Miata Mailing List: March 1998, Message #123

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At 09:54 PM 2/28/98 +0000, Henry C. Barta wrote:
>> From realbig.com!miata Fri Feb 27 17:04:59 1998
>> 
>> It's been a tough week.  Why don't we end it up by telling one mistake
we made
>> involving miatas?  We all have them...I have lots!   Being bold, old, and
>> unafraid, I'll go first:
>> 
>
>    I think I can top that. But I'll have to substitute a VW Scirroco
>    and Audi Fox in place of a Miata. (Fair enough, I think, because
>    this was about 10 years before the Miatas were even sold.)
>
>    I was working as a mechanic at a VW/Porsche/Audi dealer and among
>    other things, I ran the VW 'Diagnostic computer.' As a result, I
>    had two stalls, one that had 'the computer' and the one next to it.
>    On this particular day, I had a brand new car on both stalls.  I
>    was installing A/C in one of them, and doing a quick pre delivery
>    inspection on the other so that it could be delivered later that
>    day. I had the Fox about 4 feet off the ground while I was lowering
>    the Scirroco.  While I was standing there, hand on the lift valve
>    and wondering why the Scirroco wouldn't drop the rest of the way
>    down, I glanced at the Fox. It struck me as odd that I was looking
>    at its roof (for about 1/2 second.) And then I realized HOLY
>    SH*T!!! I had both doors between the two cars open, and the door on
>    the Scirroco had caught the door on the Audi and had tipped it up
>    about 30 degrees on the rack. I flipped the valve the other way to
>    lift the Scirroco and held my breath as the Fox leveled off without
>    leaving the rack.
>
>    Neither car was delivered that day, requiring a stop in the body
>    shop after I was finished with them.
>
>    Actually I kinda hope that no one can top this, as I hate to see that
>    much (potential) for death and destruction in anyone's path.
>
>
>-- 
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>
Hey! I did that with an Audi 5000, but it was my toolbox I dropped the
driver's door on. Customer was cool until my service manager told him he
would have to buy me a new toolbox... Had to pull the drawers out of my box
and use a floor jack to get it square again.
bill cardell
Dealer Alternative
970-464-0878
http://www.dlralt.com