Let's say you shelled out a good chunk of money on that car you've been waiting to take delivery on, and the day it gets to the dealer, this happens[bash] [bash] [bash]

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/01/15/how-i-not-i-to-deliver-an-aston-martin/


I'd would just hang my head in shame.

uh oh, better get maaco

I'm sure someone lost a job.

I wouldn't want to be around close by when the owner arrives but maybe hiding in some bushes somewhere , just to be nosey and see the reaction .

That'll buff right out. No problem. [;)]

Ya, thats definitely a major fail, but i have to ask my self, those ramps are really really slow moving, and you have to operate them from the back of the truck, so how the heck does someone do that?? were they facing it the wrong way, and why the heck would you raise the gate that high in the first place??

some of those trailers have the capabilities of hauling 2 cars one on top of eachother the upper is suspended with wheel channels or an actual seperating floor

from the looks the ramp didn't fail the bolts holding them ON did LOL

shame for the car but you can tack that up to Shotty vehicle safety and mechanical operations inspections on the trailers lift

Ya, thats definitely a major fail, but i have to ask my self, those ramps are really really slow moving, and you have to operate them from the back of the truck, so how the heck does someone do that?? were they facing it the wrong way, and why the heck would you raise the gate that high in the first place??

That's a double-decker car carrier. Looks like the AM was on the top deck. If you look at the pic, part of the lift-gate broke off, sending the rear wheels south for the winter.

man what a shame. such a beautiful car!

I think i cried a little on the inside.

i'd still rock that aston if the owner didn't want it anymore lol

Dont worry about it. It adds character. WHat, you guys have never seen someone modify an Aston Marin like a rat rod?

The owner probably went to jail shortly after for killing the delivery guy.

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/01/438640876_zcuqx-l.jpg

ouch makes me sad, but appears the back part did in fact snap off as u see it laying under the car tsk tsk someones fired for not testing the equimpment

Could you imagine if you were in the car and that happened? What would go through your mind?

I'd just bolt......get outta there and move to mexico

And those wheels kinda remind me of my EAP's.....hehe.

If it were a Vanquish I'd barf

I cried when I saw this, besides the fact that I'm a huge AM fan, the v8 vantage is a sick car, especially the one here in white. This happened before not to long ago, and I think it was on autoblog as well, but it was a Subaru WRX STi instead.

bolts fail, I've see 1 7/8 inch bolts fail quite often

If it was a delivery, it was apparently loaded in the carrier without any problems. Driver must have backed it up a bit too far on the ramp and the bolts holding that section needed to be replaced.

Poor car.

better call maccoo!

haha what a lost

id still ride in it.. just park backwards everywhere i go.. plus aint nutin a little ductape and spraypain cant handle. im serious can i buy this? lol

id still ride in it.. just park backwards everywhere i go.. plus aint nutin a little ductape and spraypain cant handle. im serious can i buy this? lol

Considering you only have two kidneys...and you have to keep one of them, probably not. lol

My 1st thought was, is the carrier insured. My second thought was, is the carrier insured to transport cars that cost that much. And my last thought was...A powered lift gate (the piece on the ground) is never supposed to have a load on it while it's in the air. But there is a happy note: All the other owners of the Vanquish just saw there resale ding up a bit!

And my last thought was...A powered lift gate (the piece on the ground) is never supposed to have a load on it while it's in the air.

The lift gate on that car hauler was clearly designed to deal with having a load on it while in the air. It looks like a similar set up to all the NASCAR haulers where they carry a car on top of each other. It wasn't a bolt that failed, at least in the sense everyone's thinking of. That part sitting on the ground was on rollers to extend out from the main lift gait. Basically it's the same set up as the drawers in your kitchen (you can see the tracks on the main lift gate, and the rollers on the part sitting on the ground). My guess is they took the extended part off for maintenance, then forget to put the stops back in when they reinstalled it. As they backed the Aston Martin out, it probably just kept extending the lift gate 'til there was nothing left.

Oh man I'd be so pissed.

Atleast it wasn't a DBS.

The lift gate on that car hauler was clearly designed to deal with having a load on it while in the air. It looks like a similar set up to all the NASCAR haulers where they carry a car on top of each other. It wasn't a bolt that failed, at least in the sense everyone's thinking of. That part sitting on the ground was on rollers to extend out from the main lift gait. Basically it's the same set up as the drawers in your kitchen (you can see the tracks on the main lift gate, and the rollers on the part sitting on the ground). My guess is they took the extended part off for maintenance, then forget to put the stops back in when they reinstalled it. As they backed the Aston Martin out, it probably just kept extending the lift gate 'til there was nothing left.

Oh! Otay! We have a lot of very heavy things delivered to our work location (heavier than a car by a lot), On the sides of these lift gates is always a little sign that says not to put a load on the ramp plate. But after reading what you said I can see that as well. The rails don't look deformed. So Ya! They prob did not have the stops in and it just kept going.

ouch, that could make a grown man cry lol!