>>> WILD RIDE AND WHAT A MAN IS CALLING HIS PRIZE POSSESSION.
>> THE OWNER NOW CLAIMS THERE
ARE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN
DAMAGE TO HIS BMW AFTER THE
MECHANIC USED IT AS A TAXI.
JEFF HAS THE SHOCKING VIDEO.
>> I WAS WATCHING THE FOOTAGE
WITH ANXIETY.
STRESS.
ANGER.
ANGER.
>>Reporter: DASH CAM VIDEO INSIDE ARNOLD’S BMW. UNAUTHORIZED BY HIM AND BEHIND
THE WHEEL WE WATCH AND WE HEAR
EMPLOYEE OF HALLANDALE AUTO
ELECTRIC AS HE DRIVES HIS CAR
TO GET AN ALIGNMENT AND THEN
USES IT TO PICK UP ANOTHER
CUSTOMER?
USES IT TO PICK UP ANOTHER
CUSTOMER?
>> ALL I NEED TO GET THAT AN ACCIDENT. I HATE THIS CAR MAN.
>> I COULDN’T BELIEVE WHAT MY
EYES WERE SEEING.
>>Reporter: THAT’S BECAUSE
THIS ISN’T JUST ANY BMW.
THIS PICKETS LINES THE TOP OF
HIS FACE BOOK PAGE.
>> THIS IS MY BABY.
I DON’T HAVE ANY CHILDREN.
>>Reporter: HE GETS BEHIND
THE WHEEL THE DAILY CHALLENGE
SEEMS TO BE IN THE REAR-VIEW
MIRROR.
>> THIS IS MY PRIZE
POSSESSION.
>>Reporter: HE’S PARAPLEGIC
INJURED AFTER MOTORCYCLE
ACCIDENT SOME 28 YEARS AGO.
HE SAYS HIS BMW HAS SPECIAL
HAND CONTROLS THAT MAKE THE
CAR DIFFICULT TO DRIVE.
HAS SPECIAL CLUTCH.
AND IS EXTREMELY LOW.
JUST INCHES FROM THE GROUND.
>> SET ME BACK A PRETTY PENNY.
>>Reporter: SO WHEN HE NEEDED
ALANEMENT AND REMEMBER TIRE HE
TOOK IT TO HALLANDALE AUTO
ELECTRIC.
AS SOON AS THE EMPLOYEE GETS
IN, HE SEEMS FRANKLY PISSED.
>> IT’S A PAIN IN THE (BLEEP).
>>Reporter: REMEMBER THE CAR
IS INCHES FROM THE GROUND.
MYE PULLS INTO A HOUSE.
AND THEN TAKES THE CAR TO THE
ALIGNMENT SHOP.
EMPLOYEE CALLS HIS BOSS.
THERE’S AN OBVIOUS CONCERN.
>> I ALREADY TALK TO THE LADY
I’M ON MY WAY TO PICK HER UP.
OKAY.
IT’S RAINING LIKE HELL.
OH, YES MUCH.
VERY CAREFUL.
VERY CAREFUL.
>> I’M WATCHING HIM FLY
THROUGH PUDDLES.
GO OVER SPEED BUMP LIKE THEY
ARE NOT EVERYONE THERE.
YOU CAN HEAR THE BACK END AND
CRACKING.
>>Reporter: WHEN THE CUSTOMER
GETS INTO HIS CAR THERE IS A
CONVERSATION ABOUT A NOISE.
>> DON’T SOUND GOOD.
>>Reporter: THEN THIS.
HE GETS OUT TO LOOK.
THERE’S THE SIGN OF THE CROSS.
>> HOW LOW THE THING IS.
>>Reporter: HE SHOWS US THE
PICTURES OF SCRAPES AND
SCRATCHES HE SAYS WERE NOT
THERE.
IN FACT AN ENTIRE CARBON FIBER
PASSENGER SIDE SKIRT IS GONE.
HERE TOTALLY GONE.
>> GONE.
MUST HAVE BEEN RIPPED OFF.
>> ALL I SAY.
>>Reporter: TODD IS ONE OF
THE OWNERS OF HALLANDALE
ELECTRIC.
DO YOU NORMALLY USE CLIENT
CARS TO PICK UP OTHER CLIENTS.
>> NO.
THAT WAS HONESTLY A MISTAKE.
WE DIDN’T REALIZE HE WAS IN
THE WRONG CAR AND THOUGHT HE
WAS IN HIS OWN CAR.
>>Reporter: THERE ARE
RECORDED CONVERSATIONS THAT
SIMPLY SHOW THAT ISN’T TRUE.
>> OH, YES YES MUCH.
VERY CAREFUL.
>> I’M SORRY I REFUNDED HIM
EVERYTHING.
>>Reporter: 2 SIDES CAN’T
AGREE ON THE COST OF DAMAGES.
HE SAYS HE NEVER THOUGHT TO
ASK IF THE CAR WAS GOING TO BE
TAKEN OFF PREMISES FOR THE
ALIGNMENT IN THE FIRST PLACE.
>> I WOULD HAVE SAID EITHER
LET ME DIVE IT THIS OR I DON’T
WANT YOU TO DO THE WORK ON THE
VEHICLE.
>>Reporter: NOT SOMETHING YOU
THINK YOU WOULD EVER HAVE TO
ASK UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR
SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
>> I HATE THIS CAR MAN.