I'm the guy who's had a car in the shop for 2 years

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>>15078144
what the fuck?

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>>15078144
y u do this
That car went to Mexico a year and a half ago.

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>>15078154
Nah I went in and saw it last summer.
That's what that pic is from.

>>15078144
Also my mom called our insurance person and they couldn't believe that it's been in there for 2 years and were like wtf senpai.

She said the claim is so old she can't find it and it's probably archived somewhere and she'll look into it.

>>15078166
Why didn't you take it to a proper mechanic

>>15078144
I think I missed the original thread, why? How the fuck have you let them have your car for 2 fucking years?

>>15078144
>Car in shop for two years
>fucking shithole of a shop
OP you're a fucking moron.

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>>15078186
Nobody would do it. Just wanted to total it.
This guy does show cars and had great reviews.
We think he took the insurance claim money and paid other shit off with it and has been using the profits from the rental cars to slowly work on our car.

Holy shit I've also had a car in a shop for like 2 years. It's just about ready though. Guy didn't start on it til a few weeks ago lol.

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>>15078188
My brother hit a pole 2 weeks after my mom got it for me.
Afterwards she bought me a cheap x300 ($2000 it was a great deal) so I've been using that. It's not like I haven't had a car.
But we've rushed him and regularly called but it's just taken forever.

>>15078218
2 years for that damage, why did your family stand for this?

If the back end was literally 180° upside down compared to the front then that might have made more sense, but this?

Ridiculous.

>rushed him
>2 years

You're a troll right? Or some kind of master b8man??

Shit I'm mad right now.

>>15078144
It sat on the tires for 2 years? The tires have a pressure spot now due to the belts shifting? If a car sits that long, it should do so on jackstands.

Remember that water vapor can cause rust in the car like that unless it was properly prepared for long term storage.

Seals can also go bad from standing still in one position for a long time. So you will have to check for slow oil leaks now. You will need to look up what to do to bring a car back to life out of longterm storage.

>>15078195
>Okay anon it's finally done, here's the final tally for everything
>$19,984+Tax
>It's nice eh?

>>15078257
If insurance paid him anon doesn't owe him shit. Hence why he's taking so fucking long.

>>15078218
Did you slap that shit out of your brother? This is really why I don't let other people drive my cars.

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>>15078248
Unfortunately no I'm not a troll.
And because we are beta I guess. Don't want to be rude because we still want it done well.

>>15078218
Old XJ6 are a dime a dozen why the fuck would you have that repaired? Use it for a fucking parts car and buy another XJ6

>>15078262
>Haven't seen damages go beyond insurance claims
It's been in the shop for 2 YEARS, chances are it's gone above and he will try to squirrel money out of OP. I guarantee it.

>>15078248
Naw that's serious damage dude and I agree the car wasn't economically repairable, AKA totaled, but it still shouldn't have taken two years. Honestly though OP should've found another one.

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>>15078256
We bought new tires for it.
But yea engine stuff I'll have to look into.
>>15078264
I stole his car for awhile until I got mine. Unfortunately his car gets 8mpg though

>>15078273
>>Haven't seen damages go beyond insurance claims
That's when the mechanic goes back to the insurance and says gibe mone pls

probably won't get it and then try to surprise OP which i would just take my spare keys and drive the car out for the fucking gall.

>>15078289
In NC that's a great way to get shot dead

>>15078144
>I'm the guy who's had a car in the shop for 2 years now.

That car has taken on additional damage for not moving for two years. The liquids in the car along with seals need to be exercised or bad things happen. Were all the liquids drained and the inside of engine stabilized of water? I wonder how much rust there is in your water pump?

>how to kill a jag

let it sit 2 years

>>15078289
He had to go back to get money for new wheel bearings a year ago or so.
>>15078300
Fuck I didn't even think of all this ;-;

>>15078296
>In NC that's a great way to get shot dead
Shoot back

You're taking back what's yours from someone trying to ransom it.

Americans are so fucking stupid I can't even comprehend what goes through some dimwit like OPs brain most of the time.

Fuck.

>nobody would repair it, said it's totaled
>NUH-UH
>one guy in a shitshop offered repairs

Learned your lesson motherfucker?

>>15078300
Actually, the ones I'd be worried about are the internal transmission seals and brake master cylinder pistons. It's not uncommon to get in a car that's sat for years and find lolnobrakes. Which doesn't matter that much because lolwon'tmoveeither.

>>15078318
I can almost hear your 1.3l 3 cylinder from here.

>>15078336
So basically if and when I get this back I'm going to have to dump more money into it to make it run

>>15078144
He took your money in advance. If he charges additional money for it after 2 years, he needs to be sued for fraud in court and given MAXIMUM sentence. What he did was against the law for repair work in my state and probably in yours too. So you should look up the laws ahead of time and be ready to shove it in his face if he makes claims that you owe him for the repairs since he already took the insurance money.

The car looks mistreated in the photo as it sat in one spot on its tires for 2 years. The engine is probably full of rust by now. The gasoline evaporated and left sludgy something residue behind I bet in various places of the car fuel system.

If he tells you he ran the engine for a short time occasionally, then that actually makes it worse because short runs generate water vapor in the oil from blowby and the engine crankcase doesn't get hot enough to evaporate the water out of the oil.

Before you run, you have to check all fluids and the oil dipstick. Don't know what to do about the gas tank contents.

>>15078270
This

It's a shitty old jag. It's not rare or collectible any more than a Honda civic is. Why did you not take the insurance money and run?

>>15078340
2.4L five cylinder turbo you fucking faggot.

>>15078359
This m8

if he charges you for anything, take the car and call a lawyer

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>>15078373
>2.4L five cylinder
>has less than 6 cylinders

HOLY SHIT I'M DYIN

>>15078144
He took so long that he probably just wanted you to walk away from it. Max profit.

Since you didn't walk away, he then did the bare minimum repairs to make it run and still took more money for repairs in the meantime as you said. So, as of now, he is hoping right now you will take it back in shitty BARELY running condition just because you are glad HE claims it is done. It is not done unless YOU claim it is done. Two years is bad. WHat advice does your insurance company have for you about a repair shop that has strung you along for two years? What would they do? The insurance company rep probably knows the name of the law for such occasions when the shop claims it can do the repair, takes the money, waits forever, and then gives it back to you in poor condition and with additional damage.

The shop can say they are not responsible for additional damage, but under the laws of due diligence, a shop is actually responsible for some things. If the shop failed to exercise due diligence, then you can sue them successfully for some things.

>>15078385
Enjoy your stiff axles and ridiculous hp/liter ratio you fucking idiot. Your "cars" are nothing but cast iron boxes with wheels on them.

'Sides, we make the best |6 in the world. You need not apply.

lol OP all the seals in your car are fucked by now

valve seals go bad really fast if the car hasnt been started every week or so, the rest is probably fucked by now anyways, wouldn't even pick it up anymore

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>>15078399
>stiff axles and ridiculous hp/liter ratio
>this delusion

>>15078400
The best part is if he walks away from it now, he lost everything. Pissed away the money AND lost the car.

Great stuff.

>>15078144
You're driving it.

Brakes work for the first 10 uses.

They start to fade a lot and you need to press the pedal more to stop.

After the 10th use, the seals finally gave way due to 2 years non-use, leakage, and rust. Losing fluid each time you pump brakes.

NEW ACCIDENT DUE TO NO BRAKES. The shop hoped for this situation because now he is off the hook for bad or faked repairs. He will blame all problems you now find on your fresh new accident due to "LOL no brakes" after you used the brakes 10 or so times.

Happy days again for the cheating shop. Blame free due to OP having no brakes accident on the way home.

Anyways, if you are able to do oil change at home, inspect the oil. Or you might even send it to Blackstone Labs for a test analysis. They will also tell you if coolant is in there (a bad sign).

Anyways, I suppose you have your pre-inspection checklist handy before you accept the car back from him and sign the paperwork saying that you officially got the car back.

joe

>>15078483
What ;-;

I'd love to see OPs face when he read this thread and realized how hard he fucked up

>>15078355
Eh. If it runs and drives after you're good.

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>>15078373

>>15078476
Have your cellphone on and in hands free during the drive back home. Someone is following you to see you are okay. No freeway until you know what is wrong?

ANYWAYS, the shop is to do a proper road test of the car and that includes FREEWAY driving test. He is not to use the customer for the road test.

MAKE SURE he does a full road test in the car and you see it. No more of this I already did the road test talk. You'll follow him in your car while he does the road test to proves it works on the freeway. At least two off ramp and two on ramps too plus city driving and traffic light stops. If he is too nervous, then you know he has faked repairs.

"""No, Mr Anonymous, I will not drive that car as it is unsafe to drive."""" That means he has not completed repairs. But because he tried to get you to take it in that condition, it also means he tried to deceive you too.

>>15078524
Inspect the car after the test drive for leaks. Look underneath. Wet spots?

two year old gasoline in the tank must be thicker by now since all the most volatile parts of the gasoline evaporated first.

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>>15078510
I'm feeling extremely shitty right now.
I loved this car and have been super patient and now I'm realizing she'll never drive again.

>>15078524
Try that and when OP insists on the road test a second time, OP goes in the fucking trunk.

>>15078543
>>15078296
Anon do you live in 30's Chicago or something

>>15078265
>pothole

Do you mean fucking building?

>>15078577
I said pole senpai

>>15078577
Anon are you having a stroke?

Please call 911 and relax

>>15078590
My bad. Still, you are the ultimate beta. Fucking sue his ass. That's like 2 months work, tops, not two fucking years. Your car is gonna need a whole lot more work since it sat so long. Sue him for the cost of taking it to a proper shop to get a complete brake rebuild, and have them look over everything else.

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>>15078265
Why is the dent rusted? It looks like the photo was taken at least a year after it was damaged.

>>15078985
Bare metal rusts in terms of miliseconds m8.

>cleaning out motorcycle gas tank
>use diluted phosphoric acid
>rust all gone
>leave it for a couple minutes
>rust has started to form again, visibly, sickeningly

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>>15078985
It had sat a week after the wreck there
Snowy salty roads senpai.

>>15078144
Did you send this car to Hennessey's autistic brother or something? You should have been to his shop every fucking day after a month. "putting head lights in" that's bullshit, you can see theyre just taped up in the picture and I doubt he ever bothered to remove them. It probably isn't even painted yet.

Op here. I've decided to just kill myself.

One weird thing to me about these stories and anyone who works in a shop that's either high end, in a major city, or both, is the absolute WORST thing for a shop is having a car sitting around for too long. The space it takes loses you money, every day that goes on something bad can happen to the car while it's in your care or something can knock into it, it's just unthinkable that someone would go "meh just let it sit there we'll finish it next year"

>>15080392
>space it takes loses you money, every day
Doesn't matter because nobody goes there because they don't want their oil change to take a month.

>>15080392
Fucking this, I wouldn't be surprised if he faked those good reviews and just paid someone else for a show car. This is Canadian tow truck tier scamming

>>15080620
They were all word of mouth reviews.

>>15080702
Those words and mouths ain't fixin yo car nigga

OP you need to have a chat with your insurance. See what can be done.

Surprised that a insurance company would pay up BEFORE any work is complete.

When I had a fender bender my insurance was very clear... Take the car to whatever shop you want and email us their contact info, once work is complete make sure you are thoroughly satisfied with repairs before signing anything, then we will handle payment.

>>15080719
Read my post down a bit from the top.
Just called today do it was so old she couldn't find the claim and I think it's in archives so it might take a bit for a response.
And nah they just threw him the money.

>>15080772
Damn OP it sounds like you're fucked and it's not even your fault this time.

>>15078373
You say that like you're proud

>>15080772
By 'have a chat' I mean follow up aggressively with your insurance. Get them to find that claim asap. If there is an actual office you can go to and talk to someone in person do it.

Right now your two years out with no car and no money. It's not a good situation for you. If you can get the insurance on your side they have a fuck ton of resources and pull at their disposal.

>>15080902
This, OP. Things move much smoother if it's an insurance company suing a faggot for fraud than it would if YOU were trying to do the same.

>>15078373
>the Queen won't allow 6 cylinders mate it's a fukkin 5 cilly

>>15080941
Seriously thought i was on /k/ for a second

>>15080949
Jesus you have a sixth sense or some shit. I rarely visit here and regular /k/

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>>15080960
Fuck mayte, we got blight

>>15078300
Cars can sit for years in dry storage stop trying to wind up OP.

Also, OP, two years is too long for any kind if repair, let alone one paid for by insurance. You need to get onto your insurance company and have them put pressure on the repairer to finish the job, failing that, have them take it to another repairer. Insurance companies have a lot more weight to throw around so can get shit done a lot quicker

>>15078410
He's right, I assume your silly denial is just a eurotroll trying to make Americans look ignorant

>>15078144
I'm gonna go ahead and call bullshit here. If it's totalled, it's totalled no insurance company in the U.S. Is going to let you take it to a special snowflake shop to get it repaired. That puts them on the hook for all repair costs, all storage costs if the car cannot be repaired, and any parts the mechanic buys if the car isn't repaired. I have worked in insurance for years and no company I know of does business this way. They would have recommended one of the shops they have an agreement with or had an estimate written by a staff estimator. Calling BS here anon

>>15078144
>you didn't just go there last week when everybody told you to go there last week
pussy ass nigga

>>15082477
>Cars can sit for years in dry storage stop trying to wind up OP.

You neglected to say "properly prepared" as this car was probably not prepared for long term storage. The shop is run by a careless "i don't care" repair person who misused the insurance money AND even got extra money beyond the original insurance money.

>>15078144
OP, do NOT sign off on the car unless the work is actually completed. This repair guy is going to do whatever it takes to scam you into signing the acceptance form that you are taking the car back "as is".

Hot glue holding the headlight in place long enough to fool you on a test drive? Don't be so fast to sign the paperwork just because this 2 year scammer shoves the paperwork under your nose over and over and over. Once you carelessly sign the paperwork with the "as is" embedded somewhere in the fine print you are stuck and you torpedo'ed your insurance company from helping you.

Since he took 2 plus years to fix the car, he should not expect you to instantly sign the paperwork with "AS IS" clause in just 2 minutes. The insurance agent can give you advice to sign or not.

>>15078994
No it doesn't

Insurance guy has called the body shop guy personally and has forced a 4 week deadline.

>>15085898
>HE STILL HAS TO WAIT FOUR (4) WEEKS

I posted early on in this thread and I'm still triggered by this.

Fucking hell don't ever let this be repeated, and that does to everyone and not just op

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>>15086085
Let me be an example of don't be so patient.
But after 2 years 4 weeks isn't really anything.

>>15086159
Make sure you still do everything we've told you to do about testing it and having him test it. Do NOT take it back without him doing that. Hell, if you can, have a rep from the insurance company come along with you so you have their muscle right there if the faggot tries to play coy.

Also, never let your brother touch another one of your cars again.

>>15086417
Yea ive talked over all this with my mom about checking things and making sure it's him that does a road test not us.

Holy shit, OP. I get impatient if my car is in the shop for 2 hours, how the fuck can you stand 2 years?

You are literally getting cucked.

What if...
> labor is 79 an hour
>3427.5 hours

>>15086870
when the insurance guy talked to him on the phone he got an agreement that no more costs will be added.

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>>15078308
>how to kill a jag

try to start it

>>15085541
Flash rusting is a thing. Happened to me when I soaked and pressure washed the cylinder heads during a full rebuild. The few seconds after I wiped the iron heads down and air blasted them dry, they started rusting. There was a few hokey pokey moments with a can of WD-40 and the air hose.

>>15086540
>Yea ive talked over all this with my mom about checking things and making sure it's him that does a road test not us.

You will follow him in your car to make sure he actually gets on the freeway or does a real drive test at different speeds. That makes sure he doesn't go around the block, park the car for 10 minutes, and then come back. A real test drive should be 10 minutes minimum.

Be ready after the test drive to inspect the car yourself. Look for liquids leaking. Immediately sniff the car for burning smell. Check dipstick for bubbles in oil (prolly coolant if bubbles). Have flashlight to shine behind the wheel when you peer behind the wheel to look for leaks from caliper area. A small mirror may be useful since the car is probably not up on a hoist.

I would feel nervous if he refused to take it on the freeway because he felt that was too risky for HIMself to do that. If he feels it is too risky to drive, then you should feel it is too risky for you to drive.

Do NOT sign papers unless you get a real idea it is properly tested. An easy going 35MPH drive around the block doesn't count. If it cannot go freeway speed and you see smoke coming out as you follow, then the engine is in trouble from all that sitting.

By the way, just in case he tries the excuse "it was leaking before the test" you can inspect the car before the test so that you can compare before and after if new leaks appear or a new burning smell occurs.

The insurance agent is probably telling this story all over the company about this new record time taken to do car repair. It probably holds the record at 2 years 4 weeks.

>>15089116
How long a test drive? Maybe the insurance agent can give you an idea of what a test drive should be like after the car sat for 2 years. The agent might need to get info from a claims adjuster inspector before getting back to you.