FAIL by Hendrick BMW in Charlotte

[Homeslice]

Or at least that's where the interwebz claims this happened....

[Trip]

That's going to be costly

[tommymac]

looks like the one guy in back is trying to hold or lift it back up LOLO

[defector]

Floor jack looks suspicious.

[pauldun170]

Happens more than you think...

[shmike]

I think Jared had that happen to him or someone in his shop did.

[Rangerscott]

When my dad worked at another job there was a guy he worked with that had his suburban fall off. I believe he got a new one out of the deal.

[Particle Man]

Ouch...

[fasternyou929]

Happens more than you think...

Best one I saw (working at a tire shop in Chicago in college) happened during the lowering process when someone only unlocked one side of the hoist. Of course, Murphy's law dictates the guy that screwed up would also stare outside the garage when lowering the car, rather than paying any attention to the hoist.

One side dipped low enough the car rolled right off the hoist and landed on the roof. Pretty sure everyone in the shop (me included) promptly went home to put on new boxers (and get cameras, and buh-bye beers for the guy we used to work with).

[Rangerscott]

My brother's father-in-law has a lift in his garage. Coolest thing you can have. Just better make sure you put those 4 pucks in good spots or you're gonna have a bad day.

[defector]

Happens more than you think...
Heard/seen pics of hundreds of 'em.
I've been in the same shop for two horrendous mishaps. One was a fully restored 1953 Corvette, the other was a 1960-something Rolls Royce Silver Cloud (bosses' kid did that one).

[fasternyou929]

Heard/seen pics of hundreds of 'em.
I've been in the same shop for two horrendous mishaps. One was a fully restored 1953 Corvette, the other was a 1960-something Rolls Royce Silver Cloud (bosses' kid did that one).

Holy shit. The one I saw was just some non-descript car of the day. I can't imagine if some rare/mint classic fell of the lift. :didntdo:

[Homeslice]

Floor jack looks suspicious.

Yeah, what up with that? Did they think they could raise it back up with that? :lol

I also like the guy in front.....He's all like "I got it, I got it" :lol

[defector]

Holy shit. The one I saw was just some non-descript car of the day. I can't imagine if some rare/mint classic fell of the lift. :didntdo:

Well, it was a high end restoration/customization shop. I guess it was bound to happen. We got to fix the Vette, bur we never saw the Rolls again. Can't say I blame the guy for not allowing us to touch it after that mess.

[RACER X]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjw2gQEBSc0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48t68l5Xhbg

2 cars jacked up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQj7Y7Q8tU4

not a lift, but

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkeSdbCvHYY

[Porkchop]

Holy fuck that first guy is lucky. He walked to the other side at the right damn time. I may have pooped myself if I were walking under that big ass truck and it started to fall...

Theres also this one. I know for sure this one was on here at some point....

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg141/scaled.php?server=141&filename=pict0081mg1.jpg&res=landing

[CasterTroy]

Holy fuck that first guy is lucky. He walked to the other side at the right damn time. I may have pooped myself if I were walking under that big ass truck and it started to fall...



No doubt! I was happy to see the kind of lift with full size running boards you drive up on when I took my truck (1-ton) to have the exhaust done. Especially since I had JUST seen that first video prior to going :lol

[Homeslice]

Theres also this one. I know for sure this one was on here at some point....

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg141/scaled.php?server=141&filename=pict0081mg1.jpg&res=landing

Is that an Elise? That's one hell of a full-length undertray.

[RACER X]

yes, thats why you don't take your exotic car to a shop w/ a wrecker adn dodge caravan in the next bays.........lol

[fasternyou929]

yes, thats why you don't take your exotic car to a shop w/ a wrecker adn dodge caravan in the next bays.........lol

A Lotus Elise is an exotic now? Was your Miata a muscle car, too?

[Rangerscott]

What company engine does Lotus use?

[Homeslice]

What company engine does Lotus use?

Lotus has been using Toyota engines recently, but I would still call them exotic, simply because they are definitely rarer than Porsches

['73 H1 Triple]

Holy fuck that first guy is lucky. He walked to the other side at the right damn time. I may have pooped myself if I were walking under that big ass truck and it started to fall...

Theres also this one. I know for sure this one was on here at some point....

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg141/scaled.php?server=141&filename=pict0081mg1.jpg&res=landing

That's what happens when you don't read about the car you're going to work on. :wtfru:

Right in the owner's manual it says that the front end must be secured to the lift due to the weight distribution. The Lotus in the picture was totaled since the glancing blow delaminted the frame ( it's epoxied together ).

As far as the engine, it's a Toyota block with a Yamaha head

[Adeptus_Minor]

Lotus has been using Toyota engines recently, but I would still call them exotic, simply because they are definitely rarer than Porsches

Small builder, limited line, performance oriented, expensive for what they are.
I'd say that fits well within the definition of "exotic car".

[Captain Morgan]

I worked in a Ford dealership in high school and they had a police car fall of a lift overnight. The lift was like the one in the 3rd video, with the two in-floor hydraulic posts. One side of the lift apparently had a leak and dropped slowly overnight, putting the cop car on it's side. The dealership instituted a policy of lowering all cars to the floor after that. Apparently, that shop in the 3rd video never heard about the problem since they obviously stored one car under another. Oops.

[Homeslice]

Love the 3rd video.......Too cheap to pay anyone to help.....

[Cutty72]

I worked in a Ford dealership in high school and they had a police car fall of a lift overnight. The lift was like the one in the 3rd video, with the two in-floor hydraulic posts. One side of the lift apparently had a leak and dropped slowly overnight, putting the cop car on it's side. The dealership instituted a policy of lowering all cars to the floor after that. Apparently, that shop in the 3rd video never heard about the problem since they obviously stored one car under another. Oops.

Shop I used to work at had automatic locks every 6" of lift. You have to release and hold them to lower the lifts.

[defector]

Shop I used to work at had automatic locks every 6" of lift. You have to release and hold them to lower the lifts.
Yep. Even the short floor lifts have a mechanical lock.And even the old single post lifts had a mechanical lock. The bad thing about those, is you had to raise the lift all the way up for it to work.