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Title: OOPS! - Garage worker prangs £200k Ferrari
Post by: Hedge on May 14, 2010, 09:44:36 pm
Oh dear.  :surprised:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/14/ferrari_prang/
Title: Re: OOPS! - Garage worker prangs £200k Ferrari
Post by: Poppa Dom on May 15, 2010, 09:03:00 am
Would not like to be him when the boss has a 'quiet' word. Mind you at least it as not Chris Evans' new 1963 250 GTO which cost him £12m

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Title: Re: OOPS! - Garage worker prangs £200k Ferrari
Post by: Edition30 on May 15, 2010, 10:36:27 am
Is a road test required after an MOT?

Title: Re: OOPS! - Garage worker prangs £200k Ferrari
Post by: vRS Carl on May 15, 2010, 10:51:13 am
Do you reckon his first words to the Boss where "have we got any Filler & T-Cut or a Spare £200k?"

 :signLOL: :signLOL:
Title: Re: OOPS! - Garage worker prangs £200k Ferrari
Post by: VC on May 15, 2010, 12:15:40 pm
when i owned a 306 S16 i dropped it off at the peugeot dealership for some work, only to be over taken by it going warp 10 on a dual carriage way later that day, going straight to the dealership with smoke fuming i ask wtf was going on and they said they had to test it. When i asked if the police were aware they smashed the speed limit when test driving they went very quiet... never went back

you need to be able to trust a garage, that kid needs a damn good slap  :confused:
Title: Re: OOPS! - Garage worker prangs £200k Ferrari
Post by: cmdrfire on May 15, 2010, 01:42:05 pm
That's quite out of order. A test drive is necessary sometimes, but not to excess. Test drive is definitely not necessary after an MOT.

Some dude in his twenties who ran out of skill real quick. He should be fired; the company's insurance will take care of the car. Incidentally, I don't think it's possible for a 3-year old Scaglietti (must be 3 years for MOT) to be worth £200k; more like £170k-odd I'd wager.
Title: Re: OOPS! - Garage worker prangs £200k Ferrari
Post by: vRS Carl on May 15, 2010, 01:53:14 pm
Incidentally, I don't think it's possible for a 3-year old Scaglietti (must be 3 years for MOT) to be worth £200k; more like £170k-odd I'd wager.

Oh I dunno some Ginger Nut just paid £12m for a 47 year old one  :signLOL:
Title: Re: OOPS! - Garage worker prangs £200k Ferrari
Post by: cmdrfire on May 15, 2010, 02:26:39 pm
Incidentally, I don't think it's possible for a 3-year old Scaglietti (must be 3 years for MOT) to be worth £200k; more like £170k-odd I'd wager.

Oh I dunno some Ginger Nut just paid £12m for a 47 year old one  :signLOL:

 :signLOL: I don't think any 612 is gonna be as desirable as a 250 GTO!
Title: Re: OOPS! - Garage worker prangs £200k Ferrari
Post by: jonnyc on May 15, 2010, 03:31:15 pm
What!! A garage mech smashes a customers car?? Never..

Seriously, its a f*cking disgrace that these guys get away with messing about in customers cars.. Just think of all the close calls too..
Title: Re: OOPS! - Garage worker prangs £200k Ferrari
Post by: Thor on May 15, 2010, 04:54:33 pm
There was a letter of the month in Evo magazine a few issues ago where a BMW mechanic had a big off in a customers M£ whilst it was in for a service.  Apparently he was making sure the oil cap was on properly when it came off the road :stupid:.  Wrote the car off mind.  :fighting:
Title: Re: OOPS! - Garage worker prangs £200k Ferrari
Post by: SO8 on May 16, 2010, 04:46:03 pm
That happened just up the road from where I live ... the Ferrari that is.  He has not crashed on a roundabout but on a slip road off it.  To have lost control and crashed where he did would take some doing   :confused:
Title: Re: OOPS! - Garage worker prangs £200k Ferrari
Post by: jimlad09 on May 16, 2010, 09:47:46 pm
p@ss takers arent they! My boss (tricky60 - check the members rides to see his mk6 gti) had a mk2 gti new when they first came out, dropped it off for service and went out for the night in the dales and just as he went to enter a pub he saw his gti scream past...!

He got the golden treatment after that