Crunch.... and Ouch....
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But we are also blessed, look at all the little ones coming in (you're next Bull!). No-one has gotten seriously hurt, either. Just some battle scars on our cars...
And no one has blown up their transmissions with the wrong fluid (yet)!
Sorry...had to get that one in.....
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Ditto to what Jeff says. All things considered, I can't complain too much. Granted, it was a bonehead move by my wife to back into that trailer hitch, but I've got more than $6,000 stashed away in my S-Type Repairs money market fund. This will be the first time I will make a withdrawal rather than a deposit since I opened the account in December 2008....
The estimate today turned out to be a little over $500 for everything required to fix this bumper good as new. Still well under half of what a new rear bumper would cost after it was primed and painted, not to mention the labor costs of removing the old one and installing the new one at a conventional body shop. If all goes as planned, the car goes in for repair next Monday evening. They'll need it for two days. We'll see....
The estimate today turned out to be a little over $500 for everything required to fix this bumper good as new. Still well under half of what a new rear bumper would cost after it was primed and painted, not to mention the labor costs of removing the old one and installing the new one at a conventional body shop. If all goes as planned, the car goes in for repair next Monday evening. They'll need it for two days. We'll see....
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I already told her it was a "bonehead move" when she first took me outside to show me the damage. I calls 'em like I sees 'em, and she knows that. This is the second time she's hit a trailer hitch. I also told her, "Three strikes and you're out - do this again and we're putting you in an early 80s Chrysler K-car." As you might imagine, that didn't go over very well....
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I already told her it was a "bonehead move" when she first took me outside to show me the damage. I calls 'em like I sees 'em, and she knows that. This is the second time she's hit a trailer hitch. I also told her, "Three strikes and you're out - do this again and we're putting you in an early 80s Chrysler K-car." As you might imagine, that didn't go over very well....
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Hi Jon,
You might consider getting one of these:
http://www.parkingarmor.com/products...protector.html
It might be safer for you than giving her a white cane. Also would be cheaper most likely than trying to find a decent running K-Car.
Mike
You might consider getting one of these:
http://www.parkingarmor.com/products...protector.html
It might be safer for you than giving her a white cane. Also would be cheaper most likely than trying to find a decent running K-Car.
Mike
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LOL my sister's husband was picking up the kids from school because she was sick. Mind you he drives a Chevy Suburban Urban Assault Vehicle - Black big wheels, tint so dark the windows are of negligible value etc.
People park on the street in front of the school, the kids come out, he gets them in the truck, goes to back up to pull away, and puts his trailer hitch, which sticks out a good 8" right through the front bumper cover, and radiator of the car behind him, which he claims is the guy behind his fault because he parked too close...
So it's not just women that pull bonehead moves...
George
People park on the street in front of the school, the kids come out, he gets them in the truck, goes to back up to pull away, and puts his trailer hitch, which sticks out a good 8" right through the front bumper cover, and radiator of the car behind him, which he claims is the guy behind his fault because he parked too close...
So it's not just women that pull bonehead moves...
George
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Scary thing is that is worth more than my ES Turbo pictured....I think it has something to do with how few were made....
The other scary thing is the trunk rack is factory .... Look close at my trunk lid...It has the same ugly rack...
The other scary thing is the trunk rack is factory .... Look close at my trunk lid...It has the same ugly rack...
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Out of all seriousness, HOW could you design, produce and sell such an AWFUL vehicle!!??? It amazes me, it really, really does. I can just picture the car sales man now, "um well its 0-60 is 32.9 seconds BUT it has this really stylish faux wood paneling and is a 2 cylinder, and hey! its easy access to the spare tire!" C'mon now.
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Out of all seriousness, HOW could you design, produce and sell such an AWFUL vehicle!!??? It amazes me, it really, really does. I can just picture the car sales man now, "um well its 0-60 is 32.9 seconds BUT it has this really stylish faux wood paneling and is a 2 cylinder, and hey! its easy access to the spare tire!" C'mon now.
Like this:
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