Cajun Chris Visits Factory Five

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New

Chris Gaudet from Louisiana Makes the Trek to Wareham

There is an autocross tomorrow at Fort Devens so I figured I would take the Mk4 out on a shake down to make sure it’s ready. We have a new master cylinder on the car, so I decided to do some brake testing.

At the same time, I spotted Jason in the warehouse giving a tour to customer Chris Gaudet who was here visiting from Louisiana and thinking about building a Mk4 with his son Jack. So Chris joined me on the brake test drive and he was kind enough to take a quick picture afterwards proving that I don’t crash every time I drive.

Seriously, it was a pleasure meeting Chris and hopefully the guys at the build school will accommodate you and Jack at the next class.

Dave Smith
President

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