TMoney2007 said:
The next time he goes out there, all he has to do is write "MBUSA" on a sheet of paper, put it on one of the cars and take a picture of the garage.
He doesn't have to expose his personal information,... although he has disclosed the future location of millions of dollars worth of cars and he can squash these terrible rumors once and for all.
Ol_Ag_02 said:
Hey Barnes. How come the picture of the outside of your shop shows an offset A-Frame while the interior shot shows a center A-Frame?
I carry around a piece of paper with my texags username on it at all times for just such a purpose.Guitarsoup said:
BRB, going to write Soup on a piece of paper and take pics of it on cars in the parking garages in the Med Center.
who?mikejones said:
He had a handle where he coopted a female lawyer's life as his own. He would send pictures of women to posters and even tricked aggiehawg into giving him her info.
He is a psychopath. It is most certainly not above him to use this person you found as his own story and go very deep to cover the loose ends.
He is one of the greatest trolls of all time.
TMoney2007 said:I carry around a piece of paper with my texags username on it at all times for just such a purpose.Guitarsoup said:
BRB, going to write Soup on a piece of paper and take pics of it on cars in the parking garages in the Med Center.
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- that tag number is for a used Mercedes lease which seems odd for a high roller like MBUSA is posing to be, but whatever.
ccolley68 said:Quote:
- that tag number is for a used Mercedes lease which seems odd for a high roller like MBUSA is posing to be, but whatever.
I've seen this detail pointed out a couple times here and on the Outdoors thread. This one seems to be grasping at straws a bit. Lots of rich folks buy used cars, let someone else take the depreciation. I guess if you ball hard enough to have millions tied up in cars it may not make sense to do. But my grandpa is one who can afford whatever he wants, and at 92, decided he wanted a Bentley. He bought a used 2 year old one instead of new. My FIL hasn't bought anything but CPO in several years. It's just Toyota's and Lexus SUV's, not McLaren's or anything, but he can afford the new, just chooses not to.
I think there are plenty of issues that don't make sense in the OP's story, but the used Benz isn't one of them.
Jack Cheese said:TMoney2007 said:
The next time he goes out there, all he has to do is write "MBUSA" on a sheet of paper, put it on one of the cars and take a picture of the garage.
He doesn't have to expose his personal information,... although he has disclosed the future location of millions of dollars worth of cars and he can squash these terrible rumors once and for all.
Come on. That's beneath a high roller like MBUSA.
He has three Porsche's and some furniture at the DS shop.Quote:
The collection is not at the DS shop. DS is in its infancy. Long way to go on that. The collection in the shop in Barton Creek. I would have gladly shown any of you the collection, but the way most have acted on this thread it would be case by case decision.
The DS shop currently only has three Porsche's and two haulers along with a crap load of furniture from our previous house.
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Anyone tried calling the medical supply place and verifying they still have a building in Dripping?
so that's where I've seen those cars. that's Winding Road Racing - an Austin race maintenance/supplies shop. I have seen them at multiple COTA events. I am pretty sure I've seen them in their shop as well.Tim Weaver said:
There's been some continual confusion over the building in Dripping Springs. MBUSA said it was "to be" his race shop so that's not where the cars are stored. Yet in post number 11 he shows three Porsche GT3's in what is assumed to be the DS shop. His "Race Shop". He did not dispute that fact.
In fact later he said quote:He has three Porsche's and some furniture at the DS shop.Quote:
The collection is not at the DS shop. DS is in its infancy. Long way to go on that. The collection in the shop in Barton Creek. I would have gladly shown any of you the collection, but the way most have acted on this thread it would be case by case decision.
The DS shop currently only has three Porsche's and two haulers along with a crap load of furniture from our previous house.
Yet those three Porsche's have numbers and driver names on the doors. None of which use the Initials MB or USA, or any combination of those letters. Those cars look llike GT3 Cup cars to me. And they are numbered with vinyl graphics, but without any livery. They are not "race" cars. Most likely they are owned by a driving school. Two different cars in the photos have this low in front of the doors on both cars. Can anybody identify this logo?
Also, this is tenuous but if you look at the two different pics we have of the leased Benz it looks to me like one of those is an S550 and the other is an S450. It is really hard to tell in the grainy photo however.
shallyaggie said:
Yes, it is still owned by John Wester. See post above. The story being told is partly true. The question is whether it is being told first hand or if someone is pretending to be him with a few additional lies.
John Wester does own the building in Drip and Austin. The Austin one does have all sorts of cars. I see it every day. Not sure if the picture of the interior is true or not. I have never seen the doors open. But John Wester does appear to have a decent car collection for himself.
Is this the guy that has posted on several of the auto boards under the name StreetKing? Looking at his house on Google Maps, he has 2 garages and 1 kind of looks like the one in the background of several of the pics that poster has posted in the past.shallyaggie said:
The general story seems to be true, but not sure if it is being told first hand or by someone imitating Mr. Wester.
The building in Dripping Springs is owned by John Wester. He purchased in 2018. Whether it is used for a car collection is unknown.
The other warehouse referenced in the story is located at 6001 Mountain Shadows Dr. The appraisal district has it labeled "Personal Car Museum". That is also owned by John Wester. It does have car haulers and various cars. I drive by it every day and always see sports cars, etc outside. The second picture of the purple McLaren is taken from just outside the shop inside the fence.
That is all I got....
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This is the family's sixth or seventh time at the Omni for the buffet. Wester said he recently retired after 50 years in the Japanese restaurant business, so it was nice to have the cooking done for him for a change.
shallyaggie said:
Yes, it is still owned by John Wester. See post above. The story being told is partly true. The question is whether it is being told first hand or if someone is pretending to be him with a few additional lies.
John Wester does own the building in Drip and Austin. The Austin one does have all sorts of cars. I see it every day. Not sure if the picture of the interior is true or not. I have never seen the doors open. But John Wester does appear to have a decent car collection for himself.
Seabreeze said:
Threads like these are where Barnes cant keep his lies together.
https://texags.com/forums/12/topics/2932728/replies/51224267
Interesting find! It could have been that Mr. Wester just invested in some japanese restaurants on the side with all of his extra money from what looks like a lucrative career in law and medical services, and he likes to talk about that more than his main career.tsuag10 said:
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/san-antonio/news/2019/11/28/hundreds-of-families-enjoy-a-non-traditional-thanksgiving-meal-at-omni-barton-creekQuote:
This is the family's sixth or seventh time at the Omni for the buffet. Wester said he recently retired after 50 years in the Japanese restaurant business, so it was nice to have the cooking done for him for a change.
The bolded portion above would match up with MBUSA's thread over on Politics about him being in the restaurant industry. However, it completely contradicts the LinkedIn profile below. If you watch the video at the above link, "John Wester" is clearly the same guy in the LinkedIn profile pic, but the 2 backgrounds don't match at all. "Japanese restauranteur" vs. lawyer in the medical field and founder of his own medial services company.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-wester-978319b0
I'm more confused now than before...
