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Reposted from the Sky side:
Back in August, in anticipation of a September run to Put-in-Bay (PIB) and the October T2TR run, I took the Sky in for an oil change. While it was there I decided to have the brakes resurfaced and a couple routine maintenance issues done (like plugs). When I picked it up I noticed the parking brake wouldn't hold. So I took it back. They couldn't get the parking brake adjusted properly and wound up having to replace the cable on their nickel (there was nothing wrong with the parking brake when I took it in).
I picked the car up a couple weeks before PIB. I drove it an hour our so away on a business trip and noticed it was was sputtering and the power was dropping out. We found the PCV valve was broken off (from the grime, it was clear it was an old break). So they ordered that and fixed it.
When I picked the car up the day before PIB, I noticed they didn't put the exhaust back on straight. I took it back again. They couldn't straighten it. No biggie since I was going right by the guy that put the exhaust on in the first place, so he could do it for me.
The morning I left for PIB, I then started to clean up the car a bit for the trip and discovered that they had lifted the car without the pucks and destroyed both front rocker panels (think jigsaw puzzle) and one of the rear panels.
That night I got to Coop's house and he straightened the exhaust, but in the process he found that the shop had dropped my exhaust to work on the parking brake and broken my RPi downpipe off at the flange (hence the real reason for the sputtering / drop outs).
When I got back from PIB, the car went into the body shop (again on their nickel). Three rocker panels replaced and painted, doors painted, etc. I also had them take some other dings out and repaint the trunk lid on my dime. The car was not ready for T2TR, a high school homecoming parade shortly thereafter, etc.
I picked the car up from the body shop a week ago. Yesterday, I went over to Coop's to take off the RPi downpipe and put the stock downpipe on. Last night about 10:15, we were headed home on a rural two lane highway, when a deer ran out in front of me - left to right. I couldn't see it until the last second because of the headlights of an oncoming truck. The deer hit and damaged the splitter, chrome trim, and hood right in front of me, then rolled up over the top (over my wife's head), and scuffed up the spoiler and diffuser. In other words the deer damaged every single body panel that had not just been replaced and/or painted.
Body shop, here we come again...:banghead:
Back in August, in anticipation of a September run to Put-in-Bay (PIB) and the October T2TR run, I took the Sky in for an oil change. While it was there I decided to have the brakes resurfaced and a couple routine maintenance issues done (like plugs). When I picked it up I noticed the parking brake wouldn't hold. So I took it back. They couldn't get the parking brake adjusted properly and wound up having to replace the cable on their nickel (there was nothing wrong with the parking brake when I took it in).
I picked the car up a couple weeks before PIB. I drove it an hour our so away on a business trip and noticed it was was sputtering and the power was dropping out. We found the PCV valve was broken off (from the grime, it was clear it was an old break). So they ordered that and fixed it.
When I picked the car up the day before PIB, I noticed they didn't put the exhaust back on straight. I took it back again. They couldn't straighten it. No biggie since I was going right by the guy that put the exhaust on in the first place, so he could do it for me.
The morning I left for PIB, I then started to clean up the car a bit for the trip and discovered that they had lifted the car without the pucks and destroyed both front rocker panels (think jigsaw puzzle) and one of the rear panels.
That night I got to Coop's house and he straightened the exhaust, but in the process he found that the shop had dropped my exhaust to work on the parking brake and broken my RPi downpipe off at the flange (hence the real reason for the sputtering / drop outs).
When I got back from PIB, the car went into the body shop (again on their nickel). Three rocker panels replaced and painted, doors painted, etc. I also had them take some other dings out and repaint the trunk lid on my dime. The car was not ready for T2TR, a high school homecoming parade shortly thereafter, etc.
I picked the car up from the body shop a week ago. Yesterday, I went over to Coop's to take off the RPi downpipe and put the stock downpipe on. Last night about 10:15, we were headed home on a rural two lane highway, when a deer ran out in front of me - left to right. I couldn't see it until the last second because of the headlights of an oncoming truck. The deer hit and damaged the splitter, chrome trim, and hood right in front of me, then rolled up over the top (over my wife's head), and scuffed up the spoiler and diffuser. In other words the deer damaged every single body panel that had not just been replaced and/or painted.
Body shop, here we come again...:banghead:
