Robin
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he wasn't driving slow to do that either.
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SportBoy
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yeah will be just an excuse to drive it .. shouldnt get a car dirty changeing a wheelbearing .. think the lad just wanted a ride in it .. should of just said it happend on the road test lol
[Edited on 31-12-2006 by SportyBoy]
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Graeme
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tbh i have cliped a cars front bumper when going into one of our booths and also whilst driving a 7 series onto a pillar lift but thankfully they were just small minor scratches that i just had to repair but that is a mess!
i wouldnt let the garage fix it but i would take it away and find a bloody good bodyshop that will repair it to 100% how it was and then give the garage a nice big bill!
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Robin
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A lad I worked with reversed a bmw estate into a transit van. Easy to do reversing, but driving forwards, not so easy 
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jr
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ive had accidents at work, including one last week, but none were down to me wanting to rag a nice car round the block, garage shoudl pay whatever it takes to get it back to 100%
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Gregor
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Theres no way that will be back to 100%
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csweatherston
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a lad at work crashed a 55plate laguna straight off the end of a ramp...whilst it was in the air  im sure it was a bit easier to get parts for it tho
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SportBoy
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ive damaged cars at work but not on the road. but its not always under your control .. ie some1 could pull out on you.
but i have seen other garages where some1 has gone out for a test drive and they crashed the customers car. a good 1 was a mr2 that the mechanic lost the back end went up the kerb sideways and went throught a fence .. made abit of a mess lol
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drax
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Id have gone down there with the police and made everyone aware just what the fuck was going on. Theres no reason for that to have left the garage in the first place?
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SportBoy
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i can remeber one tho .. my friend brought his 400 bhp saph down for the mot .. i went for a little blast in it . and it ran out of fuel lol i did feel a twat .. but also my mate never told me his tank has a dent in the bottom of it so it never reads below 1/4 of a tank lol .. bloody hever cars to push 
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Robin
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yes there is.
it had a wheel bearing, it needed to be tested on the road so they could be sure the bearing was fitted right.
and it could have happened in their yard...
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SportBoy
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quote:
Originally posted by drax
Id have gone down there with the police and made everyone aware just what the fuck was going on. Theres no reason for that to have left the garage in the first place?
we have to take just about any car on a test run . check for knocks etc . before and after a job. some customers are a pain in the arse and want a bullet. try to make out ever since we have touched there car it knocks etc . that way they dont have to pay for it. a good 1 was we did a cambelt kit on a zafira .. 2 weeks later his gearbox blew up . he tried blameing us from when we did his cambelt .. theres the door sir 
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ClaireF
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quote:
Originally posted by escortgti.com
What sort of garage did he take it to ?
pls tell
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Gregor
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What ?
Everything I have seen you post today is text speech. I suggest you leave the internet.
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EarlofBarnet
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If you work in a garage you see stuff like this fairly often tbh.
I used to work at a Vauxhall dealership and saw:
* One of the mechanics damage an arch on 888 Astra because it was that low on the ramps.
* One of the mechanics start our MDs car, which was in 3rd gear and went in to one of the 4 poster lifts.
Also when I was at Halfords the garage was notorious for doing stuff.
* Melting most of the wiring loom on a Calibra.
* A 4x4 falling off the ramps!
* Young mechanic writing off his mates Impreza.
Happy days!
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Jules
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I remember reading about a garage crashing someone's VXR220 and writting it off after all had been sold - one irreplacable limited edition car lost forever due to some spanner monkey taking it out for a bit of fun 
[Edited on 31-12-2006 by Jules]
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ClaireF
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^^^^ i remember that
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T5POL
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Changing a tyre apparently. I know its a Bit of a repost...
[Edited on 31-12-2006 by T5POL]
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ClaireF
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de dums
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mwg
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can't imagine how fucking angry that would make you 
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ClaireF
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why is it always sporty cars?
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Ste
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ah well, no big loss. at least some lucky buggers got a nice donor for his kit car. riminds me of the time i was on the lookout for a snegga for my 2b. seen some guy in the garage and asked him when he was planning on scrapping it and if he would ring me as i wanted it as a donor car, the guy saw red, i think it was his pride and joy. 
I would rather lose by a mile because i built my own car, than win by an inch because someone else built it for me.
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jammo20
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that can be repaired no matter how rare etc etc you can repair anything its only a car yes rs500 in the right hands and as for being 100%im sure it will look 100% once fixed but inside the owner knows its been wacked
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Nath
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quote:
Originally posted by jammo20
that can be repaired no matter how rare etc etc you can repair anything its only a car yes rs500 in the right hands and as for being 100%im sure it will look 100% once fixed but inside the owner knows its been wacked
I didn't hear you zip your flamesuit up?
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jammo20
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lol its on now nath
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