Wait, wait...don't get mad at me !!! I know that it was the fault of the
staff and not the lift, I was considering a Elise at the time and I know
it was not the lifts fault. I was agreeing with Marc that the lift could
be dangerous IF proper common sense was not followed, not that there was
anything wrong with the lift. That lift was a mid-rise Bend-Pak the
exact same lift that at the same time my Dino was on and that 2 of my
friends Elise's had been on a few times already. The Elise is the same
configuration of the Ferrari Dino so I was a little concerned when the
motor came out that it would unbalanced and fall off the front, it did
not (maybe I am not a idiot at some tire shop). Also my FIAT Dino
(front engine) has been on that lift often, I think the lifts are safe
but they could be dangerous without common sense.
mike
Mullen, Tim wrote:
> Mike Rambour wrote:
>
>> I did see the pics of the Lotus Elise that fell off one of
>> these at a tire shop
>>
>
> The Elise was not the fault of the lift, but of the idiots that were
> using it.
>
> They were told how to lift the Elise, and they ignored it.
>
> The lift was a commercial lift and quite strong - there was nothing on
> the lift that failed. The idiots at the tire shop just used it wrong.
> The owner of the car even provided copies of the jacking instruction
> including diagrams of where to jack the car - and more importantly where
> not to jack the car. They ignored it and did it their way. They bought
> him a new Elise as they totaled the one on the lift.
>
> There are marked jacking points under the Elise. Unfortunately, the
> rear ones that are exposed (and the tire shop used) are the balance
> point of the car - those spots are meant to lift the entire side of the
> car with the other side on the ground. (The actual rear jacking points
> are covered by the under-tray that must be removed prior to jacking the
> car.
>
> The idiots lifted the car using the balance points so the weight was
> 50-50 on the "rear" lift points. Then when they removed the front tire,
> the car was suddenly rear end heavy and fell of the lift backward.
>
> Tim Mullen
>
> Chantilly, VA
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