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> OT! Bad News for the Lotus...
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post Nov 6 2006, 08:43 PM
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Damn Q! So Sorry this happened.

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post Nov 6 2006, 08:49 PM
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Yep Qarl, they need to replace it, not repair it. Good luck.
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post Nov 6 2006, 08:57 PM
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Well.

You will have the winning "aw shit" story for the lotus drive.

This will turn out for the better in the end. That exige idea is tasty....
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post Nov 6 2006, 09:53 PM
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I've actually maintained a good attitude about it all day... at least I am safe and my family is safe... the mechanic almost got knocked out... luckily he is safe...

I posted a caption contest in the sandbox...
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post Nov 6 2006, 10:36 PM
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Karl.. I can only assume that its not yours!
A: your plate reads
(IMG:http://www.my914-6.com/lotus/IMG_0610.JPG)

VS

(IMG:http://www.my914-6.com/PICT0093_small.JPG)


B: if you did get a license plate change.. LEEEES means nothing.. and your name is not Lee..

C: We didnt see you in any picture.. but thats not a good reason.


Im probably wrong.. but I hope this is all just a big joke (like your last one about the car...)

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post Nov 6 2006, 10:52 PM
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No, I got a tag change earlier this year... here's a pic in my garage... (notice the checkerboard racedeck and yellow stripe)

Not much proof... but this is no April Fools joke...


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post Nov 6 2006, 10:55 PM
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QUOTE(Qarl @ Nov 6 2006, 03:25 PM) *


Dammit!!!! And I have the Central Florida Lotus Fun Run on Saturday which I've been organizing. Guess I'll have to drive the 911.



NooooooOOOO! I was just thinking of you for the last two days, while surfing Ebay for Eliseses! Oh NOES!

DooD!



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post Nov 6 2006, 10:56 PM
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thats good enough for me qarl..

Im really sorry to hear this..

it looks as if some of the chassis is tweeked.. You may need a new car... (tube chassis time!!!!)

Major bummed...

It'll work out right in the end.

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post Nov 6 2006, 11:38 PM
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L eeeees means ELISE... at least thats what i got... damn this sucks so bad... hopefully u get a pretty new one... i like the exige too...
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post Nov 6 2006, 11:59 PM
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Anybody else wondering why the need to lift a car that high for a tire change?

I saw this earlier when you first posted and I'm sorry you are dealing with this.

I *never* take my car to the tire place. I just bring the wheels.

I agree that a new car is the only way to satisfy this catostrophic damage.


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post Nov 7 2006, 12:09 AM
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Screw the damage. Screw the repair. It's totally not the same car as before. You can repair it, sure. But it only "looks" right. It's no longer "new." How bady does a one-eighth inch bend in the rear portion of the frame screw the suspension geometry? Bad.

They f*ed you good.
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post Nov 7 2006, 10:56 AM
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Oh great!

It's spreading...

http://www.jalopnik.com/cars/news/th...ndo-212968.php
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post Nov 7 2006, 11:39 AM
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I'm still not clear on how this could even happen. If the car was so close to tipping that removing the front wheel made it go, couldn't the guy have grabbed onto the hub to keep it from going? God knows I would have been hugging that front hub like it was the last one on earth!

I'm so sorry for your loss Qarl. Keep us posted on exactly how far up their ass you go....
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post Nov 7 2006, 12:33 PM
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sorry, to see this man... I would have shed blood over this kind of BS!
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post Nov 7 2006, 12:46 PM
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serenity NOW!!! wow. i believe i would have had a stroke. ex tech's response in the "why did you leave your last position?" portion of his new job application, "dropped a $40k+ (my guess) car off the lift".

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post Nov 7 2006, 01:17 PM
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A few years ago a guy I worked with had bought a new truck in September and headed off to Florida. It was a brand new production model. When he got there he decided to get a oil change (3,400 miles) and took it to a national chain (can't remember which one). They had roll on lifts. The guy who drove it on shut it off in neutral and they didn't chock the tires. It rolled back as it was being lifted. Luckly the guy working on it grabbed a chock before it came off all the way and it was left hanging 1/2 on and 1/2 off the lift. No body damage, but the drive shaft was bent. The problem was there was no inventory anywhere for a replacement drive shaft and one had to be pulled from the production line in Detroit and shipped.

I'm just wondering it the same guy who worked on Quarl's car worked on my buddy's truck? Same town.........
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post Nov 7 2006, 01:50 PM
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Poor Qarl, he is now famous. This thing is spreading like fire accross the country.

Reading the various web-sites you get some interesting comments by the general idiots. Everything from Qarl is cheap, stupid to a genius way to get a new Lotus.
Qarl can I have your autograph?? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pray.gif) Qarl I know it's not funny, but this story has legs. Story line "Rich kid looses it on the rack"!!!

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post Nov 7 2006, 01:59 PM
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major bummer....

quite a few idiots posting on that other site.....one guy must run a high end shop (ie, overpriced)...

gravity rules.......
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post Nov 7 2006, 02:01 PM
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the other picture with the guys looking towards the front is pretty good. caption..."shit!!! is my snap-on box ok!!!". you should run a little ebay ad, think *howard's hose*. you'll make the local news. again, sorry for your loss karl
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post Nov 7 2006, 02:05 PM
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Sorry for you Q...

One of the guys on the other forum mentioned something I thought yesterday. Why in the hell was the car that far off the ground just to change the tire? It shouldn't have been more than a few inches; enough to get the tires up off the floor.

Did they have an answer for that?
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