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satanic Grand Master

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Think you'll find it's not very funny at all... car fell off a hoist at a mate's work (very reputable Manufacturer's workshop) and it crushed the technician working on it, almost ending his life.

JVP Grand Master

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Think you'll find it's not very funny at all... car fell off a hoist at a mate's work (very reputable Manufacturer's workshop) and it crushed the technician working on it, almost ending his life.

it was funny coz it was after hours, and they left the car on the hoist over nite with the front wheels off and a tray full of shit. i think it was a powercore car or something....

and this was at a reputable toyota dealership too...

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I think it's funny, because personally, i don't work for a workshop and never have, but it's pretty common sense how to hoist a car.

Nissan recommends the jacking points firstly, because they are solid and won't crush. Secondly, because they spread the weight reasaonbly evenly between all four 4 points.

mad082 Grand Master

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i can see how that would happen. they did load it by the jack points by the looks of it, but the lotus is a rear engined car, and they obviously unloaded enough weight off the front to let it flip.

the weight distribution of an elise is about 60% rear 40% front. and since they only weigh 840kg, once you take the front wheels off you have removed a fair bit of the front weight. and also since they have a short wheel base (over 30cm shorter than an r32, and over 40cm shorter than an r33) that cmakes them easier to flip in that sort of situation too.

Mr. Oizo Grand Master

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its cause its a mid engines car, hoists are balanced for normal cars. if they out it in facing the other way, or just moved the car more forward between the poles it wouldnt have fallen

uhh no

notice how on the lotus elise, the front wheels are removed, and the 350z the back wheels are removed

im guessing these mechanics dont quite grasp the basic concepts of gravity

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