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Unit 5302 · 09-25-2002, 06:45 PM

I wonder if I'm the only person who's read all 5 pages without bias and taking care to note the facts?

#1. If you took my new 2002GT out and beat the hell out of it, and I found out, you'd be canned, and I'd be looking for anything else I could do to you.

#2. The beating of the engine is a mute point. The car had already been on a dyno. Do you guys really think they putt putt cars on the rollers? LOL. It should have seen 150mph on those drums with WOT. I would never dyno a car I own before it has been broken in properly. The only thing I can say, is that the owner probably did just get himself a free tranny should anything go wrong with it because evil knievel here posted about beating the hell out of the car.

#3. He apparently took his joyride on an abandoned airfield runway. Meaning he endangered no other lives than his own, but obviously took chances with a $35,000 limited edition car that the owner loves dearly. The area driven in pretty much throws out reckless endangerment, unreasonable acceleration, speeding, and the rest of the traffic laws since it didn't take place on a public street, unless the private owners of the airfield decide to drum up some ridiculous charges.

#4. It is beneficial to take a car up to a decently high speed in a higher gear due to the longer pull and easier ability to diagnose poor running conditions indicated by the owner, but 140mph is extreme, unless the car is on the dyno. 4th gear is the best gear to dyno on most RWD manuals, due to it being 1:1, and same with high speed runs due to it generally being stronger than the overdrive gears.

All this thread has done for me is to show the lack of respect for other people's property which has become so rampant in today's society, and that we true car enthusiasts are sick and tired of the crap. We work our asses off to drive our cars, and we love them, even if we yell obscenities in their general direction while banging knuckles under the hood. To have somebody take our pride and joy that we don't even want to leave in their care, and to violate our trust when they are supposed to be professionals is sickening. You know it goes on, but you pray it's not to the extent this thread has illustrated.

stangman96, I don't believe you fully realize how stupid it was to post this information here, but I'm glad you did so the owner has some recourse. If I were the owner, I'd be emailing this thread to every dealer/mechanic in a 100mile radius to make sure you don't get another job. As harsh as it may be, you deserve it. I hope you grow from this experience and maybe think twice about being so childish with other people's possessions in the future. I also sincerely wish you good luck in a new career, as I don't think it will be easy to continue as a dealer mechanic. This is a pretty big blow to your career, I hope it isn't a fatal one to you being able to move on and enjoy your life. Everybody screws up, and sometimes we have to pay for it. I seriously don't wish you to be paying for it too brutally.

Poor Todd, be thankful your wife's car is back in once piece. I'm glad to see nothing truely problematic has surfaced from the joyride.

Not all the members of this board will defend the disrespect of a person's pride and joy, and those who do should leave. Let's be civilized, a little anyway. Those who have decided to join, I hope you stick around, and you contribute positively, instead of filling the board up with a bunch of swearing, and nast-o grams. I think a few of you may actually be able to take lessons on restraint from the person who has the biggest reason to be upset, the owner. I think he's been quite mature about the whole instance, all things considered.

09-25-2002, 06:45 PM	#66
Unit 5302 Registered Member Join Date: May 1999 Posts: 5,246	I wonder if I'm the only person who's read all 5 pages without bias and taking care to note the facts? #1. If you took my new 2002GT out and beat the hell out of it, and I found out, you'd be canned, and I'd be looking for anything else I could do to you. #2. The beating of the engine is a mute point. The car had already been on a dyno. Do you guys really think they putt putt cars on the rollers? LOL. It should have seen 150mph on those drums with WOT. I would never dyno a car I own before it has been broken in properly. The only thing I can say, is that the owner probably did just get himself a free tranny should anything go wrong with it because evil knievel here posted about beating the hell out of the car. #3. He apparently took his joyride on an abandoned airfield runway. Meaning he endangered no other lives than his own, but obviously took chances with a $35,000 limited edition car that the owner loves dearly. The area driven in pretty much throws out reckless endangerment, unreasonable acceleration, speeding, and the rest of the traffic laws since it didn't take place on a public street, unless the private owners of the airfield decide to drum up some ridiculous charges. #4. It is beneficial to take a car up to a decently high speed in a higher gear due to the longer pull and easier ability to diagnose poor running conditions indicated by the owner, but 140mph is extreme, unless the car is on the dyno. 4th gear is the best gear to dyno on most RWD manuals, due to it being 1:1, and same with high speed runs due to it generally being stronger than the overdrive gears. All this thread has done for me is to show the lack of respect for other people's property which has become so rampant in today's society, and that we true car enthusiasts are sick and tired of the crap. We work our asses off to drive our cars, and we love them, even if we yell obscenities in their general direction while banging knuckles under the hood. To have somebody take our pride and joy that we don't even want to leave in their care, and to violate our trust when they are supposed to be professionals is sickening. You know it goes on, but you pray it's not to the extent this thread has illustrated. stangman96, I don't believe you fully realize how stupid it was to post this information here, but I'm glad you did so the owner has some recourse. If I were the owner, I'd be emailing this thread to every dealer/mechanic in a 100mile radius to make sure you don't get another job. As harsh as it may be, you deserve it. I hope you grow from this experience and maybe think twice about being so childish with other people's possessions in the future. I also sincerely wish you good luck in a new career, as I don't think it will be easy to continue as a dealer mechanic. This is a pretty big blow to your career, I hope it isn't a fatal one to you being able to move on and enjoy your life. Everybody screws up, and sometimes we have to pay for it. I seriously don't wish you to be paying for it too brutally. Poor Todd, be thankful your wife's car is back in once piece. I'm glad to see nothing truely problematic has surfaced from the joyride. Not all the members of this board will defend the disrespect of a person's pride and joy, and those who do should leave. Let's be civilized, a little anyway. Those who have decided to join, I hope you stick around, and you contribute positively, instead of filling the board up with a bunch of swearing, and nast-o grams. I think a few of you may actually be able to take lessons on restraint from the person who has the biggest reason to be upset, the owner. I think he's been quite mature about the whole instance, all things considered.