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01-09-2006, 06:53 PM
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Luckily no damage. I think the inside of my braker caliper hit something but everything looked t be fine. The tire just turned and I slid about 40 feet or so. Almost hit the curb tho. My uncle owns the shop so they took care of the tow bill ( as they should). We checked everything under there out and everything seemed to be fine so we just put a new nut on and all seems to be well.
01-10-2006, 02:52 AM
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oh your uncle owns the shop....thats a bit different i guess then... i would have (if it wasn't family/friends)
-threatened to sue for negligence if they didn't compensate for the entire install
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-ask for at least 1 new tire if not 4 because that one got premature wear on it :a:
-threatened to sue for negligence if they didn't compensate for the entire install
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-ask for at least 1 new tire if not 4 because that one got premature wear on it :a:
01-10-2006, 06:37 AM
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Originally Posted by tegbooster
oh your uncle owns the shop....thats a bit different i guess then... i would have (if it wasn't family/friends)
-threatened to sue for negligence if they didn't compensate for the entire install
or
-ask for at least 1 new tire if not 4 because that one got premature wear on it :a:
-threatened to sue for negligence if they didn't compensate for the entire install
or
-ask for at least 1 new tire if not 4 because that one got premature wear on it :a:
01-10-2006, 07:27 AM
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Thats why it sucks to have family/friends do work for you. That shit does happens to the best of em, and when its someone you know it makes it real awkward to compensated.
01-10-2006, 07:27 AM
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Thats why it sucks to have family/friends do work for you. That shit does happens to the best of em, and when its someone you know it makes it real awkward to compensated.
01-10-2006, 11:48 AM
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I agree but i would still flip out. Does he own it and someone else work on it. IF SO, id find the guy and loosen a NUT or 2 on him. You could have DIED. Fthat...........ask for a turbo now. jk
01-10-2006, 03:28 PM
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yeah little things like a single bolt could mean life or death when your tire damn near falls off going 65 on the freeway... glad your safe, let us know how it turns out
01-10-2006, 05:43 PM
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Yeah my uncle owns the shop and one of his mechanics did the work. The car seems to be fine now but the handling feels a lil different. I put 300 miles on the car with no nut on the tie rod so I don't know if I got use to it before the tie rod came off and now it feels different or what. Maybe the alignment is just a lil off now or something.
I stayed calm about it. I let him know I was pissed but it doesn't make the situation any better if I go off on the dude. I think he knows the weight of the situation since he knows he could have caused the death of his boss's nephew haha.
I stayed calm about it. I let him know I was pissed but it doesn't make the situation any better if I go off on the dude. I think he knows the weight of the situation since he knows he could have caused the death of his boss's nephew haha.