This is why I don't like other people working on my car

[astrodudepsu]

another one of these? jeez. bottom line dont let anyone work on your car.

 

[EVLSVT]

And people wonder why I wrote a 2500 rpm limiting tune?

Charlie

very good idea... never thought of that. I would have a 1500 rpm tune LOL. make sure they cant go over 25mph.

 

[03 TOPLESSSVT]

4 years ago the same senario happened to me s well. My 50k mile supercharged black Notch was wrapped around a telephone pole less than a 1/2 mile from that shop. He left it running out front of his shop to charge the battery one night while working late night like many shops do. A local crack head jumped into the running car and took off down the road. He lost control the second the car went into boost and ran it straight into a utility pole. I was away on business in LA and found out the moment I returned. The shop owner told me to name my price and give him a week to get funding. It took him 2 weeks but did all in one lump sum. The crack head later confess and made restitution over the last 4 years. Sucks it had to happen and by no means was my car worth what that C6 was but it meant just as much to me. I had it for 5 years and bought it bone stock down in Fla from a Mother. She had to pull the baby seats out of it when I took it lol. I would still have it to this day if that didnt happen. BTY it was being stored not worked on and I was going to pick it up that week.

 

[2003 Silver]

I'm guessing a shop could get insurance to cover for such incidents??

 

[SQ Stang]

Yeah I really don't like leaving my car anywhere for work being done to it, if there is, I make sure to be there an hour before they are done.

 

[Tom's_03SVT]

Who the F--- do these shop owners think they are dealing with! I posted the thread about the Cobra getting wrecked.

If you do an install and want to drive the car "to enjoy your work" do it on the dyno, I don't give a crap if a shop does a little spirited driving on the dyno, but don't wreck it and then tell me its my problem to fix!

 

[Don Juan]

Damn another one, at this rate there are going to be few shops left that people can actually trust, :nonono:

 

[crj814x4]

I work for dealerships and have delt with nice sport cars. Most of the customers that own these veh are scared like the rest of you and I really see your point out on this. I would be the same. At dealerships if they destroy your veh the insurance pays for it or they buy u one. seen it. You wouldnt want to deal with it but s%$t happens. Keep a good relationship with the advisor or mechanic that works on your car and they will respect ur car very well. I know I do. I got a tech fired for that once.

 

[Don Juan]

Look at this.

This is the owner of the shop.

I really don't know where to begin on this, I did offer to make everything right, and my offer was unacceptable to her.

This is the greatest nightmare of everyone involved, the shop owner, the car owner, everyone. My mailbox is full of hate mail from CF members, and I understand that. My side of the story is that I tried to make everything right, and Melissa chose to go through her insurance company and take me out of the picture of being a part of the solution.

My offer to Melissa, which was declined, was that she take the approximately $40k settlement for the vehicle from my insurance company, and release the vehicle to me so that I could remove the modifications to the car and those that were salvagable could be reinstalled by us on another car, those that were not I could repair or replace to as new condition. If she had cooperated this could have all had a better ending.

Instead she demanded that she file with her insurance company (I've never heard how much they offered) and that NO parts be reused, and that she choose another shop to do all the work and some of the parts (like the sound system for example) be upgraded at the same time. Carolina Auto Masters would pay for all parts and labor. I'm just not going to pay another shop to do the work on the car, and provide all new parts when the original car had much that was reusable.

When we were in constant contact in December, Melissa assured me that her insurance company had not evaluated the car, while in fact, she had already released the car to them and it had been moved somewhere else. I have not spoken with Melissa since that time. I would have to assume that the car has long since been sold as salvage and the reusable parts gone with it.

If the car is still impounded somewhere, I'd still be more than happy to take the parts off it, transfer those to a car that Melissa provides (from the settlement from her insurance company) that are in reuseable condition, repair or replace those that are not and make everything right. But Melissa chose another route, and that was her choice. I'd hoped her insurance company would settle for enough money for her build the car back just like it was. I assume that didn't happen, but have no way to know. Melissa has not contacted me since saying she would let me know when her insurance company got in touch with her, so I've been given no chances since my last offer to do anything more for her.

From the mail I've recieved she has gotten way more than the value of the vehicle and modifications out of CAM already via lost business. And that total will continue to grow, and her nightmare and my nightmare will continue with neither of us finding a way to wake up and it all just be a bad dream.

I've been sick about what happened, I hate that it happened, and I really hoped that my offer to make everything right had been accepted by Melissa.

I do wish her the best of luck dealing with her insurance company,
-jeff