STEvieXE
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Registered: 21st Jan 03
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Wot a day i just had. working late on overtime on a monday as we do each monday till eight. theres just me and a mechanic and the foreman there. mechanic has a car on the ramp and asks me to put the lift down onto a bit of wood in below the front suspension of the car to take pressure off it for him to do something. i cant see it so said to him to let me know when to stop. so am going down and next thing i see the car lifting off the rubber legs off the lift. the weight transfers and the car starts to slide, the mechanic runs out from under and the car falls into the middle front first. the legs on the pass side the front one gets stuck below the front wheel stopping it thankfully from nose diving onto the ground. rear leg on pass side rips up the door totally fucking it, damages the 1/4 panel below the moulding badly but repairable and damages the sill.. on the other side the front leg stops the fron wheel again and the rear leg goes into the middle of the car and pushes the floor up like fuck. so we had to go get the forklift to safetly get it down. absolute nitemare. worse again is the car has alreayd been repaired its in for a comeback of some sort for a noise or something and is due out 2moro. not looking forward to work 2moro, gonna be the boot for us 2 or maybe have to pay for the damage to the car...
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c20let
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gutted
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J100RSA
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accidents happen mate i reversed a brand new seat leon in the side of brand new pt cruiser with i worked for a seat jeep main dealer
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CorsAsh
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Registered: 19th Apr 02
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ohhhhhhhhh, shit.
Saw something like that on here not long ago... 
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boyracer2002
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Registered: 10th Aug 02
Location: West Yorkshire
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oooops not good, what car was it, and what kinda price you looking at?
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Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
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a 2 post ramp yeah? with 4 arms?
how did it slip?
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Dave A
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Registered: 10th Dec 03
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 bet the customer is gonna be pleased.
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boyracer2002
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quote:
Originally posted by J100RSA
accidents happen mate i reversed a brand new seat leon in the side of brand new pt cruiser with i worked for a seat jeep main dealer
your just mad the way you set off in a car i bet it was wrecked
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daz_SRi
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Registered: 9th Apr 06
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oih dear, as a mechanic i feel sorry for you, mistakes happen and every mechanic has at least one big fuck up mine being cracking a windscreen by dropping a wiper arm with no wiprer blade on it onto the screen, (i had to pay for it) the thing was i knew better but thought id get away with it
I work at a vw dealer and we had news come through warning us to be extra careful when putting the new golf gti on the ramp as in halifax this happened
[Edited on 03-07-2006 by daz_SRi]
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Jake
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quote:
Originally posted by CorsAsh
ohhhhhhhhh, shit.
Saw something like that on here not long ago...
The story did ring a bell Worst I done when working at a garage was lowering the car, the radiator was hanging down. I was looking at the rear of the car with two mechanics talking amongst themselves at the front. And the radiator got mangled. £300 odd quid for a new one and they had the cheek to blame me.
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bananamandaz
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Registered: 19th Jun 06
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ouch that sucks man,iv fitted a roof rackand scraped the shoot outta the side of the car with my belt,bout 700 pounds worth of damage lol
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Nath
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 @ that golf
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STEvieXE
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Registered: 21st Jan 03
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that pic is pretty much identical to wot happened. was a 2 post ramp with 4 arms yes. car was a 3 dr 106. in my work for new door and repairs and painting the side itd prob cost around a grand
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STEvieXE
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Originally posted by Dave A
bet the customer is gonna be pleased.
i certainly dont find it funny mate. neither funny enuff does the mechanic who could have been killed???
especially not when there is a big chance i could lose my job
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Robin
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quote:
Originally posted by STEvieN.I.
that pic is pretty much identical to wot happened. was a 2 post ramp with 4 arms yes. car was a 3 dr 106. in my work for new door and repairs and painting the side itd prob cost around a grand
theres the problem then. we used to really struggle to get 106's on our 2 post ramp, they were always a bit wobbly
still, at least no one was hurt
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STEvieXE
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Registered: 21st Jan 03
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foreman is just off the phone with me, he got in touch with the manager who doesnt seem to be too bad about it, just happy no one was hurt
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STEvieXE
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2moro will tell a tale
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STEvieXE
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first major thing for me in 7 years...
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J100RSA
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quote:
Originally posted by boyracer2002
quote:
Originally posted by J100RSA
accidents happen mate i reversed a brand new seat leon in the side of brand new pt cruiser with i worked for a seat jeep main dealer
your just mad the way you set off in a car i bet it was wrecked
id just pdi'd it too needed a new bumper the pt needed a new door the pt was in for pdi too
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jamied
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Registered: 27th Oct 03
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how it go mate?
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STEvieXE
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Registered: 21st Jan 03
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manager came in with general manager (i work for largest bodyshop group in northern ireland with 4 large shops). face like thunder. asked wot happened. we told him n he said ' thats a fuckin contract repair for 1600, now its gonna cost me 3k' Stormed off n came to talk to me about another car about 15 mins later and was really dead on. but its not over yet... Least we didnt get sacked..
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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I don't think they would sack you over an accident, unless it really was gross neglegance... Tis what insurance is for at least
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STEvieXE
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yeah havent got a copy of my contract but most workshops like that have a clause in it tho if u do x amounts of damage then they can inflict x disciplinery action altho hopefully it wouldnt come to that as me and the manager and foreman have been friends for years and all worked together in a different workshop before this place opened...
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Steve
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ask them why they dont provide you with proper equipment to do your job instead of having to use blocks of wood
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STEvieXE
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well i mean wot would u really get for doing that type of thing plus thats not a road i want to be going down to be honest unless they start gettin arsey about it (which they havent yet) Just hoping to get the thing out the door at the minute asap to get it out of my face..
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