Some car pics from over the years
I really felt like keeping today’s post fun. I thought I would post some pics and tell you guys the stories behind them. I think this will be cool. Post in the comments what you think. Also, this might be a cool post to share!
This is a picture of a VW thing. I don’t really know what the year is. This is the very first thing I seen when I went to the dealer for my interview. I flew out of Chicago Midway in the dead of winter. I got to the dealer and it was 55 degrees. They had just cleaned up from an ice storm, the reason for the snow on the ground. I remember leaving Chicago, the temp was, -14 degrees AIR TEMP! Talk about shocking.
I flew down for just one day. In that day I had a great lunch/ interview, got the job(DUH) and found an apartment. Needless to say, it was one for the best, most stressful, craziest days of my life. I had to call my wife and tell her, in 2 weeks we are moving to a state she had never been to before. Oh, by the way, this was my first trip to NC as well. Nuts? Maybe, but I wouldn’t change it for anything.
This is an EOS. I took this at a training course in Atlanta. It was the first and only time I have ever been to Atlanta. Not much of a fan, but whatever. This is actually the service position for the convertible top. The trunk is fully released, and the top is about half way open. I would bet that any mechanic that has to do this to an EOS, will not be happy!
The one good thing about Atlanta, is that I got to visit a good friend of mine. I had not seen Katie in years, so it was great to catch up. We had some good sushi and craft beer. If you guys didn’t know, I am a HUGE craft beer fan. I actually home brew as well. 🙂
AH, the Bentley. This is by far the most expensive car I have ever worked on. I think this model is a Bentley Continental. The general manager of my(and several other) dealer got married. I guess they took this Bentley to the wedding. The owner of my dealer group has millions of dollars worth of cars. Its actually crazy some of the cars this guy has.
On the way back from the wedding, the Airbag light came on. My boss asked me if I could check it out. I did my normal diagnostic routine, and found that the fault was for the drivers airbag. I started to take the airbag off and found something familiar. It looked just like a VW Phaeton. Turns out, it is a fancied up Phaeton. Even down to the clock spring, it had the same part number and everything. Crazy right! So I was working on a $125,000 car, owned by the owner of the company, driven by the general manager of ~9 of the ~30 dealers in the company. No pressure right?? WRONG! I was tweaking out. I got everything worked out just fine..
Very cool. Make this a regular series.
Whenever I see something cool about cars I take pictures. Working around cars (and soon with :D) I get a lot of chances to take pictures. My best picture is a of the Nissan GT-R I drove.
Working on a $125,000 car must have been major stressful.
The stressful part was, the car belonged to the owner of my dealer chains, friend. Plus, how the heck do you get parts for a Bentley??
Luckily it worked out ok.
Yeah, eh? Not many Bentley dealers near me, there might be one. Not sure about you.
I like the idea of a picture/story series. You could maybe call it “Shop Shots,” or “Pit Pics.” That second one sounds like it could be something gross, though.
I think Shop Shots would appeal more, haha
Brett, I like “Shop Shots”!!!!
Good post HM. I once was working at a dealership, had recently moved there from a Porsche dealer. The “famous” owner had just flown in from Chicago to pick up his new Porsche from the Nissan dealer I was working at but the MIL had come on. They asked me if I would take it to my old dealer to fix it. It was 5pm on Friday, I was flying down a city highway in a GT3 owned by Michael Jordan! That was a crazy day!