One day we had our regular radio installer put a factory radio into a brand new Jaguar XKE (due to increasing theft of radios they were sent separately to the dealer). The Jag was sitting in front of the showroom window. After installing the radio the technician, as he always did, locked the car up. I was looking out onto the lot and called to one of the other salesmen “who’s driving the Jag?” When no one answered I rushed out the door to find that the radio installer had locked the door and left the car in neutral with the handbrake off. This was his normal way of installing the radio due to tight space. As the lot was on a bit of an angle the car eventually started to roll down the lot. I tried to slow it down to no avail. The other salesmen and manager by this time were out trying to stop the car. But by then it was too late. The Jaguar had rolled neatly between to brand new MGBs. The impact bent the front bumper of the Jag back into the body and smashed the taillights and rear bumpers of the MGBs. Damage was in excess of $3000.00.
Needless to say the radio installer never installed another radio at our lot.
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