"Klaus Schmoll" (klausschmoll)
02/20/2018 at 16:10 • Filed to: None
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"Klaus Schmoll" (klausschmoll)
02/20/2018 at 16:10 • Filed to: None | 8
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Just got a text that my indie BMW mechanic shot himself inside his shop today. He had a stroke last year which wiped the last couple years off his hard drive. Another BMW tech was helping him out, re-training him, helping him to do baby steps so to speak. Business was slow, but he was back working on cars, doing an oil change here and a wheel swap there. Looked like he was making great progress and could be back to where he once was in a couple more months. He must have come to a different conclusion.
My mum’s old E39 is still at his shop, busted engine, cylinder head in the trunk. They were in the process of selling it to him, but that’s not important right now.
He was a nice guy. I knew him as the bloke who would always talk very loudly at the bar (hearing difficulties) but also was very knowledgeable about cars and had some fascinating stories to tell. It took me a while to realize that with him running a shop specialising in older BMWs and my mum driving an aging/dying car I should just give him a call. And boy was it worth it. He fixed every little, and the all the bigger, problems this car had at the time for reasonable money, while the BMW dealership wanted ungodly sums. Much like a family doctor he became our family mechanic from then on.
Well, he probably thought that the good old days would never come back, while ironically also being a little stuck in the “good ole days” in his head. He made a decision I don’t approve of, and it’s no use feeling sorry for him. His adult daughter (in her early 20s) is the one to feel sorry for as she will be the one to sort his mess.
Great mechanic, somewhat annoying but interesting bloke. I’ll miss his loud tales of how nobody but Toyota makes good timing chains anymore and the like...
BvdV - The Dutch Engineer
> Klaus Schmoll
02/20/2018 at 16:30 |
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Damn, that’s pretty shocking.
I feel sorry for his daughter.
davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> Klaus Schmoll
02/20/2018 at 16:30 |
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Damn... sorry to hear this, and sad for his family.
BeaterGT
> Klaus Schmoll
02/20/2018 at 16:40 |
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Can only imagine what his days were like after the stroke, very unfortunate.
syaieya
> Klaus Schmoll
02/20/2018 at 16:49 |
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Man that hits hard.
My dad has a Mercedes shop and times have not been great.
Its a sink or swim situation pretty constantly.
Svend
> Klaus Schmoll
02/20/2018 at 17:01 |
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Really sorry to hear that for all involved from the gentleman who took it upon himself to do what he did, those in the shop and family, friends and customers who knew him and who’s lives he impacted on.
Speaking from the side of a person who has had depression most of my life, I know it sounds awful for those left behind, but when we are in that moment it is incredibly hard to come out of. I still have moments after work where I’ll be shopping in my store and I’ll just want to stop and just cry for no reason or I’ll stop for a moment and my brain will tell the rest of me, ‘hey, how about...’. But I have car cleaning to keep me sane and keep those thoughts out. If I didn’t have that I honestly hand on heart can say I wouldn’t be here.
It sounds selfish and it is, but to do what he did, doesn’t just come on a whim, it’s something that builds up, something you have little to no control of and some people just can’t keep up the fight.
The ‘normal’ person has sufficient fear of death even in one of the lowest moments to keep on going, it’s not that we do or don’t fear death, it’s that at that moment, we tip the scales and greatly fear life.
Please don’t feel too angry or annoyed that he took an easy and selfish way out. It wasn’t a decision he came to lightly.
R.I.P.
pip bip - choose Corrour
> Klaus Schmoll
02/21/2018 at 05:24 |
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not good news.
but he’s right about the timing chains, coz GM certainly don’t make good ones.