Quote from the Owner:

Dropped my Elise off to the local Goodyear shop to have new F1G3s installed. My Father-in-law is the service manager and has been for 10 years. He is out on medical leave, but he met me at the shop this morning, because he understands the uniqueness of the car.

I handed them the tire tools and opened the Owner's Manual to the jacking instructions so they would be clear. We went over all the instructions and they assured me I was in good hands.

We (my father-in-law and I both left)

1 hour later I get a call about the "accident" and that I needed to come down...

WTF!

So this is what I found...



More pictures here:
http://www.my914-6.com/crap/

 

"OH _____"

those would be the words i'd have to use upon discovering my vehicle like that.

except the blank is word of choice, based on vocabulary, race, ethnicity, history, and environment. or level of irritation.

 

Oh my...

 

how the hell can that happen.. thank god the tC is a tank

 

OUCHHHH tthats gooota hurt.

 

OMG I would have lost it, The elise is what I have always wanted since seeing it in europe, I am contemplating selling my tc to own one as the tc is paid for... WOW With a drop like that, good chance they will total it from the angle of the drop...

 

i didnt know whether to laugh or cry when i saw this pic... :/

 

i bet someone lost there job...that looks like an $$$$$ boo boo

 

 

WTF?? What's the shop gonna do about this?

 

that's a great find! i bet that guy KILLED the techs.

 

i guess the elise is balanced that well...even removing the front weels will through it off haha.

honestly i woul dhave just done it on the floor for fear of that happening.

 

 

Why the hell was it up so high? They were just changing the tires, right?

 

damm

 

Oh man that sucks...I feel for you man...so how many people did you slap after you saw your newly inverted Elise?

 

updates please...

 

It could've maybe used a one inch drop but not a 3 footer! It looks just like the last place I went for tires. They had trouble getting my Box to sit on the lift properly so when I had to go back, I made them use a floor jack instead of the lift.

I wonder, since those cars are so light, that the weight of the front wheels being removed imbalanced it?

We had a driver almost drop a Hyundai off the top of a car carrier. Was fun watching them straighten that out.

 

look close its only about 3-4ft off the ground.

 

I'm usually a calm person, but if that was my car I think i'd go ape sh**.