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Look what a stupid young blonde chick did to my mint '02 Sebring yesterday.
I inherited it from Dad at his bequest to keep it on the road.



Saddest part being it will likely get totaled and I'll get a whopping 3 grand for it.
Cant get another one in that condition for less than 5-6 grand anywhere.
Just put another 400 in to her for power steering and wheel bearing repairs.
4 new tires less than 3 months ago. 700 dollar repairs to struts and suspension parts 6 months ago.
108,000 miles aint a lot for a 12 year old car either.
Runs great and looked nice until the a-hole reached for her TomTom and hit me sitting at a traffic light.

Dad told me for years,
"The worst drivers anywhere on any road are young female drivers"

I always believed that. I've seen how my daughter drives.

Life can suck at times. No job, no money and now, probably no car for a while.
Ya gotta push on though.

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Bad decisions make the best stories.

That sucks - a little advice - find out what they're willing to reimburse - then HIT'EM with all your receipts on top of that and push hard. Having recent money spent might get you some additional $$$ (did for me twice).

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This is true. Where I grew up the hills were so steep and long, when your ball rolled down the hill you just said "screw it"...

Just play the sore neck routine.LOL I had some bonehead rearend me a few yrs ago while talking on there cell ph. I was like you sitting at a stop light.. that was my second totaled car due to idiots on cells.. while waiting for a green light.. I told the ins. investigator on the tele how I would prefer to deal with my own recovery rather then a chiro or therapist.. They cut me a check for 8k Did'nt feel the least guilty since they robbed me on my cars value...

Come to think of it, my neck is a bit sore today.
It may be really bad by Monday.... LOL

Who needs a job eh???

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Bad decisions make the best stories.

You got lucky, didn't work for me.

Same thing happened about 6 years ago.
Last time I got tail ended at a light, I yelled about the 4 new tires I just put on and they threw me an extra 200 bucks.



WOW..... not! ! ! !

I hate this sh1t......... Just call me "Lucky" I guess.

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Bad decisions make the best stories.

only one good thing imagine what happened if you was on a bike when the "lady" hit you.

Might want to delete this post in case you decide to go this route
.02

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There are only two types of motor sport racing:
Nitro and everything else
(Sometimes referred to as fast and slow)

Always enjoyed trying to beat the system since my early teen days Jim.
Never brazen enough to commit fraud though.
Let 'em read it the buggers. hahaha

I got a check today as they totalled it. Progressive took care of everything really fast.
(They wouldnt hook me up with "Flo" though, too bad)

KBB valued it around 3800 and I got a value of 5800 after the sob story about all the work put into it in the last year or less.
Bought it back for 679 bucks and a local small shop (neighbor) is gonna patch it up and pull the rear frame rails as straight as he can as cheaply as he can.
New bumper cover and foam insert is only 380 bucks shipped from an online store.
Maybe a couple grand for repairs and the rest is for the bank to tide me over for a while.
I feel fairly fortunate to just not get injured, the money softened the blow a good bit too.

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Bad decisions make the best stories.

Great deal!
Glad you were not injured
Every once in a while a crap deal turns out OK

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There are only two types of motor sport racing:
Nitro and everything else
(Sometimes referred to as fast and slow)