Asshole in an Offroad Truck(updated)...

"Josh Welton" (watchtheprettylight) 11/13/2013 at 17:07 • Filed to: jackassery, sema 2013, sema, lingenfelter, readylift, brotruck, offroad

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Typically after SEMA there are a lot of photo shoots in and around town. A lot of cool locations in the vicinity, and a lot of nice vehicles in a concentrated area. A friend of mine works for Roush, and he posted this gem this morning:

During a planned photo shoot with some media partners, we happened to witness this ridiculous act of bullshit and supreme assholeness from ReadyLIFT. The Lingenfelter Performance group was in the middle of their own photo shoot when in enters the ReadyLIFT truck. They come blasting into the Lake Bed, very close to Lingenfelter, and dusted the crap out of them and their clean cars - driving off into the the distance. Apparently 1 time wasn't enough, and 10 mins later they show back up, but this time, they pick a strategic location and start doing doughnuts. I'm not talking 1 or 2 - but a solid 3 mins worth of doughnuts, throwing rocks and debris everywhere, and creating a giant (and I mean giant) dust cloud that went directly at Lingenfelter and their cars. This obviously pissed Lingenfelter employees off, and when they confronted the ReadyLIFT truck, they claimed ignorance. and even threatened to beat up one of their employees, who was easily in his 70's. When they realized they were just wasting their breath, the Lingenfelter group turned around, and that is when this happened...

Sorry for the F'n F's comment, but we couldn't believe they did this - a complete and utter disrespectful and unacceptable way to represent any company, especially when unprovoked, and coming off of an awesome week at SEMA.

Anyone considering ReadyLIFT as a product for their vehicle should reconsider. I would never want to buy a product from someone who has employees who act like this.

ReadyLIFT sent a text to someone inquiring about the incident saying that they fired the driver(who knows if it's true). And that it wasn't a "SEMA" vehicle, but a R&D truck. Semantics.

What kind of jack ass does that shit?

UPDATE: From my friend(photographer/videographer) John O'Neill:

To be fair their "PR Agency" works in-house for them and does all the marketing, he has for years. He's a good dude and so is Scott, the owner. From what he told me today they were blindsided by all of this and are handling it internally as well as the damages that the now ex-employee may have caused.

In my opinion, ReadyLift is a solid company and a fairly small Mom n Pop organization. They aren't exactly well versed in idiots in company trucks doing stupid shit and it all going viral.

SPNKiX > Josh Welton 11/13/2013 at 17:16

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why do they give 3 yr olds licenses in the first place?

. . > Josh Welton 11/13/2013 at 17:22

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I can't help but think that to a target consumer of ReadyLIFT products this would seem like a cool thing to do...

I kinda hope this ends up on the FP to give those cunts the backlash they deserve.

The Real Dacia Sandero > Josh Welton 11/13/2013 at 17:27

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Wait, you mean an idiot in a giant lifted truck was driving like an asshole? I don't believe it. That's impossible...

Josh Welton > . . 11/13/2013 at 17:28

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I would hope this was an anomaly amongst the "socal" truck crowd.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > Josh Welton 11/13/2013 at 17:52

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"R&D" on flat ground? Judging by their facebook page, their buyers don't use their products off road. In the past 6 months not a single "customer truck" has a pciture of it off-road or just after off roading. Good to know that company's just a toolbox.

xxstich666xx > Josh Welton 11/13/2013 at 17:56

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Josh Welton > xxstich666xx 11/13/2013 at 18:00

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lololololololol

CAR_IS_MI > Josh Welton 11/13/2013 at 18:07

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Wasnt a fan of ReadyLift before, now even less.

CAR_IS_MI > Josh Welton 11/13/2013 at 18:09

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Also, thats the wrong lake bed to use, this one is soo much better. Ask me how I know.

cbell04 > Josh Welton 11/13/2013 at 18:13

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That brohavior is unacceptable.

cbell04 > xxstich666xx 11/13/2013 at 18:13

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Made my night

I_AmDeath > Josh Welton 11/13/2013 at 19:24

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Wow. That is asshole behavior now the car would have to be re detailed to continue the photoshoot. How fucking immature.

I_AmDeath > I_AmDeath 11/13/2013 at 19:26

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Though ready lift dealt with it swiftly and axed the employee and gave an apology too lingenfelter

Ian Duer (320b) > cbell04 11/13/2013 at 21:08

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He needs to be careful or something might get bro-ken

His Stigness > xxstich666xx 11/13/2013 at 21:29

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That was epic! I laughed so hard. Thanks for that.

Svend > Josh Welton 11/13/2013 at 21:44

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I hope the guy DID get fired and he has to pay the costs of having the cars re-detailed. Also a kick to the testes wouldn't go amiss. I'd hate to think he was procreating.

TheOnelectronic > Josh Welton 11/14/2013 at 18:44

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Video's been made private. What happened after the confrontation?

Josh Welton > TheOnelectronic 11/14/2013 at 21:55

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It's come from a few sources now that the driver was fired. I trust John, and he said the company was "blindsided" by this and was gonna do everything they could to fix it.

TheOnelectronic > Josh Welton 11/15/2013 at 01:00

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No, I mean what happened in the video? The story makes it sound like something happened after they tried to leave, but doesn't actually explain.

Josh Welton > TheOnelectronic 11/15/2013 at 09:58

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Oh, right. The truck was right by the cars as they were having a "discussion." The as he left he did more donuts right there, throwing rocks and dust directly at the show cars.... Then sped off.