Recipe for body DAMAGE! - new porter and a dually

[Tomeygun]

RECIPE for dually body damage

(and known as Unhappy customers stew)



Ingredients:

(1) Excited customer back in Finance office about to sign title

(1) Newly hired porter that is not the smartest cookie in the box

(1) Brand new 05 45K Dually truck, just cleaned up and looking purdy

(1) Another dually that a customer is buying



Mix all ingredients in a fast motion, make sure duallys make contact



Voila! - 2 unhappy customers, and two wrecked trucks!!



What a day

 

[CStansbury]

Holy cow, what a mess! So is the new porter on his way to flipping burgers?

 

[Got Smoke?]

So is the new porter on his way to flipping burgers?

I would think so... ... ... ... . uh..... what's a porter?

 

[MacHaggis]

Aww, whatchya grumpin' about? On the red one, a little hammer work and the rest looks like bolt on parts. The white one, I've seen this ad on TV for a gizmo costs about $29. 99 +S&H that'll pull that right out!



Don't take much to make a mess, does it?

 

[Tomeygun]

I would think so... ... ... ... . uh..... what's a porter?

I'm betting he is getting canned monday - Either that or pay $250 per truck deductable for the insurance



(and a porter is the guy that cleans the cars, gets cars from the lot, etc)

 

[TravisG]

Hey Mark you remember Gopher on The Love Boat?(Or are you old enough for that one). He was a porter. Not that helps much but you get the idea. Personally I was a big fan of Doc that guy was a pimp!!!



Sorry about your customers luck Tomey.

 

[crobertson1]

Aww, whatchya grumpin' about? On the red one, a little hammer work and the rest looks like bolt on parts. The white one, I've seen this ad on TV for a gizmo costs about $29. 99 +S&H that'll pull that right out!



Don't take much to make a mess, does it?

I do paintless dent repair, and no way that piece of crap on TV is having any affect on the tailgate. You'd be surprised how many times I've fixed dealership errors. That's why I HATE having one of those "porters" or shaggers drive my truck. The red one looks like it may need a new bedside.



My questions are always: What, didn't the mo-ron hear anything? Was the stereo blasting away or something? How fast was the mo-ron going anyway?

 

[rbattelle]

If I were the customer I think I'd refuse to sign for the vehicle and ask that a brand new one be ordered for me. Does that make me a jerk?



-Ryan

 

[RonA]

My sons first job was working as a lot porter at John L. Sullivan in Roseville. Very little room to maneuver. No one liked the big pickups. Loved to stare from a distance at the owners Ferrari. Would have loved to work there 10 years earlier when Jim Varney was doing the plugs.

Ron

 

[Tim]

Are you taking offers on the trucks as-is?

 

[JCoffey]

I have always said "better to get experience wrecking someone else's vehicle than your own. " This is the exact reason I do not use valet parking, let the oil change guy pull my truck out of the bay, etc. Best to walk away from this deal.

 

[JCoffey]

Tomeygun,



Was this at your dealership? If so how many times have you let this guy drive your truck to run a quick errand for you or someone else? Not know more!! :--)

 

[ChrisTucker]

(and a porter is the guy that cleans the cars, gets cars from the lot, etc)

Hey Tom, didn't that make you the porter on my truck?? :-laf

 

[Tim]

Hey Tom, didn't that make you the porter on my truck?? :-laf

Funny stuff, mine too.

 

[Tomeygun]

If I were the customer I think I'd refuse to sign for the vehicle and ask that a brand new one be ordered for me. Does that make me a jerk?



-Ryan

Absolutely NOT! - (I would not buy that truck either! - Heck,we will have to disclose the repairs now, can you say discount? )



Thats what he did, But he needed a truck that night - So I told him where one was (even though I lost the sale) - It sucked for everyone involved

 

[Tomeygun]

Tomeygun,



Was this at your dealership? If so how many times have you let this guy drive your truck to run a quick errand for you or someone else? Not know more!! :--)

HA! - I would not have let him touch my truck - If I let you drive my truck, you better take that as a compliment, cause thats my baby

Hey Tom, didn't that make you the porter on my truck??

what can I say, Jack(tom) of all trades... If you want it done right... ... . (you know the rest)

 

[ttreibel]

Tomeygun I am glad you can joke about that..... what a friggin mess... . a loss sale I can tell you have been in the business for awhile. Can you imagine if this happened on one of your first sales?



The white one isn't bad if the tailgate still worked and I needed a new truck I would take it As-is

 

[Scrappy]

is there another white dually on the lot? steal its tailgate to keep one of the customers happy.

 

[AlexWV]

Holy cow. What a heart breaker. That red one has a big crease in the box itself, not just the fender lopped off. I wouldn't take the truck after that either.

 

[KCJackson]

I learned the... ummm... "hard way" with my 96 (first dually) that even when the mirrors clear the space, the slightest turning motion means the rear fenders won't. Didn't damage the bed sheetmetal but put a whoopin' on the driver's side plastic fender.



When my 05 came off the carrier to my dealer's storage facility (a couple of miles from the showoom), they didn't just park it in the lot with the other stock. It was inside the small garage area with the other special-order vehicles, and was dead center on the floor away from everything. When I went up to inspect and test drive, the staffer suggested that I back it out of there when we went for the drive, which I gladly did. Even though it was a rain/snow mix the day I took delivery, they still washed it, and told me when I came back for the Mopar tube steps, they'd happily wash it again, knowing there'd be plenty of salt spray on it.



Incidentally, the staffer was the same guy who took me on the 96 inspection and drive. Nice older guy, and he drove that dually like he had done so every day for 20 years. And on that note, I'd recommend to Lou Fusz to find some semi-retired/retired person, especially if they've been a professional driver (e. g. trucker), to do the lot work. Anybody who can park semis at a truck stop should have no trouble maneuvering Rams and Neons. That or someone who has done valet at an expensive restaurant... <B>that</B> is a job where the smallest scratch might get you killed, depending on whose car it was.