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Friend of mine told me about a true story where someone at the factory put a steel ball inside frame of a car at the factory once. When you accelerated, it rolled all the way to the back, and when stopping, all the way to the front. Several dealers could not figure it out, it was eventually Lemoned and sold at auction. Next owner found it and got it out somehow. Pretty cheap brand new car. I guess disgruntled employee.
I have trust issues because of stuff like that and like this…Oil change place forgot to put the Ebrake on my nephew’s manual Ranger and left it in neutral. It rolled off the lift 5 feet up.
Twisted wrenches at a Chrysler/Plymouth dealer when I was a young pup in the early 1970's. Plymouth had a really stupid British import called the Cricket. The "older hotshot" mechanic next to my bay had a Cricket on his lift and I just about messed my pants when all of a sudden that Cricket decided to do a crash landing on its side, next to me. The hotshot was a little quieter after that...
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