10/10 delivery experience
#2
05-19-2021, 08:55 AM
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From the owner's son:
oh lmao, this is my dads car, no idea how op got the video. (UPDATE: found out it was posted on the companies instagram)
but anyways, this is the first car that my dad had ever had transported in 50 years. was the only convertible manual that we could find in the US at the time, he pretty much bought it right off the spot due to how much of a deal the car was.
fast forward a couple weeks, we were coming back from a trip to florida and just got off the plane when he gets a call that the car was dropped and completely totaled. the driver had no idea how a manual car worked and didn't leave it in gear or have the handbrake on when he attempted to unload them. the car took 2 weeks to be transferred only to be totaled literally on the hill to our house. when we got back, the car looked like it had been completely crushed. the frame was ****ed up, scratches everywhere, exhaust destroyed and a bunch of other issues. he tried driving it for like a mile or 2 and the transmission completely **** the bed. still has the car and insurance is being a bitch about it so its taking a while to get it all settled, still incredibly pissed off about the whole thing since it took months to find the car, but you live and you learn. ill get pictures of the damage from him later.
oh lmao, this is my dads car, no idea how op got the video. (UPDATE: found out it was posted on the companies instagram)
but anyways, this is the first car that my dad had ever had transported in 50 years. was the only convertible manual that we could find in the US at the time, he pretty much bought it right off the spot due to how much of a deal the car was.
fast forward a couple weeks, we were coming back from a trip to florida and just got off the plane when he gets a call that the car was dropped and completely totaled. the driver had no idea how a manual car worked and didn't leave it in gear or have the handbrake on when he attempted to unload them. the car took 2 weeks to be transferred only to be totaled literally on the hill to our house. when we got back, the car looked like it had been completely crushed. the frame was ****ed up, scratches everywhere, exhaust destroyed and a bunch of other issues. he tried driving it for like a mile or 2 and the transmission completely **** the bed. still has the car and insurance is being a bitch about it so its taking a while to get it all settled, still incredibly pissed off about the whole thing since it took months to find the car, but you live and you learn. ill get pictures of the damage from him later.
#3
05-19-2021, 10:51 AM
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05-19-2021, 05:32 PM
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05-20-2021, 10:59 AM
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Sad thing is that driving a manual has truly become a lost art...I have had a AAA tow driver that admitted he could not drive stick when I had to send the X-Type in. I literally had to drive it onto the flatbed (overheating issue, so it would run, but not for the distance needed to drive to the dealership). Then I had the same driver when the F-Type went back for the clutch not long afterwards...
How do you become a tow driver and NOT know how to drive a manual?
How do you become a tow driver and NOT know how to drive a manual?
#7
05-20-2021, 06:59 PM
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#8
05-22-2021, 12:01 PM
From the owner's son:
oh lmao, this is my dads car, no idea how op got the video. (UPDATE: found out it was posted on the companies instagram)
but anyways, this is the first car that my dad had ever had transported in 50 years. was the only convertible manual that we could find in the US at the time, he pretty much bought it right off the spot due to how much of a deal the car was.
fast forward a couple weeks, we were coming back from a trip to florida and just got off the plane when he gets a call that the car was dropped and completely totaled. the driver had no idea how a manual car worked and didn't leave it in gear or have the handbrake on when he attempted to unload them. the car took 2 weeks to be transferred only to be totaled literally on the hill to our house. when we got back, the car looked like it had been completely crushed. the frame was ****ed up, scratches everywhere, exhaust destroyed and a bunch of other issues. he tried driving it for like a mile or 2 and the transmission completely **** the bed. still has the car and insurance is being a bitch about it so its taking a while to get it all settled, still incredibly pissed off about the whole thing since it took months to find the car, but you live and you learn. ill get pictures of the damage from him later.
oh lmao, this is my dads car, no idea how op got the video. (UPDATE: found out it was posted on the companies instagram)
but anyways, this is the first car that my dad had ever had transported in 50 years. was the only convertible manual that we could find in the US at the time, he pretty much bought it right off the spot due to how much of a deal the car was.
fast forward a couple weeks, we were coming back from a trip to florida and just got off the plane when he gets a call that the car was dropped and completely totaled. the driver had no idea how a manual car worked and didn't leave it in gear or have the handbrake on when he attempted to unload them. the car took 2 weeks to be transferred only to be totaled literally on the hill to our house. when we got back, the car looked like it had been completely crushed. the frame was ****ed up, scratches everywhere, exhaust destroyed and a bunch of other issues. he tried driving it for like a mile or 2 and the transmission completely **** the bed. still has the car and insurance is being a bitch about it so its taking a while to get it all settled, still incredibly pissed off about the whole thing since it took months to find the car, but you live and you learn. ill get pictures of the damage from him later.
Sorry for your loss.
#9
06-17-2021, 11:25 AM
From the owner's son:
oh lmao, this is my dads car, no idea how op got the video. (UPDATE: found out it was posted on the companies instagram)
but anyways, this is the first car that my dad had ever had transported in 50 years. was the only convertible manual that we could find in the US at the time, he pretty much bought it right off the spot due to how much of a deal the car was.
fast forward a couple weeks, we were coming back from a trip to florida and just got off the plane when he gets a call that the car was dropped and completely totaled. the driver had no idea how a manual car worked and didn't leave it in gear or have the handbrake on when he attempted to unload them. the car took 2 weeks to be transferred only to be totaled literally on the hill to our house. when we got back, the car looked like it had been completely crushed. the frame was ****ed up, scratches everywhere, exhaust destroyed and a bunch of other issues. he tried driving it for like a mile or 2 and the transmission completely **** the bed. still has the car and insurance is being a bitch about it so its taking a while to get it all settled, still incredibly pissed off about the whole thing since it took months to find the car, but you live and you learn. ill get pictures of the damage from him later.
oh lmao, this is my dads car, no idea how op got the video. (UPDATE: found out it was posted on the companies instagram)
but anyways, this is the first car that my dad had ever had transported in 50 years. was the only convertible manual that we could find in the US at the time, he pretty much bought it right off the spot due to how much of a deal the car was.
fast forward a couple weeks, we were coming back from a trip to florida and just got off the plane when he gets a call that the car was dropped and completely totaled. the driver had no idea how a manual car worked and didn't leave it in gear or have the handbrake on when he attempted to unload them. the car took 2 weeks to be transferred only to be totaled literally on the hill to our house. when we got back, the car looked like it had been completely crushed. the frame was ****ed up, scratches everywhere, exhaust destroyed and a bunch of other issues. he tried driving it for like a mile or 2 and the transmission completely **** the bed. still has the car and insurance is being a bitch about it so its taking a while to get it all settled, still incredibly pissed off about the whole thing since it took months to find the car, but you live and you learn. ill get pictures of the damage from him later.
Does make you more aware of the need to ask basic questions of any future tow guys, etc.
I also know Jaguar even employ car moving guys when you drop off your car for a service who can't drive stick...
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