So, a little background here: I have a customer in Scottsdale, AZ who we just sold an '01 Lambo Diablo 6.0 to a couple of weeks ago. Anyway, last week, a got a call from him saying that he has a suspension error light flashing on the console. So, I run through the self-diagnostics on the phone with him and find that there is some sort of error in the right front shock. Ordered a shock from Lamborghini, and it shows up yesterday for the completely reasonable price of $1650.00.

So, I know a guy down there that owns and runs another exotic car dealer and I ask him if I can use a lift in his shop for a couple of hours. He's happy to do it, so I booked a flight down there.

Anyway, so I get up at 5:30, pack up some tools and the shock into a duffel bag and head to the airport. I get to the metal detector and give the guy fair warning that he <b>WILL</b> want to look through my carry-on. He runs it through the conveyor anyway and I see his eyes go wide. Poor guy must have thought it was some sort of missile.
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So, I touch down, get picked up in the 6.0 and then we head over to my customer's office which happens to be in an airpark, which explains the oversized garage:-)
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He pulls the helicopter out, and I head on over to the dealership. It's a nice place, they have a decent sized showroom and attached to that is a strip mall of sorts catering to anything on wheels:

<b>Race shop:</b>
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<b>Custom bike shop:</b>
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<b>Supercharger, anyone?</b>
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<b>Repair shop:</b>
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<b>Showroom:</b>
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<b>Pick a Ferrari, any Ferrari:</b>
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<b>Or, maybe a Z8, since they have 3</b>
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Ok, so I got the car there and up on a lift around 10:30 and proceeded to take the shock assembly off. I get it almost all of the way off, and realize that I have yet to remove the hydraulic line from the lower part of the shock. Me, being the smart guy that I am, just crack the nut loose a tad to releive the 25-80 bar of pressure and drain the system. So, it finally gets done dripping after about 5 minutes, so it MUST be safe to take it off the rest of the way. NOT! I had the privelege of taking a complete hydraulic fluid shower today. No pics of this! My skin is so soft as a result though! So, after buying a change of clothes, I finished up the job. Got done by around 1pm. Took the car out for a while and enjoyed the 85 degree, sunny weather down therem then took off again, and here I am back in the land of multiple wives and 3.2% beer.

Whew, what a day. Can't wait til Lamborghini gets a load of my warranty claim;-)

 

One word, actually three, Oh MY GOD!!! :-ooooooooooooo

 

All this boring work: do you ever have good days?

 

Any open positions where you work????? ;-)

 

Full of toys !

 

lol great story jason! fun evening read

 

Ok...I picked a Ferrari. I'll take the yellow one.

 

sounds like a fun day in AZ

 

So now you go for your third shower of the day!! lol : ) Sweet racer.... yeah.... : )

 

So why didn't you drive down....the air ride from SLC to SKY is so bumpy usually? ;-)