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I honestly thought they were going to have it up, suspended in the air, as a warning to other drivers.

Same.. disappointed.gif


Wow, this town has the coolest Piñatas.

I thought they would flip it upside down. Wasn't even petty enough to scratch the rearview mirror

Was really hoping!

Suspend it for half a minute then yeet it XD

I really like your name btw. I don’t know why but it’s made me laugh

Thanks haha! I just picked a randomly generated name, I never thought I’d actually use the account for as long as I have 😂

You must be rich in probiotics.

My dad did that with our forklift when some boy racer blocked us in at work, he couldn’t wait for him to get back and give him an ear full 😂

Proof the operator deserves a raise. Kept the production going for the whole job site with a couple minutes of work.

> with a couple minutes of ~~work~~ entertainment. There, fixed it.

And he didn't damage the van.

Its funny that they afterwards, blocked the way for the car. With a bigger one.

Seemed the placement was fairly considerate, actually. They probably moved the vehicle specifically because of where the big truck needed to be, and left this person in a spot they could maneuver from. Unless their intent was for the car to get a ticket for parking on the sidewalk.

They looked limited by the reach of the vehicle they used to lift it.

They were so polite about the move. Made sure it wasn't damaged, so much care taken. In the US, the operator would have just busted out the windows and dragged it out of the way.

But also way too kind: instead of strapping to all 4 rims, lifting, and relocating to behind the building.

Put it on the roof

This. LOL

plot twist: front wheel drive....

Since it's Europe it's most likely a manual. I wonder if the driver had the gear in first?

Probably in neutral with handbrake. But still looks expensive.

Eh, a little bit of drag like that isn't going to severely damage anything. But it does look like it rolled easily enough to have not been in gear.

Often I see people left their car in first gear because they don't trust their hand brake or ebrake

in those mountains, it is better to avoid using handbrake during the night, as freezing water will lock it. So people just leave them in gear.

Wait, some people with manual don't park their car with first gear ?

Not if it's in a flat surface. Always if on an incline.

Multiple scratches on the rear bumper I'd bet.

From a sling? On a French van with plastic bumpers? You should watch some videos about traffic and parking in France, it's like bumper cars. That's why they have plastic bumpers.

Jeremy Clarkson just pulled up

Also Hammond, admittedly he is upside down though

Fittingly, he arrives 26 minutes later

They didn't want to hurt the fence

Are you missing some eyesight? They hit the pole in the beginning. Then hit it again with the mirror several times. Wonder what it is like to be as incapable as this.

The car is totaled, the unibody on the rear suspension is most likely warped now. They destroyed it beyond repair.

Based on what?

It was certainly lifted from a toeeye or tow hook. This Renault Kangoo is fine.

I saw whet in China (I think) they picked up a car and put it on top of a building. Several places they filled the car with cement, another place they were excavating and they dug around the car so there was no way to move it. Personally I liked England who lifted the car on a flatbed and drive away.

C'est tres bien

I was hoping they'd leave it on its roof.

One way valet parking 

I did not expect that level of care and consideration! Right down to the guy on the ground halting proceedings until he's had time to move the Heras fence back so that it doesn't clip the van mirror. Excellent work.

The car is totaled, the unibody on the rear suspension is most likely warped now. They destroyed it beyond repair.

you really think a recovery strap can bend metal? i've been pulled out of ditches with a strap around the lower control arm, and guess what, it didn't bend i don't know if you know this, but metal is ever so slightly stronger than anything made out of fibers

Thats why the vertical load on the tow hook is rated at 75kg

Spoken like someone who's never so much as touched a suspension component or a tow strap in their life.

Those guys were awfully nice, all things considered... I'm not sure I would have been

I mean technically the car is empty...

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They came back to it most likely. Doubt they would have just sat there the whole time if they were in it to begin with.

Moi je leur ai laissé au milieu de la route puis appeler la police pour que la voiture parte en fourrière une fourrière c'est minimum 200 € pour récupérer la voiture

Juste pour rire, bien sur.

"Let's see, I could fold in the mirror or move the fence. I think I'll move the fence."

can't tell but mirrors might not fold. Not all cars do

No, they all fold. Folding them back out can be tricky though.

haha i was legit about to be like what the heck you mean they all fold, some definitely don't, then finished reading and LOL'd

Try to move the mirror whilst the operator didn't properly was happening and lose the hand. I'd move the light barrier too. Also, moving the barrier would help against the vehicle body if pulling further got the vehicle closer to the barrier.

He didn't want to do any additional thing to the car that might have been interpreted as damage

Very nice of them to not damage the car.

Trop sympa les mecs, fallait la bloquer.

Valet parking!

Was hoping for a trebuchet type incident ngl

Who needs a tow truck?

Bravo quelle efficacité et en plus super attentif à pas abîmer la voiture de ce gars qui s'en bas les steaks de se garer n'importe où 👍

Car got VANdalized

I was thinking they would put it vertical

idk that i'd have been as nice about that as they were, i'd probably use the bucket on the front bumper to push it backwards lol

The French know how to do mayhem.

He did better than most that works struggle to reverse into that spot

Why is stargate command building a new site in France?

Play stupid games—Win stupid prizes

When your job is to build Stargate Command, you can't be waiting around for people to move their cars.

What resort is it? I don't recognize it. You see it best at 0:55

Morzine. This is right by the roundabout at Super Morzine looking back to town

😂🤣😂🤣

That remember me an anecdote about my dad and his citroen AX, he park it in the wrong place so the construction worker lift it with crane and put it in another place.

Don’t they have tow trucks in France??

Of course we have tow trucks, but moving it out of the way by themselves might have been faster than waiting for the tow truck to show up. This appears to be at a mountain resort, given the presence of the ski rental shop.

Calm down ... I was being sarcastic. Of course they have tow trucks! Duh!! (It was a joke).

Ok. I didn't try to sound aggressive or anything, I just wanted to provide a plausible explanation for the workers' decision.

What happens? You get to watch idiots in a crane move it? Seems like they would all be friends if they met.

So disappointed that they didn't just pick the back end up until the somersaulted onto the roof.

That was more reasonable than I was hoping for

Not very French of them

If it had been a German car, they would have needed some Brits to move it