Got my car back from the dealership - They FORGOT to secure the lug nuts!

[Armitage]

Originally posted by: JLGatsby

Originally posted by: Armitage
I would want new wheel(s), and replace the lugs & studs. All of these were likely damaged.

He could be getting a new car, with spinning wheels and dice in the mirror if he plays his cards right.

Why should he be compensated beyond the actual damages?

 

[franksta]

Been there, done that, on 495, early model VW Beetle, and lots of traffic.

 

[JLGatsby]

Originally posted by: Armitage

Originally posted by: JLGatsby

Originally posted by: Armitage
I would want new wheel(s), and replace the lugs & studs. All of these were likely damaged.

He could be getting a new car, with spinning wheels and dice in the mirror if he plays his cards right.

Why should he be compensated beyond the actual damages?

He shouldn't! The damage is his life was put at serious risk!!

You must know nothing about law.

 

[Cattlegod]

should i get a lawyer?

I just called them and asked to speak to the man in charge. I talked to him (prob just the supervisor) and he forwarded me to the director of sales and got his answering machine. I left a voicemail stating what happened.

 

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: JLGatsby
He shouldn't! The damage is his life was put at serious risk!!

You must know nothing about law.

Good thing we have you to be the armchair lawyer.

PA residents with drivers licenses beware: Tomorrow I am filing suit against each and every one of you for putting my life at serious risk every time you get behind the wheel.

 

[JLGatsby]

Originally posted by: Cattlegod
should i get a lawyer?

I just called them and asked to speak to the man in charge. I talked to him (prob just the supervisor) and he forwarded me to the director of sales and got his answering machine. I left a voicemail stating what happened.

Atleast talk to one. It doesn't cost a dime to talk to a lawyer of this kind.

Call a lawyer.

 

[whattaguy]

Originally posted by: JLGatsby
Cattlegod: I would seriously get a lawyer and sue. They put your life at serious risk. You're going to get a heck of a lot more than new tires out of this.

It's hard to sue if there were no damages...sad to say.
Same thing happened to me at Midas...I got nothing in return.

 

[JLGatsby]

Originally posted by: whattaguy

Originally posted by: JLGatsby
Cattlegod: I would seriously get a lawyer and sue. They put your life at serious risk. You're going to get a heck of a lot more than new tires out of this.

It's hard to sue if there were no damages...sad to say.
Same thing happened to me at Midas...I got nothing in return.

The damages were his life was put at risk! People get serious coin for "emotional distress" all the time. You're telling me not screwing on lugnuts won't result in a successful suit?

 

[Baked]

I read the title as "dealership forgot to secure my nuts."

 

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: JLGatsby
The damages were his life was put at risk! People get serious coin for "emotional distress" all the time. You're telling me not screwing on lugnuts won't result in a successful suit?

The poster child for tort reform!

Make sure you name Mazda corporate on the suit - you gotta go after they guy with the deepest pockets. Maybe add the tire manufacturers as well.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: JLGatsby

Originally posted by: mugs

He's better off asking for things that WERE directly affected by this than things that have nothing to do with the incident... that would just look like he's trying to capitalize on someone else's mistake.

Anyone who forgets to tighten the lugnuts should NOT be working on cars.

That would be similar to a pilot forgetting to fill the plane up with gas for an intercontinental flight.

Your comment had nothing to do with what I wrote, why'd you quote me?

 

[JLGatsby]

Originally posted by: Jzero

Originally posted by: JLGatsby
The damages were his life was put at risk! People get serious coin for "emotional distress" all the time. You're telling me not screwing on lugnuts won't result in a successful suit?

The poster child for tort reform!

I support tort reform, but what happened to this guy is much more serious than spilling coffee on your lap.

LOSE LUGNUTS!! WHEEL COULD HAVE FALLEN OFF!! HE WOULD HAVE DIED!! EMEGENCYY!!!

 

[JLGatsby]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: JLGatsby

Originally posted by: mugs

He's better off asking for things that WERE directly affected by this than things that have nothing to do with the incident... that would just look like he's trying to capitalize on someone else's mistake.

Anyone who forgets to tighten the lugnuts should NOT be working on cars.

That would be similar to a pilot forgetting to fill the plane up with gas for an intercontinental flight.

Your comment had nothing to do with what I wrote, why'd you quote me?

Yes it did, you said "trying to capitalize on someone else's mistake." You made it sound like, "Oh, just an honest mistake, no big deal."

 

[Ausm]

Originally posted by: scorpmatt
is 80mph the legal speed limit? if not, you are the liability. also, did you check the lug nuts before you started driving?

Dude Do you really think they wouldn't have flown off at any speed? Who the fvck checks the bolts for tightness after coming out of the shop where there is supposedly expert repair technitions?

:roll:

Ausm

 

[Ausm]

Originally posted by: Cattlegod
should i get a lawyer?

I just called them and asked to speak to the man in charge. I talked to him (prob just the supervisor) and he forwarded me to the director of sales and got his answering machine. I left a voicemail stating what happened.

Yes, This is when a bottom feeding lawyer would come in handy!


Ausm

 

[Goosemaster]

Dude..sadly, you would have stood a better chance at compensation if your wheel had fallen off

 

[Vegito]

Most receipt says to recheck your nutz after 1 mile... no one read it anyway.. personally, I got my own torque wrench and i check almost every 3-5k or right after i drive off a tire rotate/balance

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: JLGatsby
Yes it did, you said "trying to capitalize on someone else's mistake." You made it sound like, "Oh, just an honest mistake, no big deal."

Oh, so you mean you completely misinterpreted what I wrote and twisted my words to mean what you want...

cap·i·tal·ize (kap'i-tl-iz')
v., -ized, -iz·ing, -iz·es.
v.tr.
To use as or convert into capital.

I neither said nor implied that the guy who screwed up should go unpunished.

 

[Armitage]

Originally posted by: JLGatsby

Originally posted by: Jzero

Originally posted by: JLGatsby
The damages were his life was put at risk! People get serious coin for "emotional distress" all the time. You're telling me not screwing on lugnuts won't result in a successful suit?

The poster child for tort reform!

I support tort reform, but what happened to this guy is much more serious than spilling coffee on your lap.

LOSE LUGNUTS!! WHEEL COULD HAVE FALLEN OFF!! HE WOULD HAVE DIED!! EMEGENCYY!!!

But it didn't

 

[JLGatsby]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: JLGatsby
Yes it did, you said "trying to capitalize on someone else's mistake." You made it sound like, "Oh, just an honest mistake, no big deal."

Oh, so you mean you completely misinterpreted what I wrote and twisted my words to mean what you want...

Sorry, bad habit of mine.

 

[DaWhim]

probably should drive it till the wheel fall off then ask for a new car

 

[Pantoot]

Originally posted by: Armitage

Originally posted by: JLGatsby

Originally posted by: Jzero

Originally posted by: JLGatsby
The damages were his life was put at risk! People get serious coin for "emotional distress" all the time. You're telling me not screwing on lugnuts won't result in a successful suit?

The poster child for tort reform!

I support tort reform, but what happened to this guy is much more serious than spilling coffee on your lap.

LOSE LUGNUTS!! WHEEL COULD HAVE FALLEN OFF!! HE WOULD HAVE DIED!! EMEGENCYY!!!

But it didn't

Maybe I should sue too. Image the damage that could have been caused to my car when his wheel fell off and he swerved into me. I might have even had a heart attack and died.

 

[Armitage]

Originally posted by: Pantoot

Originally posted by: Armitage

Originally posted by: JLGatsby

Originally posted by: Jzero

Originally posted by: JLGatsby
The damages were his life was put at risk! People get serious coin for "emotional distress" all the time. You're telling me not screwing on lugnuts won't result in a successful suit?

The poster child for tort reform!

I support tort reform, but what happened to this guy is much more serious than spilling coffee on your lap.

LOSE LUGNUTS!! WHEEL COULD HAVE FALLEN OFF!! HE WOULD HAVE DIED!! EMEGENCYY!!!

But it didn't

Maybe I should sue too. Image the damage that could have been caused to my car when his wheel fell off and he swerved into me. I might have even had a heart attack and died.

... right in front of the presidents motorcade which would be interpreted as an act of terrorism triggering a global thermonuclear war. Jiffylube owes everybody a bajillion dollars!

 

[Cattlegod]

Update:

They service rep just called me back and sounded like he was about to cry. I left a message as I said above with strong concern in my voice. He said he wants me to bring in my car tomorrow and at the very least they will fix everything that is wrong with the car. He will be sitting down with his superiors later. He also told me that the store manager called a department meeting about the voicemail that I left and said that at the very least activity like this would lead to the termination of a job. Suggestions on what I say tomorrow? Do I go in there with my arms all up in a fuss and yelling, threaten to sue/go to the news? Or do I go calmly in there (even thought they put my life at risk by my wheel almost falling off) and take whatever they give me without question?

 

[JLGatsby]

Originally posted by: Cattlegod
Update:

They service rep just called me back and sounded like he was about to cry. I left a message as I said above with strong concern in my voice. He said he wants me to bring in my car tomorrow and at the very least they will fix everything that is wrong with the car. He will be sitting down with his superiors later. He also told me that the store manager called a department meeting about the voicemail that I left and said that at the very least activity like this would lead to the termination of a job. Suggestions on what I say tomorrow? Do I go in there with my arms all up in a fuss and yelling, threaten to sue/go to the news? Or do I go calmly in there (even thought they put my life at risk by my wheel almost falling off) and take whatever they give me without question?

Makes a fuss, that's what old people do to get more.