Admit your Garage Mistakes

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Originally Posted by Jastel

Done most of these at some time or another, except setting car/person on fire

My best story is we were checking the oil, water etc on a friends Pajero just before he drove back to Brisbane and left a Makita rechargeable torch under the bonnet. Friend drove back to Brisbane which is about 2000kms from my place.
About a week later I realised I was missing the torch and thought when I last used it, called friend and asked if he put it away somewhere different or something, NO he says, I say just go check under your bonnet, there it was, fallen down between the radiator and something else.
He had taken his car into Mitsubishi down there after his trip for a service as well and they never found it

Got it back a few weeks later via a 3rd friend who was coming to visit

Anyone got a tool that has travelled further?? And returned safely.

Don't know if its further but.......
Left my breaker bar on a Tremco truck (interstate prime mover) a little while ago, Truck left Melbourne for Perth on the friday night made it all the way back to Perth, Monday morning I noticed my breaker bar missing, Boss called up Tremco to see if it had appeared anywhere? They went out and checked the truck on tuesday........ Breaker bar still stuck in between the chassis rail and fuel tank..... Got it back the following Friday when the truck (and driver) came back for its weekly run. Total trip about 7000kms..........