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UPDATE:  11/10/06

Car has been deemed totaled.

According to their claims department, it's now up to Goodyear's Legal Department and their Insurance to make a determination as to handle the vehicle.

That's what he gets for spending too much on a hotwheels plastic car.

When I worked at the Saturn dealership I almost lost a Jeep Wrangler off my lift, but at least I can blame mechanical failure :hick:

I had set the lift arms up, raised the Jeep until all four wheels were clear of the ground, then "rocked" it to make sure it was safe. It seemed OK, so I continued putting it up. Once fully up I got under it and started taking the rear diff cover bolts off (I had it in the air to replace an axle shaft, the Jeep was a used vehicle belonging to the dealership). As I touched the socket to one of the bolts the entire rear started raising. Instinctively (meaning without thinking) I grabbed the rear and pulled it back down, then realized what had happened: One of the front arms on the hoist kicked out, so the Jeep was now being supported by three arms and me. It was now too late - if I let go of that rear end the whole thing could come crashing down on me. I started hollering and the service manager came running. When he saw my predicament he slid the tranny jack under the Jeep's frame where the hoist arm hand kicked out, then pumped the jack until it was carrying the weight that the hoist should've been carrying. Only then could I let go of that rear end and get out from under the Jeep. It was without a doubt the scariest few minutes of my life.


To get the Jeep down we had to actually jack the thing up with the tranny jack far enough to get the hoist arm back under the frame, then lower it normally. After it was down we found the probem: the locking mechanism that is supposed to hold the hoist arm in place had all its teeth stripped out. You are supposed to have to pull up on a ring to release the lock before the arm could be moved. I always instintively pulled the ring any time I wanted to move the arm, so it had not occured to me to try moving it without the ring pulled. The hoist was promptly condemned by the N.S. Dept of Labour (the hoist repairman had to report the violation under law) until it was repaired.

Oh I'm not so sure about that.  Elise's are pretty good value.  The affordable supercar if you will.
 
Better not bring the 911 to them.  Another rear engine car for them to drop :)