[ZTWsquared]

Some of you on here may remember a Focus specialist in Cali by the name of F2USA ... they had some good stuff but was known for slow or even non-existent customer service. They also did a lot of business with the Mazda community.

The owner was / is Ricardo Vega.

I only purchased once from them (something for the Fusion - Feb 2009) and let me start by saying that I finally got what I ordered and it was fine.

But during the course of waiting for the part, I began to hear rumblings on Focaljet and FF about he might be going out of business - and I had trouble getting a hold of him - which, again to be fair, seemed to be the case during his entire business life - so nothing unusual there.

Anyway ... while waiting for my part I did some research (I'm good at that LOL) and I was able to track Mr. Vega down to his house in Whittier CA - and even saw from the street view the old red F-350 and a nice looking Euro Focus in front.

I've tried finding threads out there to see if anyone actually got burned by F2USA -and it appears not to be the case ... but in any event:

There's a new vendor on Focaljet by the name of GP-Werks and while cruising their website it seemed like an address was missing ... and in fact the website specifically said no local pickups available - not bad business per se but it does get you thinking.

So I found a phone number on the website (gp-werks.com) and sure enough, it's listed to an "A Vega" at the exact same address in Whittier where I found Ricardo a couple of years ago.

A coincidence maybe - but a damned strange one if A Vega isn't related or in fact the same as Ricardo Vega of F2USA fame.

So if you're looking for Ricardo for anything - I think I know how you can connect with him.

Just sayin'.