Wow, that’s just impressively stupid and equally hard to believe. I don’t even know what I’d think if I came out to a car like that, much less if I had to receive a call from the shop it was at and have them explain it lol.
When I still worked at one of the local dealerships, a moving truck backed into one of the problem cars that I was working on. Did something like $14K worth of body damage. Actually came close to a total loss. A twisted part of me would have preferred that the car was totaled so that I wouldn’t have had to fix it.
How I can emphasize with that. I have a 545i that a transmission shop misaligned the flexplate, which is also provides the reference rpm/crank signal, and all the electronics that require that signal. I have done about everything on that car and it still sounds the same (running on 1-2 cylinders). My service writer even recommended to the customer that he park it in the ghetto with the keys in it for a few days, customer didn’t think it was as good of an idea as we did.
When I still worked at one of the local dealerships, a moving truck backed into one of the problem cars that I was working on. Did something like $14K worth of body damage. Actually came close to a total loss. A twisted part of me would have preferred that the car was totaled so that I wouldn’t have had to fix it.
So basically like how people fuck up installing the crank position sensor with RS4s. Or how some people are unfortunate enough to have the sensor ring welds fail on a B6/7 flywheel which chops off the end of the crank position sensor.
By the way, you don’t even have to leave an early 2001 or older Audi in a bad neighborhood with the keys in it because they can be stolen with a screwdriver. Had a bunch of those cars towed in too.
Usually the customer never likes to hear things like that though. Oh how tech humor is only funny to certain people.
How I can emphasize with that. I have a 545i that a transmission shop misaligned the flexplate, which is also provides the reference rpm/crank signal, and all the electronics that require that signal. I have done about everything on that car and it still sounds the same (running on 1-2 cylinders). My service writer even recommended to the customer that he park it in the ghetto with the keys in it for a few days, customer didn’t think it was as good of an idea as we did.
So basically like how people fuck up installing the crank position sensor with RS4s. Or how some people are unfortunate enough to have the sensor ring welds fail on a B6/7 flywheel which chops off the end of the crank position sensor.
By the way, you don’t even have to leave an early 2001 or older Audi in a bad neighborhood with the keys in it because they can be stolen with a screwdriver. Had a bunch of those cars towed in too.
Usually the customer never likes to hear things like that though. Oh how tech humor is only funny to certain people.