Customer says dashcam caught Silverdale mechanic taking his car for a 100 mph joyride
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- Опубліковано 20 сер 2023
- A man in Kitsap County took his car to get repairs, but his dashcam caught a mechanic taking the vehicle on a joyride, costing him hundreds of dollars in additional repairs for the damage.
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I ran a high volume auto repair shop in Chicago. If one of my employees treated a customer's car like that, the first thing I would do is fire him. The second thing I would do is fix the guy's stereo for free. The fact that the shop called this attempt at remediation "extortion" demonstrates the owner's mindset. Sue him now! What a 🐷.
At least you ADMIT your "high volume" usage of customer car stereos..
It’s unfair to use someone’s car . It’s not legal to use someone’s car during repair and abuse it
Well, I know where not to get my car fixed.
They won't be extorted?! Who's doing the extortion here?
Legal action is the ANSWER. …..CAN’T trust ANYONE.
Oh stop being a snowflake, there are lots of people you can trust. Don't let a few bad apples sour your life.
The best thing to do is take your car to a dealership and before your car runs out of warranty get extended warranty. But it's not right to take someone's car for a joy ride and abuse someone's car if you're the mechanic working on the vehicle. In this incident trust had been broken so this repair shop didn't live up to its end of the bargain. If the guy that runs that shop is backing out of the verbal agreement after he saw the video. Than he needs to be taken to court before Judge Judy he needs to be talking down to by her on TV. That sort of thing is bad for business.
@@alexmendez3681 LOL "...snowflake..."
@@kdwaynec I don’t know what else to call this generation.
Take them to the court .
The Wrench is a shady mechanic shop. DO NOT GO. The owner and GM is very rude and threatens to fight people when they are called out on their wrong doings. DO NOT GO.
Damn wish they were in our country they’d get they ass beat everyone in our town loves throwing hands😂
The shop owner is well known. A former lawyer look him up
Legal action = that mechanic explains all of the recorded actions to the cops. That's jailtime.
Legal action lol. The shop owner is a former lawyer and very well known in the seattle area
Happened to me 10 years ago. I called the cops right away and he got a year in jail. I believe they plead down but it is illegal to use your car more than is reasonable to diagnose your car. The guy took my car on a 100 mile road trip to get drugs, all on camera haha. It was kind of pathetic really.
They won't be extorted? I'd say the car owner should sue them for damages, legal fees, and additional damages to quality of life. Any car owner that has had dealings with this Garage should double check everything in their car and any cam footage if they have cams installed. Any court in the US would look at that video and hold The Wrench liable for all damages and laws broken.
Um how about they fix the radio for free since their mechanic took the car for a joy ride? Anyone in this area should avoid this business. Doesn’t sound like they are accepting responsibility for the actions of their employees.
Call them!
A mechanic did that to my brothers car. The mechanic crashed it and blamed it on my brother (Who was out of the area). My brother took it to court and they had to pony up for the value of the car. The mechanic never got fired. So if you take your car to a repair shop, Always be leary
mechanic was the owner of shop kekw
The owner would service anything, for me, as long as I am living.
best to just go legal first
Give them a call and ask what their issue is breaking peoples stuff and not fixing it.
This happened to me. I have a 2017 Scat Pack Charger, and a dealership employee took the car to 129 mph. I didn't have a camera, so there was no way to prove it. But the speed was recorded on the Performance Pages. I'd never had the car over 117 mph, but after a warranty repair, the reading was suddenly 129 mph. I informed the dealership management, despite a lack of evidence. They were quite nice about it and gave me a year of free oil changes, tire balance and rotations, etc.
Those Yelp reviews for The Wrench are really going to wrench some nuts.
1. File a police report for theft and damage
2. Get a lawyer. They damaged your car permanently and also could have killed someone driving your car.
You have a response IN WRITING from these idiot's. You can practically get a new car from them!
Sue the day light out of them.
He shouldn’t even think about taking it he should just do it. Under no circumstances should an employee ever take someone’s car out and drive it around. It should only be driven if necessary. This whole repair shop should honestly be shut down
This is an easy lawsuit, I'm sure there have been dozens of attorneys offer services with this video out though. While they "work to figure out if the damage was caused by them" I'd slap them with a large lawsuit to teach them a lesson since they could have already paid for the damaged electronics (and new tires!).
Small town mech joyride nice ride. Owner should honor the commitment and fire the employee. Think twice trusting your car to the shop.
If nothing else you do have evidence of a crime being committed. In some states 113 mph and running a stop sign is public endangerment which is a felony. There is a good chance that the mechanic has priors.
The mechanic ran a red light, not a stop sign.
The shop is liable.
Extortion? They messed his car up took it past 100 mph multiple times crazy man
The owner of this shop, would be begging you to let him repay you everything that it cost you out of pocket, when you go to each TV Station in your area, and pay for this To be aired at their stations.
You are trying to save their customers from the same problem you have encountered, with lead foot John His head mechanic.
Extorted, how the fk is you not owning up to your childish employees joyriding someone's BMW extortion. I'd blast this content all over town and let his business crumble
I would simply sue them in court. The shop was 100 PERCENT IN THE WRONG!! Imagine if they would have wrecked his car?! They would still be defiant!!! Pay the man!!!
Mr Berger, you are now apparently the proud new owner of a car repair shop.
This is why I don’t use private small mechanics.
Bro, you have video evidence... pretty sure you would win in court
When you drop off your car to get work done you are authorizing them to drive your car on public roads. We have no idea what he went to the shop for the first time, but most vehicles will be test driven afterwards. Also, the "Italian tune up" is a real thing, especially with direct injection, which most late model vehicles use.
He can have the mechanic arrested for unauthorized use of his car
I owned one of the (fake) Ferrari's used in the Ferris Bueller movie. Basically would encourage valet parking staff to take it for a joyride like they did in the movie. Nostalgia.
Would have LOVED to have had dashcam back then to see the joy on their faces as they beat the crap out of my car out on the open road.
Video doesnt lie.
If that mechanic does not get Fired then the Owner is just as bad of a person.
Cannot build trust like this.
It makes you wonder if It was 1 of the owners relatives that did it.
So they damaged his car and are fighting him on it? Wow way to go out of business your career is over 😂😂😂
Very entitled to think this is ok.
paid student loans and guaranteed $15 an hour no matter what intelligence level
@jhonditch4269 what you're describing is a government problem. What happened here is personal. When biases are high, intelligence is low.
Can a dash cam video of going 113 mph (I would think endangering the public) cause an arrest? Can it cause arrest for the owner, since the guy was on duty? It seems clear to everyone except the owner that this sound system was blown out by the employee's actions.
Absolutely. There was a man arrested a few years ago after posting dash cam videos of him driving aggressively, speeding, road raging, and other stuff. Viewers reported him to his local police department, and he got arrested .
Days of your word is your bond, decent customer service are unfortunately becoming a thing of the past! Hope U are made whole when its all over!💯💯
Take legal action!!
Damm, I have a few friends that are members of a notorious MC, that also love nice and fast cars. It this car did belong to one of them, I can personally guarantee that the owner of that repair shop would regret, for refusing to pay for the damages. I can only imagine them showing up at this shop on their bikes and that this owner will pay for the damages and some more. I believe that you should never F### around with a mans wife, his children, his car or bike, unless you want a serious ass whooping.
If you can throw a ball, you can throw a wrench! To even question a customers integrity after one of your own employees pull that....major business setback. Take business elsewhere.
Just go to the video as you were pulling in for the first time. He probably had it on, right?
Sue
why is he cute to me??
Wow, never going there again and nobody else will
Shame on them, take legal action and next time do what I do take down your mileage upon drop off too . But camera did not lie. Hope you take them to court and you are awarded full repair bill and 800. To fix radio. That will teach them a lesson
If Police didn’t get involved… shame on you people who call yourself Officers
Put this company out of business
Sue Sue Sue. They will change their minds
Probably broke the stereo trying to destroy the evidence.
my new truck started missing. when i picked it up from another dealer after they fixed the idler pully. dealer recall. so i came on towards home and it really went to missing. so i pulled into another dealer to get them to check it out. and the scanned it and say less than 2 hours ago it was running 118 mph for 20 minutes. and someone bypassed the cpu so that it would run faster than the computer had it set to. and it stretched 3 rods and bent valves. i sued them but never got a dime. but at least the did warranty the engine on a truck that had less than 3000 miles on it.
Another good grief moment... (-_-)
Worker's fault who was a temp just to cover a busy hour? Not even there long enough to get their name right?
Times are tough and can't get good workers.
How can you legal action when
The video of the man
Is before
That speeding incident
Hahaha
are you trying to write a haiku or something? I mean its not anywhere close, but its closer to a haiku than an actual legible post. You should probably just delete and save yourself the embarrassment of looking dumb.
It's time stamped.
With spacing like that, is your comment supposed to be some sort of poem or haiku? 😂
I'd lawyer up immediately.With evidence like that you couldn't possibly lose in court.
I wonder what kind of dash cam did this gentleman had? And seriously quit with the shady business, where’s the real genuine automotive business at!?
Road test as per Scotty Kilmer, ok but anything like Ferrari Dino ride in ferris bueler isn't ok
Get some homie⚡️⚡️
Get an attorney
An attorney for 800.00 stereo. You must be as crazy as the Wrench owner. First off not every incident warrants an attorney Karen.
Doesn’t hurt to have a motion activated camera hidden in the car and/or voice activated tape recorder. I never leave my truck to get worked on without my dashcam, hidden camera, hidden voice recorder, and hidden GPS box. I’m a woman and I’m not about to get 🤬 again with my vehicles. Sounds extreme but look up your state laws on recording devices. Could save your skin. 🤷🏻♀️
I want to know what kind of dash cam he has
Looks like it’s a garmin of some sort.
@@mikaelafox6106 thanks
Im more that it can reach speeds of 113.
Well, that business just dug its own grave. Should of just dealt with him privately and fixed his issues since it’s black & white. Now you got a bad rap and nobody is going to want to take their vehicles there. Hopefully he sues them.
This is nothing new. A mechanic allowed his wife to do a 50 miles joy ride in my car. . Had their kids in my car. Left spilled food and drink in back seat. Now i have gps location device. Whats the best dash cam to buy
The Garmin mini is a good one. Very discreet and easy to hardwire. It is $130, though.
@@cherrypepsi2815Sounds worth the cost. I want one that has front and rear cameras.
agrees to pay. When confronted to pay, calls it extortion. Get over yourselves Wrench. dock it from the employees pay and be done with it. Idiotic businesses.
Gotta burn the cobwebs out of it.... sometimes it really does need to be done
italian tuneup
Make the investment in tools and change your own oil, it would help to you to get know your car and even yourself better. It cost me about 150 to get everything that I needed to do it myself, but now I know what is in my car, and now I avoid mechanic scams. Plus in the future I already have the tools so the oil change is whatever the oil, oil filter and the plug costs. Also motor air filter is something people can do themselves. If you own a popular vehicle it should be easy to find videos online showing you how to work on your car. But of course emphasize safety.
Don't bring your Tuned truck to a mechanic lol
this video is about a bone stock car genius
It’s a car,that is what it’s made for
screw cameras and the people that live their life under surveillance.. cant get away with anything anymore these people would put a camera up their butt if they could. im with the joyrider. working his job he would never be able to drive anything that nice, he just has to live his life repairing it for the schlub that cant do it himself :(
this thought process is literally stereotypical of every broke nobody in the world.
@@PIGGEBANK you used to be able to take rich peoples stuff for a spin.. that was usually the only joy you got out of your valet or mechanic work life.. now.. Cameras! to make sure your being a good serf.
Love this "Loser's Logic"! I can't afford this, so I have the right to take your stuff and abuse it. No one should take a job they plan to perform unprofessionally. That's like if your brain surgeon said "I have to finish this procedure up quick, so I can get out on the golf course". Would that be okay with you?
Are you the mechanic?
@@larryj1048 i have my own now, but when i was younger i worked a wage slavery job doing valet and security for wealthy people. you better believe we used to take those Porches M3's and R8s out for a spin. sucks this generation is forced into compliance because of surveillance :(
Listen son the sooner you start driving that beamer the way God intended the sooner you will graduate from pathetic boyhood woes like a inop stereo, props to the real man who actually blew the carbon buildup out for you,
Condoning immoral, illegal behavior is not good.
@@bemaat6723 but the L.A. city council praises itself for just that at every meeting
@jhonditch4269 ummm, this happened in Seattle, not L.A.
How does the two correlate again?
Can I borrow your car this weekend?
I won't hurt it a bit. 😂😅
@@bemaat6723, not even Seattle…it’s Silverdale, a small town on the Kitsap Peninsula, on the west side of Puget Sound.
Good luck getting any justice in America in 2023.