My bay door is not a parking spot.

[AKWalMartCartGuy]

Since the OP works on cars, I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt on safe vs. unsafe prank, though I will say that if he can't get his car gone, it kinda defeats the point to me.

I think he left it where it would start up the way he stated the OP

I'm thinking he probably just messed with the radio/lights ala the movie big fat liar(shut up, i was 11 when it came out)

[protege]

I'd have the bastard towed. Around here, he'd not only get hit with the towing fee, but impound fees as well...which usually aren't cheap

[coldcupofjoe]

I have an update. He parked infront of one of my coworkers bays. He wasn't as nice to the guy. When I left the engine to the salesmans car was still sitting in his office and the car is out on the lot somewhere.

I wonder if he got the point this time.

[Broomjockey]

*blinkblink* He removed the engine. And put it in the salesguy's office? Please tell me it is in the sales guy's office!

[VenomX]

I am sorry to say this but I find this hard to believe.. But if true...

[Peppergirl]

As the ex-wife of a service person of a dealership....Believe it.

[coldcupofjoe]

*blinkblink* He removed the engine. And put it in the salesguy's office? Please tell me it is in the sales guy's office!

Yeah. If it's still in there on wednesday when I go back to work I'll take pictures.

Removing an engine isn't as hard as you might think. The hardest part is making sure the wiring harness and the hoses are completely out of the way. Once that's done hook it up to a cherry picker and zip out a few bolts and lift it out.

[Emrld]

That is classic.

Fellow readers please note cldcupofjoe works for an auto dealership in the repair portion. So the salesperson is a car sales man. He should know better but apparently has small body part compensation issues.

Granted the everyday "joe" shouldn't mess with someone's engine . . .in this case there are some circumstances that allow for it. As in our beloved coldcupof joe happens to know what he is doing and isn't going to put anyones life at risk.


I can't wait to see how the salesperson explains this to his boss.
(Please tell me his car was left in his boss's parking spot)

[blas]

It's not hard at all if you know what you're doing.

Anyone wanna here a Blas Childhood Story?

When I was a naughty 16-17 year old, and I got grounded, for a short while, my dad would disconnect the battery in my car. But when he was asleep or not home, my little brother showed me how to fix it.

Dad got smarter, and disconnected my spark plugs. Little brother showed me how to fix that, too.

Finally, Dad said "If you keep fucking with that car, I'm taking the engine out!"

[Sylvia727]

Finally, Dad said "If you keep fucking with that car, I'm taking the engine out!"

You should have replied, "But Dad, I'm not fucking with the car, I'm fucking in the car!"

[protege]

Yeah. If it's still in there on wednesday when I go back to work I'll take pictures.

Removing an engine isn't as hard as you might think. The hardest part is making sure the wiring harness and the hoses are completely out of the way. Once that's done hook it up to a cherry picker and zip out a few bolts and lift it out.

Depends on the engine. Some engines are a bitch to remove. My MG has one of those engines. It's a bitch, mainly because it's heavy (all cast iron), and has to come out at a very steep angle to clear the frame and bodywork. At least I'd removed the intake and exhaust manifolds, cylinder head....all to save weight and stress on the hoist I'm sure the mechanic who reinstalled the freshly-rebuilt-and-painted unit had fun reinstalling it

[donruss]

I said it once already on this thread and I'll say it again. YOU DO NOT MESS WITH OTHER PEOPLES PERSONAL PROPERTY!!! It might be satisfying but just have it towed and give his boss the bill. You are really opening yourself up to all kinds of legal action for these things. (Yes, I know it was a co-worker that did this).

[Emrld]

9 times out of 10 on a car lot - the salesman drive cars owned by the dealership.
Employee in the Repair/ Service Department of same Dealership is not messing with anyone's personal property. It is company property that they are authorized to work on.
And in this specific case the manager told him to do it . . . employee only following managments instructions.

I do agree that in everyday life you do not mess with someone elses personal property.

[coldcupofjoe]

An update for those of you who are interested.

The salesmen had to shell 150 bucks for the removal and re-installation of his engine, and from now on anytime he parks in front of our bay doors he's gonna be fined 100 dollars straight off his next paycheck. And it's gonna straight onto the next paycheck of the tech he blocked in. And if he does it too many times he's gonna lose his lot parking priviliges.

I think I like his boss. He's nifty.

Apparently though, this salesmans head has been on the chopping block for sometime because he continues to fail to meet his sales quota of six cars every quarter. So he might not be around much longer anyway.

[Pedersen]

sales quota of six cars every quarter.

What? Is it really that hard to sell cars? That's two cars per month! I would have thought that car salesmen needed to sell noticeably more than that (like 3 or 4 per week).

Obviously, I've never had any clue about what actually goes on, but that was what I thought.