DingChavez
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Dear members, I am posting the story of a guy named A as a reminder that some "friends" may turn around and leave you dying by the roadside. **********Story of AA has an old car. The car was once abandoned but A has toiled and got the car roadworthy again. Although it looks like crap, the car's mechanical was sound and he took the car for long distance drives regularly. Sadly he has to sell the car it is a 2 door and A has a family. The family has simply outgrown the car. B is a young guy who test drove A's car. A warned B to take it easy. B drove the car. Coming to a U-turn, B down-shifted to 2nd and gunned the throttle making the car go into oversteer. B failed to control it and slammed into the curb on the right-hand side. The damage was extensive. The obvious damange was broken exhaust and the bent rim. Also the front right strut and fender was thrown out of alignment and the lower arm was bent. The worse damage though, was the chassis which was bent. Furthermore, the lower control arm bush was torn together with part of the chassis railing from the main chassis. Since the chassis is bent, the engine and gearbox is also misaligned. B called his brother BB for help. BB said to a that he will settle this issue and told A not to worry. BB's friend, BC offered to send it to his friend's workshop as it is close by. A has no issues as he believes that BB will do the right thing. A and his good friend SS went the next day to the workshop to document the damage and to take pictures of the damage. A and SS also talked to the workshop man in regards to damage. The workshop guy said for the chassis works, he will send it to another guy who does this kind of things After 2 weeks BC called A to tell that A's car is ready. BC also said that the rim and exhaust is not done yet and BC advised for A to get it done and claim the repair amount from BB. A agreed. To A's dismay, the only repair job that was done to his car was the torn chassis was welded back to his railing and covered with a plate. All other chassis damage, not to mention the mechanicals, was not even repaired. BC and BB called A thru the phone and adviced that the repair job was the best that they can do as the chassis was rusted and the car was in a very bad condition. A called BC's mechanic to check out the repair cost, which was rm700. A was not happy. A took his car to a trusted chassis repair guy to check out the damage. The chassis repair guy said the repair was shoddy and the amount needed to repair it correctly - including all mechanical damage - was rm5K. The mechanic also confirmed that the chassis is not rusting and the damage was from the impact. A went to see B to get a proper resolution to this issue. A suggested to B 2 choices, either buy the car off A, or pay the proper amount to get A's car repaired properly. B said he will think about it. The talks lasted for 3 weeks until on one encounter BB told A that he thinks it's unfair for him to pay for the repair as A's car is in a bad shape already. A said it's not fair for B to crash A's car. It is B's responsibility to repair it correctly. BB adv that he is not willing to pay rm5K for the car's repair. When A asked BB what he suggested to resolve the issue, BB answered "as friends" he is willing to give A rm500 in addition to the rim and exhaust claim to settle the issue. A accepted the claim amount but refused the rm500 as he feels it's an insult to him. One week after the final meeting A called B to see if he is willing to continue negotiations in regards a proper and fair settlement, B said he will need to speak to BB. A told B to get back to him the next day by 3pm, failing to do so, A will consider that B has no interest to negotiate on the matter. No reply from B was heard henceforth. Now it has been 1 month 3 weeks since the accident occured. B is enjoying his life while A is driving his family around in an unsafe, unroadworthy car. A has no choice because that's his only car.******Please post on what you think. If you think A is stupid for being so nice and considerate when B is clearly playing him out, I would agree with you. You guys may also give some sugesstion to A. I'll make sure I pass the message along. Oh just for your info, the workshop that "repaired" A's chassis is actually a body paint shop. They are not qualified to repair the chassis and do not have the equipment to do so. in fact, that shop has no chassis jigs, hoist nor hydraulic jacks that i can see when i visited the shop. No wonder the repairs cost "only" rm700.![Eek! :eek: :eek:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)