edit (strike that). Back to cars as you say, but I don’t plan to buy another Morris Minor unless it has a warranty.
I specifically mentioned the English royalty
“the elite” is a rather broad term, in my opinion
Wouldn’t a Morris Minor be too small for a daily driver in USA in today’s times . . . ?!
Perhaps a Morris Major would be more suitable?
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edit (strike that)
A Morris is bigger than a Smart Car though and seem to still survive in this US of A.
I believe if you augment 3rd gear on a Morris Minor, you have a Morris Major.
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The only majors and minors I have much familiarity with are fifths and sevenths.
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I was never too good at music besides singing but first gear ground like crazy and I had to hold it in gear. Really bad stopped on a hill with three girls in the car. 2nd, 3rd, and 4th were OK though, if I could get to them.
@bing. My 1947 Pontiac had a worn cluster gear and made a terrible grinding noise in 1st gear. I shifted to second gear as quickly as possible.
For the time period of the late 1950s through the 1960s, the Morris Minor with its torsion bar suspension handled well. In my opinion, it handled better than the VW Beetle.
lol thats funny
I know from first hand knowledge that women can get away with things that a guy cant. Not that I am complaining lol.
Between his insurance for the building and your car insurance his building insurance should pay for it but I would get your insurance company involved just to make sure everything is on the up and up. This is why people that own repair shops have to have insurance
Tom , this thread has way too many posts to fully understand what is going on here. The person is getting their insurance carrier involved and it appears that the shop does not have insurance for stuff like this.
Shame on them I do side work in my garage and I have insurance.
A situation like this is not covered by building insurance, but by garagekeepers liability insurance. If you don’t have that type policy, you aren’t covered either.
I think we have lost the original poster.
Each of the car dealers that I have worked for had insurance but not for things like this, the claim is too small. This is similar to a parking lot collision, it either comes out of the technician’s pay or the shop pays for the damage. Some dealers have the staff sign an agreement at the time of hire stating that the employee is responsible for paying for the damage they cause.
I doubt if Katie thinks this is a small claim and it seems to much more serious than a parking lot collision.
I have known of two cases where a car fell off s lift. One of my colleagues back in 1978 bought a new Oldsmobile 88 diesel. The car fell off the lift while the dealer was preparing in for delivery. The car had been ordered and my colleague had to wait until a replacement was available. After he had the replacement Oldsmobile diesel, he hoped the dealer would drop it off the lift as well.
The other case was back in 1966. My brother and I were traveling and we had to buy a tire. We went to a K-MART to get a replacement. The technician who replaced the tire said a 1959 Studebaker Lark that he was servicing had fallen off the lift the week before. He said the store settled up with the customer the same day. However, the tech said he was still shaken up over the incident.
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I believe it will cost less to replace that Datsun than it cost to repair this, a technician ran into the side of the building in the parking lot;
Fortunately, here in Arizona, such an “agreement” signed as part of the new-hire paperwork would not be legally enforceable. A signed agreement at the time the deduction is made would be required to legally deduct money from an employee’s pay.
Also, unless gross negligence has occurred, an employee should never be expected to pay for accidents, mistakes, etc. Certainly, the employee should not be blamed for any accident or damages resulting from malfunction of the employer’s equipment, acts of God, etc.
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