The mechanic didn't just short the car. He destroyed it and subsequently tried to hide the damage.
A mechanic in the US has been sued because he can't figure out how to steer a car with three pedals.
Specifically, a Subaru WRX owner is allegedly a mechanic who wanted to teach one of his employees how to drive a car with a manual transmission. The whole ordeal began when Crandall Yopp Jr. delivered his WRX to a Subaru dealer last November.
That's what Automotive News writes.
Crandall Yopp Jr. told the dealer that the workshop was not allowed to wash the car in connection with the service. However, the dealer ended up doing exactly that, and more.
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A mechanic tried to teach his colleague how to drive the car, which has a manual transmission. However, it went so wrong that the inexperienced mechanic ended up burning the clutch and smashing the front license plate.
The two mechanics in the car then tried to correct the mistake by taking the car to the car wash as a form of apology.
– "This is going to kill us," the dealership's so-called service manager allegedly said when the two mechanics returned with the wrecked Subaru.
And there are indications that he is right. Crandall Yopp Jr. will not only have compensation for the burnt clutch and bent license plate. He also wants compensation for theft.
Unfortunately, it is not uncommon for mechanics to be unable to leave customers' cars alone. And that this sort of thing often ends up completely wrong.
In 2013, for example, a German mechanic aged just 19 managed to smash a customer's absurdly rare and extremely expensive Mercedes 300SL – also known as the Seagull Wing – on a test drive after a service. OUCH!
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