Have You Immolated A Ford Dealership Lately?

By consumerist.com September 30, 2006

Feeling overcharged by thousands on his car financing, George decided to park his complaint right on the dealership’s front desk. Literally. Then he lit the dealership ablaze with the fire of his consumer anguish. Literally. Then he literally went to jail.

(Thanks to ca choppers!)

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Comments

  1. jwissick says:
    September 30, 2006 at 12:23 am

    With the crap that car dealers put us through, does this really suprise anyone? Car dealers are as honest as a politician in election season.

    Perhaps there is market for former / honest car dealers to assist buyers with deals and help clean up the profession?

  2. Plasmafire says:
    September 30, 2006 at 1:45 am

    I just remembered something my driving teacher told me, Just remember a car is a very deadly weapon when used incorrectly….

  3. homerjay says:
    September 30, 2006 at 1:55 am

    Temporary insanity!!!

  4. Xkeeper says:
    September 30, 2006 at 2:23 am

    Maybe this will show Ford what happens when you piss off the wrong person by overcharging them?

    I feel bad for the dealership, but if he really was overcharged, it was only a matter of time before one of their victims snapped.

  5. segfault, registered cat offender says:
    September 30, 2006 at 2:39 am

    Didn’t the guy who set his car on fire commit suicide after all of this went down?

  6. OnoSideboard says:
    September 30, 2006 at 6:02 am

    That’s hot.

  7. medalian1 says:
    September 30, 2006 at 12:26 pm

    oh that is friggin’ awesome, glad he didn’t hurt someone though.

  8. Joe_Bagadonuts says:
    September 30, 2006 at 2:10 pm

    Sounds like buyer’s remorse to the 10th power. “I immediately regret this decision.”

  9. comedian says:
    September 30, 2006 at 2:24 pm

    Earlier consumerist post on this:
    Ripped-off Ford Customer Torches Dealership, Kills Self

  10. Trai_Dep says:
    September 30, 2006 at 4:22 pm

    Wow. Is that guy’s credit report going to have a nasty ding or WHAT?!

  11. Veinor says:
    September 30, 2006 at 6:28 pm

    Now if only the Democrats could get 1/10th of the cojones he has, we’d RULE THE WORLD! MUAHAHAHAHAHAH…. er, benevolently rule the world, that is. >_>

  12. mechanismatic says:
    September 30, 2006 at 6:38 pm

    It’s fun and all to see someone torching a dealership, but what about the other customers of the dealership? Is this going to cause future customers who are stupid enough to purchase a vehicle there to have to pay more to cover rising insurance costs?

  13. homerjay says:
    September 30, 2006 at 6:45 pm

    I have a felling after this story makes it around town, they’re probably not going to have to worry about customers going in that place…

  14. segfault, registered cat offender says:
    September 30, 2006 at 8:03 pm

    According to The Comedian, we’ve seen this on Consumerist before. Between the duplicate posts and spelling and grammar problems, Consumerist is becoming the new Slashdot.

  15. ajn007 says:
    September 30, 2006 at 10:27 pm

    Is this guy related to the dude who tried to do this at a women’s health care clinic in Iowa?

    http://www.macombdaily.com/stories/091306/loc_crash001.sht…

  16. exkon says:
    October 2, 2006 at 3:34 pm

    Is there a reason the car bursts into flames? It didn’t seem to high-impact crash to cause some sort of explosion….Made “Ford tough” my ass…