Ferrari of Washington - ALCOHOL & HIT and RUN ACCIDENT

If it were me, I would have a quiet word with him about my concerns, find out the true story (as rumour tends to become embellished) and then based on what I learnt, decide whether to draw a line and appreciate it really isn’t any of my business, and I could live with it, or if what I learnt bothered me, then I would ask him to step aside and allow me to deal with someone else on moral grounds.

I have no skin in this game, I don’t know anyone there, but I think it is proven daily that people make mistakes, even ones that involve this sort of thing, so I would only make a decision to take action based on first hand information, not opinions/rumours/comments from those not involved directly.

For example, possibly not as big an incident, but one of my clients, a very thoughtful, pretty, normal young lady, with a very good job and usually, excellent decision making, made a big mistake. Her mother passed away, and she and her friends went to the funeral. Afterwards, she went home, and her friend stayed to share two glasses of wine each. My client went to bed, a little upset, certainly not drunk, but was awoken at 3am by a phone call. Her friend (a different one), 8 months pregnant, had just caught her boyfriend, father of her baby, in bed with her best friend!

My client jumped out of bed, shocked, and promised to come and collect her friend to look after her. She hurriedly put on clothes, ran to her car, and drove the one and a half miles to her friends house. About half way, an oncoming car, undoubtedly a drunk driver, came down the road towards her swerving around, so she tried to hug the kerb to keep out of his way. She managed it, but then unfortunately came upon a parked car, tried to go around it, and clipped the rear corner.

Being a moral and nice person, she pulled up, and went door knocking trying to find the owner so she could arrange for the insurance claim to pay for the repairs. Unable to find the driver, she telephoned the police, told them what had happened, and asked their opinion. They replied the6 would send someone out.

When they got there, they breathalysed my client. The legal limit here is 35mg of alcohol, she blew 38. She was arrested, charged with drunk driving, and was banned for a year. This caused her to lose her job, and ultimately her home. It does show that sometimes, heinous sounding crimes are not necessarily always what they seem to be, so definately get the facts first and decide afterwards

 

I would just be upfront and ask him if he’s the individual and if he discloses he in fact is, then ask to given to another representative to work with.

 

Sid, I get your broader point, which is well made. But on your specific story, just to understand. Your client clipped a parked car at just after 3 am and decided to go door knocking in the middle of the night to see if she could find the owner? And then, presuming she had already woken up half the neighbourhood by buzzing their doorbells and asking if they were the owners of a grey BMW, she called the police? Rather than leave a note or come back in the morning?

That’s definitely odd.

 

I’m afraid so... she was so embarrassed she had hit the car, she simply didnt think. I said the same to her, why not leave a note and disappear, she would have got clean away with it had she not gone back home and stayed at her friends till morning, but she said she genuinely didn’t think she’d drank enough to be over the limit, so it never occurred to her that she would be in trouble, such a shame, she is as fit as ..... hehehe

 

All of the FOW guys from sales to the gm are really fantastic people professionally and personally. I hope it’s not true but all you can do is ask and make your decision based on the response. Just realize your relationship is with everyone from finance, sales, service, the dealership as an entity, and FNA.

They have always done right by me and several of my friends and family.

 

All the current guys have been pretty good to me and I buy most of my Ferrari's out of state. The sales and service department has always been good. There's always two sides to the story and you may want to talk to her/him first. Also, may have wanted to talk to him before making your first post, you may end someone's carreer.

 

So now is your issue with the person or with the dealership? Is your intention to tarnish the persons name and have them lose their job? Do you want them to lose their franchise? As of now this is all hearsay right? I just would want to be 100% sure of facts before posting this type of information that could make someone lose their job/lively hood. Could this all of started as a rumor? I'm asking cause I really would like to know.
Also, people are so quick to judge other people these days, we all may need a time of reflection. Have you been perfect your entire life? That would be impressive. Could someone use some help and treatment vs causing them to lose their job and source of income? The place that I buy/service my cars just needs to get the job done and treat me right, what they do in their personal lives, I could care less. Also, this is your first and second post on the forum, I keep wondering about intentions...

 

Ok, this thread is closed, bunch of rumors spread by user with multiple usernames.