Tree Trimmers dropped a branch on my Porsche 911…

[@tracymckinley709]

Man...if I were a tree trimmer and there were a Porsche 911 under me, I'm pretty sure I'd be asking someone to move it. Crazy. Glad they're taking care of it.

[@Cheepchipsable]

Well we don't know exactly what happened. They may have backed their truck into it.

[@killroy3607]

​@Cheepchipsable it says they dropped a branch on it...

[@2dogsmowing]

I'm a tree guy. An the first thing I'm doing is checking my surroundings. Mainly to make sure my truck is not in the way but also no customers are standing down below. Because I've had customers walking around the tree I was taking down and they were wanting to walk around to watch me. I told them first thing they need to stay back far enough to where the tree falls it won't hit them. An the safest is inside their house.

[@justinh6974]

they must have thought it was a salvage car with the dirty peeling rims!

[@UpcomingJedi]

Imagine if he had parked in front of a fire hydrant and firemen need it. A ticket would be the least to worry about. Firemen are not gentle

[@bryanrobertson6844]

At least you're looking at this from a calmer perspective. Other hardcore Porsche owners wouldn't have acted as rationally as you. Thumbs up, dude! 👍🏾

[@ianriggs]

The way you are handling the situation is a great example for everyone. Some situations suck (bad) but getting angry and vengeful like a lot of people would doesn't help anything. The way people handle situations like this says a lot about who they really are

[@hectichive889]

Exactly! No need to get mad, especially if they’re handling the payments (as they should). It was a dumb mistake of theirs, but it’s a mistake nonetheless and what’s done is done anyways. All you can do is repair it and move forward, because at the end of the day, it’s not that big a deal, at least not enough to be continually spiteful over.

[@BarretKruse]

Absolutely!

[@patrickdiehl6813]

Damn, that so sucks. However as a former co-owner of a tree service business I am pleased the company you hired is covering all costs. But look at the bright side, the new paint will make it "Nice and Shiny". Yeah, you can thank Ray for that one. I've been assimilated 😉 Hope your heart heals quickly 👊

[@rs3unos]

My condolences, Eric. You're handling this situation a lot more professionally than most would. I agree, being all super mad at them and fussing about it will only cause more drama. Getting it done is the way to just get it done.

[@wr1ght939]

I’m happy you’re being positive and a responsible adult about the situation. I hope you were compensated though.

[@huskers1278]

Did you mean reasonable?

[@youtubecommentsectiondebates]

A very healthy and mature attitude towards this whole ordeal. I with more people would respond like this when life throws curve balls.

[@matthewmurphy8981]

Hats off to you and everyone involved. Glad everyone had great priorities. Things can be fixed a lot easier than people many times. Humility and grace multiplied by all that got such a great reminder from your trevails.

[@jacobhosler1982]

At least everybody owned up to mistakes and everything can get fixed.❤

[@MarkGrudt]

Stupidity of having the car park near arborist working

[@faithandfarmingtennessee872]

Love your outlook on this situation. Bravo for the tree trimmers taking responsibility also. It's a blessing to deal with honest people.

[@john28jg]

Of all the cars for such an accident...I'm not sure I would match your level of calm. Hats off to you, sir. Glad nobody was hurt at least!

[@mineown1861]

Could be worse , few years back , after a storm I was out for my morning jog and saw a mint ferrari testarossa with a very large tree embedded in it .

[@FishFind3000]

If you still have that old filter you can cut it open and see if the filter media has any oil on it.

[@dh0123]

Mental note don't park your car near the tree that's getting cut down.

[@MyMomsADadNow]

No shit.

[@plageran]

any tree or light pole

[@generalrodcocker1018]

how do you know the tree ist getting to cut down? asking mr. tree?

[@victorblock3421]

@@generalrodcocker1018 IKR?

[@mprime6807]

This feels like a Dr. Evil moment. Who trims a tree above a Porshe, I mean honestly???

[@blackbirdmark495]

I’m glad that you are looking at this incident in a positive way. Metal & glass can be repaired & replaced. Chin up 👍

[@The_DuMont_Network]

Absolutely. It could have been the whole tree,,,

[@POVwithRC]

A very expensive day for the tree trimmers. I appreciate that they are standing by their damage. Blessing in disguise because fresh paint is always nice when it's not your dime.

[@patmcbride9853]

If they are smart, they were insured.

[@POVwithRC]

@@patmcbride9853 Thats generally how it goes, Pat. Still spendy.

[@patmcbride9853]

@@POVwithRC Yes, like the tree removal company that didn't tension a heavy branch with a truck and ended up repairing my carport.

[@POVwithRC]

@@patmcbride9853 neat

[@GMbowtie350]

@@patmcbride9853That just raises premiums. Usually companies will just try to take care of it out of pocket. Cost of doing business sometimes.

[@plageran]

damn dude, my heart sank

[@MikeConner.akaRadio]

Great attitude seriously. Your spot on 100% correct shit happens and the sun will still come up tomorrow for a new day

[@yo_marc]

Man I am sorry to hear! I’m just a knucklehead out here on the tube, but that looks very PDR’able to me. It’s crazy what they can do. I’d get a PDR techs opinion before respraying, but that’s me! I feel your pain with this. My MK7 GTI was a magnet for this stuff. First new car I bought in a long time. The more I tried to watch out for it the more stuff that would happen. I learned being that lone car in the corner of the lot meant it was vulnerable to all kinds of uncanny stuff. The car picked up mystery dings in the c-pillar, and what I assume was a baseball hit to the body line. So frustrating. I started to DIY PDR because of that car.

[@balcorn9211]

They had one job!

[@deviatefishy]

Hey, man. At least they're being responsible adults. But I understand the frustration.

[@williamcap2236]

aww bro that blows ! you just got it finished !!

[@travisjerden3292]

Man, I know how hard you worked on that car. I hope it gets fixed, right keep your spirits up keep making KZbin videos I love watching it

[@the_bishop]

Man, that really sucks. But, as you said, nobody got hurt and it's repairable. Hey, look on the bright side, paint job!

[@robertwest3093]

I hope that he was a real tree trimmer that is insured!

[@WATCH-IT-BUSTER]

I left my 2004 Land Rover Discovery at a shop to get the wheels balanced. They called me at 2 pm and said there was a "problem"... I found the rover crashed in the shop wall after the mechanic driving it, lost control, and hit another car in the parking lot. The shop wouldn't pay for anything, and my insurance put a 100% at fault accident claim against me!!!!!

[@loveyounger341]

Accidents happen, glad they are taking care of it

[@tysonatkins2236]

Hopefully, you'll have it painted a decent color! That banana pudding has got to go!

[@rhondohslade]

I like that shade of cream!

[@someguywithaphone5921]

NOOOO!!! If the Tree guys are footing the bill, then they should pay for the repairs to be done very, very correctly. I'm sure you can get the factory paint imported from Deutschland, and sprayed by a man in Lederhosen.

[@Jax2777]

The trimmers taking responsibility is all it took to keep this situation as clean as possible

[@TheIcyWizard705]

Imagine being the guy having to call the boss saying you dropped some branches on a Porshe, Accident or not that would not be a fun phone call. Glad that they're picking up the tab for the repairs

[@johngassmann9581]

Oh, man, that stinks! Im glad the tree trimmers are making it right.

[@warrantyvoid100]

Scott from VEHCOR seems to know some excellent body and paint guys. Just don't let him near it with the air chisel, he'll graft on the rear quarter from a Pontiac GT before you can blink.

[@calholli]

I don't think he would touch this one.. It's not wrecked enough.

[@tedsaylor6016]

That would be a AWESOME cross post video!

[@gregh7457]

pontiac gt? tell him to keep his bitch mittens off that porsche!

[@dlesterification]

Just have a visit to Scott's 911 emporium for a new rear quarter

[@tedsaylor6016]

Could we get Scott to say "Malice in the Bodywork Palace"?

[@MegaPoxie]

I got home to see my handyman brush painting my car with brown acrylic paint, I yelled "I told you my porch not the f*#$k'n Porsche!" I feel your pain.

[@lucasnikunen7571]

hey dont get me wrong that Porsche Will feel better than ever onces she’s burning rubber on the road. beautiful porsche dude it definitely can be fixed up

[@RJD2809]

My question is...... why did you leave it near a tree being trimmed?

[@Renville80]

Could be worse. When I was a kid back in the '80s, I was helping a neighbor fix up an early Duster, and we got the bodywork all ready for him to take to the paint shop in the morning. Someone passing through the neighborhood overnight had trouble keeping the car pointing straight ahead and hit a few cars on their way home... my neighbor's car was one of the unfortunate victims. I think the car was mostly 'sentimental value' back then, and the damage was just not worth repairing. Poor guy.

[@josecora1917]

Here at P.R they wil be shot with a gun ! 😂

[@calholli]

Wow.. How hard is it to ask to move a car. I ran my own crew trimming trees for over 5 years; this was completely preventable.

[@RK48frazergasser]

You should have moved it

[@slwsnowman4038]

Oh somebody's hurt...it may not be a physical hurt, but somebody's hurt.

[@ericwilson2585]

Well jeez Eric, sounds like you're just gonna git a whole brand new paint job out of the deal. As long as they do all the repairs correctly, sounds like the car will be better in the end.

[@YungEagle3k]

I'd cry

[@Ben-jq5oo]

Wow..Very generous of them to pay for a full respray I think..? Sure, it will be impossible to match the panel with the surrounding faded paint, even with really skilled blending, but I reckon the overall faded condition is not their responsibility. It’s a lot of goodwill there.

[@ccrider8483]

I immediately though about 'paintless dent removial', but a total respray (paint job) would be to your favor I suppose.

[@VB-bk1lh]

I had a tree trimmer drop a huge branch on my shed once, the guy told me it wasn't his problem my shed was under the tree. It was the neighbors tree, not mine, and the shed was there first. When I told him to just fix the damage he laughed at me and went about his work. Lets just say that was an even bigger mistake.

[@OldsmobileCutlass1969Va]

Trimmer: Well at least we missed the Masaratti! That's my neighbor's car! 😭

[@vg3430]

Pet peeve is when when people use the word “accident” incorrectly. That’s not an “accident” it’s negligence. Completely avoidable, but they are owning their error and doing the right thing which is good to hear. Hopefully you repaint with a color other than baby poop yellow! 😂

[@michaeltownzen2217]

You’ll be familiar with their insurance agency quite soon like, I assume. 😮

[@rhondohslade]

In addition to the obvious sheet metal and glass damage, it appears to be that the rear tire is now flat as well. Am I correct?

[@Revbone450]

Imagine living in San Francisco and dealing with this 4-5 times a year.

[@Soso-db5gh]

My question is why was it parked near where the trimmers were cutting? Lol

[@victorblock3421]

Mine wasn't an accident. I have collector quality rare acura legend GS 6 spd in a locked garage. Someone broke into the garage and then drilled out the lock to get into the trunk. I guess they thought I have something valuable in the trunk so now it's ruined. Someone needs to pay for this.

[@hackfabrication139]

Well, that sucks canal water. Great that the tree trimming company is going to take care of the repair cost.

[@geebsterswats]

Aww man. That totally sucks

[@robertwillemsen368]

Oh sh#t man. However a new paintjob is never a bad thing

[@beaversareinsane726]

That blows 😟

[@JamesSmith-xs7sr]

Try & get them to pay for the IMS bearing as well!

[@don2deliver]

I had the whole back alley blocked off and neighbors move their cars before I cut one branch off.

[@That70sChannel]

The Man of Steel could PDR that. . .

[@keithasche]

Liking in support, not in the fact that its a good situation. Glad no one was hurt and the tree company is taking care of it and making it right.

[@peted5217]

Wa, Wa, Wa, just another Ding on the roadent of Life

[@coldlogic800]

I once had a guy in a Porsche back into me two days after I got it out of a bodyshop. So 5 months after no car it went back in for two weeks. Sucks dude

[@mariannadawson1925]

Its not remotely the same but it was my only car. They about did the same to my mustang. They weren't gonna say anything but I happened to walk outside the exact moment they full on trespassed in our yard. The tree was against our house. Had the Mexicans provided by the county done it they wouldn't have gone home that day

[@upsidedowndog1256]

Holy crap!

[@josephchewning919]

Glad it’s paid for, we know you were super happy when you finally finished it

[@wsfwsf1497]

Looks like a 996. Done correctly, paint job on that car $12-$15k easily.

[@JyveKilla]

this is a classic case of ambition outweighing talent. a proper tree trimmer would know if it was risky and have you move your car before. #stunned

[@Neil-ru7kw]

That would be a cool car with a rover all alluminum (buick) v8 and six speed 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@chadwickcyr9908]

That's sucks so bad...😢

[@copperaudio9664]

Sucks, but think of it as a quality free paint job. WooHoo!

[@redjar69]

It will be better in the end- fresh paint with all the mechanical upkeep you’ve done.

[@garageworm17]

Nooooo I'm so sad 😢

[@UpcomingJedi]

I bet this guy will looking up into the trees to make sure even PIGEONS erent up in the branches from now on

[@allenbeaulieu7077]

You have to be kidding me! I hope they are insured brother. 😢

[@IKnewMickey]

I believe i saw doubling on the 1937 on the 1937 penny but I'm no expert.

[@LEOhopeful]

I was really expecting to see done carnage. What a let down...

[@gregivey183]

Where you parked it....

[@mickleblade]

Deep breaths...

[@12345.......]

You can be mad at their incompetence. There is in no excuse other than; we don't know what we are doing.

[@MyMomsADadNow]

Why did dude park his Porsche under a tree that was getting cut down. Not saying it's his fault at all, but I probably wouldnt have parked there. Trees are bad news for nice cars anyways. But also, if i were an arborist and saw a 911 sitting under, next to, or anywhere near the tree I was cutting down, I would not continue with my job until that car was moved from harms way.

[@12345.......]

@@MyMomsADadNow according to other comments, the company didn't tie off the branch and it bounced about 30 feet, then hit the car. Complete incompetence. It could have hit a person.

[@Tarkov.]

Glad they're paying for it, guessing they had insurance. This is why you don't hire the cheapest/sketchiest people.

[@fabssgarage]

I think all 996 are cursed!

[@mikedee8876]

maybe you could re-paint in flat camo......might be less prone tp 'accidents'

[@3UZFE]

Im at a lost at how this even occurs.

[@thetechlibrarian]

Ahh the same thing happened to me but they where using a stump grinder and I was at a red light and a chunk flew and hit my car.

[@mayhemsmaster5050]

Eric, you have handled this FAARRRRR better than I would have. Had it been my bird, after I stopped crying and screaming, there may have been injuries and perhaps serious injuries.🙏💜

[@Musclecar1972]

Not much to be mad at? You’re a better man than me, I don’t know the circumstances, but if a simple request to move the car could have made this avoidable, I would be beside myself. Sorry about your car, I’m not a Porsche fan, but I am a car guy, and can feel for anyone who loves whatever makes them tick. 🤦‍♂️ At least the tree guys sound like stand up people, and mistakes do happen.

[@AaronAverett]

So, the tree trimmers have insurance, right?

[@robertbensema6268]

Aaaaa-Porsche is a Porsche, of course, of course, unless it's been kicked by a horse, of course...🎶🎵🎤😂😉

[@IKnewMickey]

Technically it's all gravities fault.

[@chrisgertie346]

Why would you not just move the car 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@jimbodabimbo1483]

sh!t happens dude - at least they havent been gaping anuses about fixing their mess up

[@jbussey5301]

DOH!!!

[@groosbro1]

I hope the paint job won't be a Maaco special...

[@jasonpoletta1797]

One of those mad at the situation things. Shit happens.

[@bradhaines3142]

the whole car has to get painted?! what's the price of something like that?

[@someguywithaphone5921]

the questions that the tree guys will surely ask. sure won't be Maaco prices. paint alone is probably a few hundred a gallon or more. then labor.

[@gs1100ed]

Most tree service companies have good insurance

[@loudfast1261]

tens of thousands. Lot of variables but this going to add up deep. Just properly resurfacing is expensive but now multiple new parts that may need to be massaged likely 2k or more depending on year, amount needed heck clear coats can run 1000 bucks or more just for a can of it. Also if that was restored as in specific factory specs, nuts bolts, paint depth, perfect gaps, etc and that owner expects that back … well $$$ is going to flow like water my friend. Was half raised in body shops back in the day. What gets me is that, as a professional tree climber of almost 4 decades, wt heck is a Porsche being allowed any where near a potential drop zone or flipped wood? Any vehicle for that matter. Am glad to hear they stood up to the honest mistake though and are seeing it through, my respect to them for that.

[@loudfast1261]

tens of thousands. Lot of variables but this going to add up deep. Just properly resurfacing is expensive but now multiple new parts that may need to be massaged likely 2k or more depending on year, amount needed heck clear coats can run 1000 bucks or more just for a can of it. Also if that was restored as in specific factory specs, nuts bolts, paint depth, perfect gaps, etc and that owner expects that back … well $$$ is going to flow like water my friend. Was half raised in body shops back in the day. What gets me is that, as a professional tree climber of almost 4 decades, wt heck is a Porsche being allowed any where near a potential drop zone or flipped wood? Any vehicle for that matter. Am glad to hear they stood up to the honest mistake though and are seeing it through, my respect to them for that.

[@keything8487]

how much $$$$ ???

[@pakviroti3616]

Okay, pro tip here. You shots are way too tight. You need to step back and show more of the car.

[@darkmachine165]

You are a better man then I, the time I've spent on my car alone the past 2 years shit I would have lost it. Need bail money if I was lucky and got a bail.