Car wash lifts up and damages Mercedes ML320

[camshafted]

A Mercedes owner is pretty p155ed off after a Sainsbury's car wash lifted up his ML.

http://swns.com/car-wash-causes-4000-damage-to-mer...

He claims its a write off with £4k damage but it doesn't look that bad. Still, the cheek of the supermarket. They didn't even give him a refund!

Amazing quote time: ”I’m really shaken up. It was like something out of Terminator. It was like a giant hairdryer that was on a killing spree, I was absolutely petrified.”

[CraigyMc]

camshafted said:

A Mercedes owner is pretty p155ed off after a Sainsbury's car wash lifted up his ML.

http://swns.com/car-wash-causes-4000-damage-to-mer...

He claims its a write off with £4k damage but it doesn't look that bad. Still, the cheek of the supermarket. They didn't even give him a refund!

Amazing quote time: ”I’m really shaken up. It was like something out of Terminator. It was like a giant hairdryer that was on a killing spree, I was absolutely petrified.”

What's the bets he tried to drive off while the machine was still running?

I imagine that's why Sainsburys are "looking into it".

[Arklight]

Feel for him having his P&J damaged but he sounds like a bit of a drama queen just looking for his 5 minutes.

It went from inching towards his bonnnet, to slamming into it and going crazy.

Hmmm....

Edited by Arklight on Tuesday 14th December 10:56

[anonymous-user]

Why do people feel the need to pose next to their story?

[slipstream 1985]

Arklight said:

Feel for him having his P&J damaged but he sounds like a bit of a drama queen just looking for his 5 minutes.

It went from inching towards his bonnnet, to slamming into it and going crazy.

Hmmm....

Edited by Arklight on Tuesday 14th December 10:56

if he felt it was his P & J he wouldnt have taken it to an automatic car wash....

[y2blade]

slipstream 1985 said:

Arklight said:

Feel for him having his P&J damaged but he sounds like a bit of a drama queen just looking for his 5 minutes.

It went from inching towards his bonnnet, to slamming into it and going crazy.

Hmmm....

Edited by Arklight on Tuesday 14th December 10:56

if he felt it was his P & J he wouldnt have taken it to an automatic car wash....

.....have a day off ffs

[5678]

Sheeda Pistol said:

Why do people feel the need to pose next to their story?

Newspapers want them to.

[slipstream 1985]

y2blade said:

slipstream 1985 said:

Arklight said:

Feel for him having his P&J damaged but he sounds like a bit of a drama queen just looking for his 5 minutes.

It went from inching towards his bonnnet, to slamming into it and going crazy.

Hmmm....

Edited by Arklight on Tuesday 14th December 10:56

if he felt it was his P & J he wouldnt have taken it to an automatic car wash....

.....have a day off ffs

this is my day off.

[y2blade]

slipstream 1985 said:

y2blade said:

slipstream 1985 said:

Arklight said:

Feel for him having his P&J damaged but he sounds like a bit of a drama queen just looking for his 5 minutes.

It went from inching towards his bonnnet, to slamming into it and going crazy.

Hmmm....

Edited by Arklight on Tuesday 14th December 10:56

if he felt it was his P & J he wouldnt have taken it to an automatic car wash....

.....have a day off ffs

this is my day off.

fair enough

enjoy

[RudeDog]

slipstream 1985 said:

Arklight said:

Feel for him having his P&J damaged but he sounds like a bit of a drama queen just looking for his 5 minutes.

It went from inching towards his bonnnet, to slamming into it and going crazy.

Hmmm....

Edited by Arklight on Tuesday 14th December 10:56

if he felt it was his P & J he wouldnt have taken it to an automatic car wash....

+1

...and if he was a car enthusiast, the story wouldn't feature an ML320

[eltax91]

y2blade said:

slipstream 1985 said:

Arklight said:

Feel for him having his P&J damaged but he sounds like a bit of a drama queen just looking for his 5 minutes.

It went from inching towards his bonnnet, to slamming into it and going crazy.

Hmmm....

Edited by Arklight on Tuesday 14th December 10:56

if he felt it was his P & J he wouldnt have taken it to an automatic car wash....

.....have a day off ffs

Agreed. My 17 year old Disco is my P&J. It's scratched to hell and goes anywhereoff road, i would happily put it through any car wash. Still my P&J though.

[Atlas 12v]

£4k Damage... That'll be a write off then.

[RB Will]

The auto car wash at the dealership I worked at also had a habit of bumping into the back of 4x4s, funnily enough also in Swindon. £4k damage on a 10year old ML would be a write off as that is what they are selling for.

[dave_s13]

FFS, it doesn't refer to anything being anyones P&J in the article!

It's also an 11 year old ML Merc, which are known to be sheeit anyway. The hairdryer has probably done him a favour.

[fwaggie]

I've had one of these automated car washes damage my last car.

The wheel brushes that are on arms and come into the wheels when you car gets to the right place, one came in with a hell of a bang and put a dent in the wheel.

I guess the arm mechanism must have been sticky and then came free with a jolt.

Pointless even trying to get compensation from the car wash owners or Tescos. (Kingston, Milton Keynes for reference)

The dent wasn't serious and didn't affect balance, just annoying on what were good condition wheels.

Ever since I've always used the hand wash car washes if I don't do it myself.

[spaximus]

years ago I worked for B&Q Autocentres and we installed new automatic wash units which too the car through on a conveyor system. The damage that occurred to cars was mainly due to other reasons. One jeep had the screen punched in, still complete it landed on the owners lap who went through the full cycle holding it (faulty retention clip). Rear wipers were always getting tangled and would lift the rear of the car Usually because they were switched on). People would swicth on the radio and the ariel would become torn off and wrapped around the brush where it would gouge the body work. Obviously it was always the fault of the wash not the driver

[Tallbut Buxomly]

I only ever use arc car washes. Never had any issues whereas i have had both a hand carwash scratch my paintwork and a tiger wash did the same.

Arc are good as they d an under car wash which is handy for the winter months.

[CraigyMc]

Tallbut Buxomly said:

I only ever use arc car washes. Never had any issues whereas i have had both a hand carwash scratch my paintwork and a tiger wash did the same.

Arc are good as they d an under car wash which is handy for the winter months.

Arc is the only carwash that's ever damaged one of my wheels (on their dram-me-through-the-wash conveyor chain thing). Thus they are the only ones I actually avoid.

C

[redtwin]

Regularly use ARC, but may have to stop now as I just noticed today that the price of their basic wash has gone up from 99p to £1.30!!

Were these once known as IMO?. Whenever I mention the carwash to co-workers they always call it IMO and have no clue what ARC is, despite the rather prominent signs.

[Evo8MR JR]

The IMO in elgin changed to ARC a good while back so I'd say yes.