Be careful who you let work on your car!
 

Wow.... This is incredible.

works dont express how pissed i would be!

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1924211

thats why i never let my car stay anywhere overnight...if a mech cant fix it while i wait i'll take it or tow it back home till he can...or make him show me the corner it will wait in and i WILL take my keys with my and record the mileage...(yes i do abuse my authority) know why? cause who's car do you think he'll wanna abuse...one of his? or yours?

there is another one about a cobra from somewhere in texas. a shop mechanic was test driving the car lost control and totaled it. the shop owner told the cobra owner to use his own insurance to pay for the loss of the car...

so you will never get a built motor or supercharger added to your car and you street race in NYC ROFLMAO....your cars slow and will stay that way

lol..

Ill let it stay overnight, and right there on the gauge face plate i will put a piece of masking tape with the mileage and date in my own writing.

they would be less likely to screw with it if they know you are watching.

i expect 2-5 miles after some repair work so they can drive it around and make sure it is sound.

you can always mess with them and slap the rear driverside tail light real hard on yer way out, you can sometime trip the fuel cutoff trigger.

they might not know it is there. lol

we do racin things in our own garages in my neighborhood...its called FRIENDS...lol...learn the concept

Wait, what? lol

didnt know people in NYC knew what a wrench was...let alone know how to build a motor

lol

pop open your trunk, inside the trunk on the drivers side behind the tail light hidden behind the carpet.

you will see a strange looking dookicy with a red button.

that is the fuel pump cutoff sensor with reset button.

i tripped this thing twice now on accident but bumping it with a screwdriver when replacing tail lights.

One day i was in the garage dicking around, the stang was sitting in the driveway running to get to normal temps before an oil change.

my buddy ben shows up, walks by my mustang and SLAP nails the rear drivers side tail light. the car ran for about 10 more seconds, started sputtering then finally died.

the bastard actually tripped the sensor by slapping the rear tail light. The light bolts on the same part of metal as the sensor.

I tried it twice, diddnt get it either time but stung my hand and finally decided i would rather not damage my tail light.


i think it is supposed to go of when a non chipped key is used, also after an impact it shuts off the fuel pump to kill the engine.

He said if you hit ur driverside taillight sometimes u can trip the fuel shut off switch although i would think u would have to hit it pretty hard

yah i failed both times trying, i wouldnt reccommend it, but i have seen it done. lol.

then again, those lenses are pretty sturdy

Haha, wow...probably going to end up trying that now

lol... lemme know how it goes. you gotta nail it pretty good though.

its funny when the gas stops pumping, it starts getting this lope sounding like it has an agressive cam

lol

i'm gonna go ahead and make a prediction right now that at least one member of this forum breaks his taillight trying it...remember to take pics whoever you are

wow thats terrible. the shop that used to do work on my car used to BEAT on my car. One time I was there expecting to pick up my car turned out it wasn't ready, as i was about to leave the shop owner took out another customers car 600+rwhp GT, took it down the street and beat the living crap out of it, got back and the windsheild was shattered. turned out he forgot to put the hood pins on the hood. on that note got my car back one time and they forgot to completely tighten the hinges on my hood, went on the highway and hood started flappin around. havent done business with them since.

i do all my oun work, call up some buddys get a 18 pack miller lite get out the chilton, tell them no beer tell the tools are up and get it done.
so here it is,
friends
work on car
BBQ
test car
beer

and im done.

I had one minor problem with my shop..

I just had my stereo installed and I took my car over to my shop for my header job and my h pipe ..

Got the car back that day, turned it on, system went "BOOM" real loud. Checked my equalizer and it'd be toyed with..kinda hard to toy with it when its in my console next to the seat.

Went over, talked to the owner, told him what was up, he said he'd deal with it. Right then and there, the guy was fired. Apparently, it wasn't the first time he'd done this.

This shop I go to does quite a bit of work with older cars. Old trucks with built engines, old muscle cars, and they do a few new edge cars.

As for the guy with the Vette, that shop owner stepped into a world of shit with her. Shes obviously got cash, so it won't be difficult to pick up a lawyer and get on the ball with it. As for "my insurance company would give her 40 grand she can buy a new car and i can install the mods that she had on the other car" Thats complete shit. That vette was atleast 10 grand more then that offer, and why would you want this same jackass working on your car?

Sounds like to me he won't be in business much longer. The lawsuit will come, his names been thrown out there to different communities, not only with a story, but with aftermath pictures... hes done. And one guy was right, he was running that place like it was a highschool shop.

Wow, that was a long thread. Those corvette owners are realy serious about their vettes. I would accept a new Z-R1 vette as a replacement, or else I would just sue the shop.. He has the pics he needs. Judge Judy could rule that one. LoL.. The shop owner should have made it right out of court though. Geez it was only a Vette, not like it was a Mustang. :p