Crashed GT3RS - speed shop ouch!
03-06-2017, 03:12 PM
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The only incidents I had here was when a Sonata hit a 996 ,broke the mirror then drove away. I had the same color mirror here on the used parts shelf, called the owner and said what happened. He didn't seem to mind at all. There was the insurance scam VW Golf but that's another story...
03-06-2017, 03:50 PM
#17
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People use my parking to turn around all the time, see photo below. The broken pavement is from constant use, I had it repaved. Now I keep my garbage bins there to stop people from pulling u turns.
The only incidents I had here was when a Sonata hit a 996 ,broke the mirror then drove away. I had the same color mirror here on the used parts shelf, called the owner and said what happened. He didn't seem to mind at all. There was the insurance scam VW Golf but that's another story...
The only incidents I had here was when a Sonata hit a 996 ,broke the mirror then drove away. I had the same color mirror here on the used parts shelf, called the owner and said what happened. He didn't seem to mind at all. There was the insurance scam VW Golf but that's another story...
Is that a 928 in the glass reflection?
03-06-2017, 04:02 PM
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They cut it at where the cones are are until the street and regraded the approach. Now really low cars aren't an issue. Landlord and city didn't want to pay for anything, I did it out of pocket.
Nah 924s with a documented 42000kms on it.
Nah 924s with a documented 42000kms on it.
03-06-2017, 04:38 PM
#19
I hate driving clients cars on road tests simply because if something happens it will end up on the net and there goes the business. I'm not nervous about myself but rather other people possibly smashing the car. I install lots of goodies on turbo BMWs which make them very fast... Just drive it normal and hand the keys back. If the owner wants to wreck the car let them do it. There is a shop around here that smashed a 991 Turbo on a road test, the mechanic was taking a selfie... It was all settled with insurance but the dummy posted the selfie photo.
http://thegarageblog.com/garage/rare...to-test-drive/
03-06-2017, 05:51 PM
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When you talk about a car getting hit by someone else at a test drive... the first thing that came to mind was that Ferrari F40 that got wrecked just by the Auto Mall near Weston Road and Hwy 7. (where Pfaff Porsche is)
http://thegarageblog.com/garage/rare...to-test-drive/
http://thegarageblog.com/garage/rare...to-test-drive/
There was this locally. Then it turned out the owner was fighting so hard because he had a 2nd mortage on his home to afford the car.
http://jalopnik.com/5670646/mechanic...er-fights-back
03-06-2017, 09:22 PM
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Last edited by Turbodan; 03-06-2017 at 10:16 PM.
03-06-2017, 10:55 PM
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You should use a portable dash cam whenever you drive a customer's car. Cheap insurance.
It's funny how bent out of shape some people are about this...I mean it's just an automatic Carrera...
It's funny how bent out of shape some people are about this...I mean it's just an automatic Carrera...
I hate driving clients cars on road tests simply because if something happens it will end up on the net and there goes the business. I'm not nervous about myself but rather other people possibly smashing the car. I install lots of goodies on turbo BMWs which make them very fast... Just drive it normal and hand the keys back. If the owner wants to wreck the car let them do it. There is a shop around here that smashed a 991 Turbo on a road test, the mechanic was taking a selfie... It was all settled with insurance but the dummy posted the selfie photo.
Funny story. I have a really good client actually friend with a Ford GT that I pick up from his house and drive to my shop which is about 30 mins away. As soon as I get on the highway I have people taking photos or filming video... that happened in traffic once. The good part is he does a hardwired front and rear dash cam.
Funny story. I have a really good client actually friend with a Ford GT that I pick up from his house and drive to my shop which is about 30 mins away. As soon as I get on the highway I have people taking photos or filming video... that happened in traffic once. The good part is he does a hardwired front and rear dash cam.
03-06-2017, 10:57 PM
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03-07-2017, 02:11 PM
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03-07-2017, 02:55 PM
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03-07-2017, 09:08 PM
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"So what happened: owner wanted calipers painted, so they took all brake calipers off (except handbrake?). They still put it by the highway because there were more RS there, and it looks good. A mechanic got into the car, didn't realise that there were no brakes. What exactly happened after that is unknown (we'll never know) but the car ended up in the water!"