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Nov 7, 2006 | 08:21 PM

67maro

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Flying elise

A quick story I saw on SVTP.

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Dropped my Elise off to the local Goodyear shop to have new F1G3s installed. My Father-in-law is the service manager and has been for 10 years. He is out on medical leave, but he met me at the shop this morning, because he understands the uniqueness of the car.

I handed them the tire tools and opened the Owner's Manual to the jacking instructions so they would be clear. We went over all the instructions and they assured me I was in good hands.

We (my father-in-law and I both left)

1 hour later I get a call about the "accident" and that I needed to come down...
WTF!
So this is what I found...

It get's better. They said they read the manual, but not to the point where it spoke about the 4-point lift. After the crash, they continued reading. Yipee for me.

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Nov 7, 2006 | 08:24 PM

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that sucks. What are they going to do about it, or are you, or whatever?

Nov 7, 2006 | 08:25 PM

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nvm saw that its not yours lol you know what that guy is going to do about it

Nov 7, 2006 | 08:35 PM

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if that was my car I would sue the **** outta the fucekrs who did it

Nov 8, 2006 | 10:04 AM

67maro

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I wonder how bad the car is really hurt.

Nov 8, 2006 | 11:41 AM

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is there supposed to be a picture in there somewhere???

Nov 8, 2006 | 12:04 PM

PendragonZ

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Yeah, I'm not seeing the image. Maybe it will get fixed...but if not, this thread will get dumped.

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Nov 8, 2006 | 12:31 PM

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what picture?

Nov 8, 2006 | 12:57 PM

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since some of yall cant see it i'll host it for him.

Nov 8, 2006 | 01:53 PM

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atleast is was in good hands, hate so what would have happened to it otherwise =)

Nov 8, 2006 | 02:30 PM

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someone's getting fired over that one.

Or maybe they'll just take it out of his check.

Nov 9, 2006 | 12:51 AM

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damn

Nov 9, 2006 | 01:29 PM

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hey...accidents happen,atleast no one was under it.

Nov 9, 2006 | 06:05 PM

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Someone does not know a DAMN about weight distribution!!

Nov 9, 2006 | 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by dailydriver

Someone does not know a DAMN about weight distribution!!

the idiots probably didn't know it was a mid engine car.

Nov 9, 2006 | 07:24 PM

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Anyone that visits the forum it came from, I wanna know what the end result is! Hopefully the father in law will make sure the shop compensates the damages - damn.