Tom,
You've got to go and see him.
He obviously cares about your car, as he's done everything right so far.
He may not have realised the damage he may have caused.
Do the right thing by him and talk to him.
>From a retailer's point of view, if we don't know, we can't fix it!
Best wishes
Dave Cooper,
Mundaring Hobby Centre
Email mdghobby@vianet.net.au
Web Page http://www.vianet.net.au/~mdghobby
"Stay Sane, Get a Hobby"
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> From: Tomsjetta@aol.com
> To: spridgets@autox.team.net
> Subject: Mechanic dents my Midget
> Date: Wednesday, 25 August 1999 11:00
>
> I wasn't planning on writing about any of this, but I am between a rock
and a
> hard place.
>
> I picked up my car tonight from my new mechanic. He did all he was asked
to
> do, and did it right, was always pleasant, and showed me what work he did
> under the hood. I drove home, and the car was better than when I brought
it
> there. I get home, crouch down in front of the car, and stare up the hood
> with the sky reflecting beautifully off the paint. I see two very, very
new
> distortions in the hood.
>
> Area 1: directly above the radiator. I pop the hood, and clear as day on
the
> underside is the dent. Area two: directly above the air cleaner. The
paint
> broke in both parts, and there are cracks. I can see bare metal. There is
> absolutely no doubt in my mind the hood was closed with tools resting on
the
> air cleaner and radiator.
>
> Sooo, the question is, what do I do? I can call the mechanic, and he can
tell
> me he doesn't know what I'm talking about?I can't actually prove that he
did
> it. I don't want any bad blood with him either, because if the need
arises,
> I'd like to go back to him again. On the other hand, I don't feel like I
> should pay for body damage I did not cause. And, since there is the
tiniest
> bit of exposed sheetmetal, I do not want my once perfect hood to start
> rusting.
>
> If this has ever happened to you, or if you ever dropped the hood with
tools
> on the engine and it did cause dents, please let me know. This is one
area
> above all I do not want to mess around with.
>
> Tom
> '78 Midget
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