Lovely day of shopping for the wife...

jspbtown · Samba Member Joined: January 27, 2004 Posts: 5157

No no....its going to cost me $1000 (my $500 deductible and then rental car for 3 weeks).

Plus there are two gouges in the front tire so insurance will pay for one and I will pay for the other three (they were close to being replaced) so its actually going to be more than $1000 out of my pocket.

The appraiser has pegged the damage at $5400.00 as of right now. Hidden damage will likely increase that.

79SuperVert · Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2015 12:23 pm Post subject:

OK, sorry, I misunderstood. Hoo, boy. $5,400!
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KTPhil · Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2015 1:31 pm Post subject:

jspbtown · Samba Member Joined: January 27, 2004 Posts: 5157

So as I thought I was pretty much over the fact that someone whacked my car...and I was gonna be out $1000+.....but apparently not.

I was sitting at a local pub out by UMass eating a late dinner with my son after a basketball game when the manager comes walking up to our table. He says "Did you own a blue Beemer?" I replied..."Yes. Why?" with a look of angst. "OH..you left your lights on".

Apparently I grimaced because my son was laughing his ass off when I got back to the table. He said "I thought you were going to keel over when he asked you if you owned a beemer".

The Cayenne is heading to the shop tomorrow for its 3 week spa visit.

hitest · Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2015 1:34 pm Post subject:

VOLKSWAGNUT · Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2015 1:51 pm Post subject:

And I was thinkin'... Why would anybody ever admitting to owning a BMW..

Laughing

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jspbtown · Samba Member Joined: January 27, 2004 Posts: 5157

skills@eurocarsplus · Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2015 5:58 pm Post subject:

jspbtown · Samba Member Joined: January 27, 2004 Posts: 5157

Yeah...its a 2004 (19k miles when I bought it 2 months ago) 645 and they are notorious for being very sensitive to voltage drop. I seemed to have escaped that so far.

On another note. We got our "luxurious" rental for the week. This is for our small family. I am 6'2" and my son is 6'5". This will be our family car for the next 3 weeks..

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ALLWAGONS · Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2015 10:21 am Post subject:

This is the result of our culture, we are raising kids with no moral or ethical values. I feel your pain as we had incidents happen on busy places where no one saw anything. People have the balls to record law enforcement while they are at work (Because it is our right Confused

) but no one has the balls to record the criminals while they are committing the crime.
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kamzcab86 · Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2015 9:01 pm Post subject:

jspbtown · Samba Member Joined: January 27, 2004 Posts: 5157

I refuse to be pissed off by this so I am looking for anything positive.

I did a quick calculation....My wife used about $120 per week in gas with the Cayenne. I figure about maybe $40 with the little clown car.

So instead of paying $140 a week for the clown car I am actually only paying $60!

mark tucker · Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2015 10:01 am Post subject:

shoping for a wife what a novel idea.....can I trade in the old one Shocked

jspbtown · Samba Member Joined: January 27, 2004 Posts: 5157

Well the estimate is up to $6700 (from the initial $5400) and we are on track to having it back about a week before we head out on vacation so that's good news.

The unidentified driver also gouged the front tire so I had a new one on the estimate. I was able to shop around and buy 4 new tires for about $200 more. Basically I am getting 4 tires for the price of 2.

Positive thinking!

Letterman7 · Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2015 1:25 pm Post subject:

Now you can take those 4 old tires and sling them on the corners, like a tugboat, for future encounters. Hopefully not, though Laughing

jspbtown · Samba Member Joined: January 27, 2004 Posts: 5157

Great idea!

I was thinking of just trying to restrict the wife's shopping but that might be easier.

79SuperVert · Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 10:09 am Post subject:

VOLKSWAGNUT · Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 10:47 am Post subject:


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