A rare venting

[Sean]

Sorry about your trouble mango. I'm sure the valet key thing was just a mistake.

[Sixxxxer]

Originally Posted by Amber Lamps

I can't see taking a day off work over it...

He didnt take a day off work...He just didnt take the shock with him to work...

But yeah, bring the shock into your workplace if your worried about it being taken? or leave it on the floor and put a t shirt over it so it looks like a pile of clothes.

Hell its a camry noones probably gonna even look inside the dame thing...Lol

[z06boy]

Originally Posted by Sean

Sorry about your trouble mango. I'm sure the valet key thing was just a mistake.

I would imagine it was too. I've never had a loaner/rental that I couldn't access the trunk/spare tire area.

Hey look at the bright sides...it happened at low speed...made it to the dealer without having to wait on a tow...it's under warranty/recall (?)...you got a free loaner.

Yep it sure could have been a lot worse.

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by Amber Lamps

So taking the shock in to work with you was out of the question?...

BTW check for a trunk release button in the glovebox or next to the seat before you make a fool of your self.

Too late. I already risked looking like a fool and they apologized for only giving me the valet key, stating that the regular key hadn't yet been returned from another office. The trunk release is on the floor and is disabled when the valet key function is used. I've owned Toyotas in the past

Given that I've seen a good amount more than the usual number of smelly hippies and homeless, as the G-20 conference approaches, I'm not going to leave anything that might conceivably look like it might contain something of value visible in a vehicle.

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by Amber Lamps

I can't see taking a day off work over it...

I took the day off from work to take my car in, not for the shock

Originally Posted by z06boy

I would imagine it was too. I've never had a loaner/rental that I couldn't access the trunk/spare tire area.

Hey look at the bright sides...it happened at low speed...made it to the dealer without having to wait on a tow...it's under warranty/recall (?)...you got a free loaner.

Yep it sure could have been a lot worse.

It seems to be in the category of "secret warranty." One would presume that they know what vehicles are involved, so they could have sent letters out to effected owners. Waiting for the pumps to fail seems rather dangerous for them, from a liability standpoint. As you said, it could have been a lot worse. It could have happened when I was doing 70, going up highway 427.

[Particle Man]

send me the shock. I'll take really good care of it

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by Particle Man

send me the shock. I'll take really good care of it

Tough tittie. I just chucked it in the UPS bin and should have my money back in a couple of days

Now I just have to figure out what shock to get instead, and I was really looking forward to being able to support a Canadian manufacturer. The only unit I can find from Ohlins has just rebound damping. I'll have to email Penske, or find an application chart somewhere, and see if they have something with at least compression and rebound. Anyone have any other suggestions?

[Avatard]

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

I'm not going to leave anything that might conceivably look like it might contain something of value visible in a vehicle.

If it's of value, it's with me.

(See: Accordion joke)

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by Avatard

If it's of value, it's with me.

(See: Accordion joke)

If it's an accordion, you can keep it.

[Avatard]

OK, every musician knows never to leave his instrument - not even for a second, out of their sight. One night, after a very long gig (Octoberfest, no doubt), an accordionist is too tired to carry his stuff up to his 5th floor walkup, and decides to leave his axe in the back seat.

The next morning, the accordionist wakes up, panicked, having had a terrible nightmare that someone has broken into his car, where he had left his prized instrument.

The musician runs down the stairs, and immediately notices the window of his parked car has been smashed, so he checks to see if his accordion is still there. But when he opens up the car, he finds out somebody has left three more accordions on the back seat.