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Originally Posted by ToxSocks
Your story reminds me of how many silly little things that can go wrong when building one of these cars. Everything has to be torq'd to spec and seemingly everything has a different torq rating. I have a number of different lug nut sets i keep in stock just for this reason. Wheel studs can vary in length, and different wheels seat differently.
We've ALMOST let a car go out of here with loose lugs. It's just such a simple thing to overlook. I had a customer that did something similar to what your mechanic did. He wanted to clean his calipers, took the wheels off and forgot to torq one of the wheels up. Wheel came off a few miles later and completely ****ed his driver side fender....
If he doesn't wanna take the money it's hard to make him do it, right. My belief is that he doesn't wanna take your "tip" because he views you as a good customer and just wants to make it right.
And i can't imagine that repair was cheap, nor do I believe his shop insurance would cover such a thing. I'm 95% positive dude just paid that out of his own pocket. We're talking thousands of dollars for a repair like that. Ouch.
My recommendation would be to just keep giving him work. It'd show that you still trust him while also putting money in his pocket. Get that fuel gauge/sending unit done and maybe ask him about future upgrades so that he knows he's still your guy.
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His garage keeper policy should cover it. Presuming he has it, which it would be inexplicable not to, but dudes are making heavy calls with insurance these days.
I agree. Give him some business. Even if you were going to do it yourself. Lob him a softball. Toxs idea of talking about future upgrades is a good one. Great one in fact. One that separates a good people person from an asshat like me.