop and send letters of intent to file against 2 other shops. Obviously everyone was blaming someone else (but they knew each other and played a game with me) and I was scared I was going to lose a car. Finally after 9 years I picked it up from them. It was far from perfect. The rest I did on my own.

[@johnsnow1355]

I still say you should of sent the car over to motionautotv for a sweet Paint Job. He is above the board and dose amazing paint work. His supra went to SEMA and is still beautiful

[@williamwilliams8145]

Should have named and shamed, that company used the car to promote their business and probably got work as a result and it didn't cast them a bean. Whereas Genius Garage lost the one thing you cannot replace, time and a lot of it.

[@QS-si3cq]

Should have had students paint it as well. Feels a little incomplete in a way that the rest of it was by students, but the repaint won't be.

[@kavinskysmith4094]

6:55 always leave your ego and your anger out of the equation and just go and grab the car when things like that happen casey, as otherwise you end up with a video bob mosely like situation where he got into a fight with a local mexican bodyshop over a 5K paint job for a knight rider knock off car, and he ended up getting into a yelling fight while getting locked inside of their shop with the cops called on him for it all over a lousy paint job with sanding marks on it for a car from a TV show where they were literally famous for doing splash and dash paintjob's between the jumps and all because he couldnt let it go that he paid 5 grand for this and wanted his money's worth, instead of just saying here's the cash, my car, and then putting out a warning beacon, hey never do business with these guys ever again if you want a good job done, and leaving it at that and this went back between the shop and him for weeks, months even and all for a car where I could have literally bought one, a legit 1982 trans am for that money, I know as I was literally looking at a slightly rough white one that was overall in good shape for that kind of money on Rabit Pitt's favorite online auction sight that barred him for life after he self bid on a butch of his items to jack up the price like when you end up in situations like that, its best to well, watch the video by the culture mafia they did on How did Vito Corleone know it was Barzini all along?, and skip to the words at the end lol and then apply that to how you do things like this going forth as that's the thing, your not flying solo anymore, your running a school for kids and you gotta think more calmly now, and the other thing is, well, what was a stipulation of you having that car, making sure no one could copy it, and now its tied up at a bodyshop where for all you know the guy has no title to the shop and is 4 days from Forclosure and you've just pissed him off so much he's stuffed your car behind the dumpster at the taco bell just down the road to spite you.

[@sgtaaronp]

Wish I knew it was in Michigan I would have done something about it...

[@ImARealHumanPerson]

Like what? Lmao

[@undergroundoutlaw411]

@@ImARealHumanPerson He has a particular set of skills that he developed over years

[@henryatkinson1479]

Well, at the very least you got the thing back no worse off than you gave it to them. Still sucks that this whole ordeal happened though.

[@dakotaflowers0]

I've never heard of this place before, and being only a couple hours away in my homestate, I'm very intrigued and would love to check this place out! There's alot of awesome things about ohio but this is top 3 for me.

[@dmikhou]

Wonder if it was Fisher Body?

[@xChickenMedia]

Is this the same guy who was trying to build the rotary super car

[@lobotomyracing8080]

It's nice to see the real version of Casey and knockoff the Marvin the Martian impersonator he portrays on he's KZbin channel

[@aidanjohnson7571]

Maybe don't try paying people in 'exposure' next time. Or talking about how incredibly prominent the build is when it really isn't outside a small community. May give better results

[@SillyGoose69]

That was probably the biggest mistake that shop made they had the chance to blow the f*** up.

[@mad_like_a_hatter5469]

Get the guy from “furious garage” on here he’s got some nutty stories! Plus it would help build his new channel!

[@curtislovrak5390]

I’ve been bit by too many paint and body places and people. It seems to be a very common occurrence.

[@thatrealba]

I like Casey. Casey is my favorite VinWiki guest. I LOVE following Genius Garage. I love Casey's stories and his builds and his zainy attitude. BUT the dude is a mark and he will always be a mark. He will always be taken advantage of because he refuses to use a simple thing called a contract. People see him coming a million miles away, and I feel bad for him in that regard. Come on, Casey :( LEARN

[@thodieousk5853]

Laguna sec monster.... Nice shirt

[@rjnation5042]

Way to nice Cassey, I'd name everyone involved in this clusterf..k of a story, thanks for the update, Rj in Oz

[@aliassmithandjones9453]

it amazes me sometimes how many flakes and crooks there are in the world. Hell we even have one as president right now

[@AoiKaze2000]

So of all the builds Casey has done... where did the Batmobile go?

[@descartes451]

He wasted your time to figure out that it was too big of a job to do for free. Better to waste your time than doing it wrong with lots of thick filler ect.