Silver 03 Cobra
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I'm about the luckiest person in the world. Usually. I got layed off last year and came out smelling like a rose. But, trouble comes in threes and the last two weeks have been one of the worst stretches I have had in awhile. I posted a question last night looking for recommendations for a mid-pipe other than Bassani because I had ran over one of those straps they use on flatbed trailers that still had the reel hooked to it and it punched a hole in the crotch of my Bassani x-pipe. I have been wanting to ditch the Bassani anyway because it is just too thin and fragile. One of the recommendations was to get it welded but I wanted it to be a good weld so I could sell this pipe later. I'm relocating in a few weeks so I decided maybe trying to get it welded was a good option for now. I called Midas and they said to bring it down. It looked like the piece that hit the very center of the crotch was flat like someone had taken a large file and punched it and it pooched open about a .5" wide gap. The boy that welded it did one hell of a job. I can weld and I know on something that thin that was a tough job. It took him maybe 5-10 minutes. The manager called me up with the guy standing there and said he wouldn't charge me anything if I just made it right with the guy so I handed him a 20. I was pretty happy to get my good exhaust sound back. On the way home I thought I would swing into Best Buy and see if I could find a couple of good DVD's. Just as I swung into a lane heading down the parking lot...
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I had just turned down one of the lanes. There was three cars on my left parked in a row. Just as I passed the one on the end I just caught the flash of something. When I looked it was too late. Bam. A Ford Ranger was cutting through the parking lot and t-boned me. It hit hard enough it jumped me over quite a bit. I got out and it was an older guy. I felt bad for us both. I couldn't even get mad. It looked like the guy really didn't need to have money pulled out of his pocket for something like this. He did make a mistake though. I called the police. The officer(lady cop) asked what happened other than the obvious and he said you can see what happened. I told her all I wanted was to get my car fixed and to not write the guy a ticket if it could be avoided since he was so honest. She said she wouldn't write a ticket but she was writing him at fault. She said it was improper to cut through the parking lot like that. She had me pull my car out of the lane. She left and then the guy in the Ranger. Just as I was backing out I be damned if here come some idiot flying down the same opened up parking spots and almost hit an Expedition coming up the lane on the other side. People are morons.
It shattered the window and I can only open the door from the inside and it will open only about a foot. I'm over six foot and I don't think I can get in from the driver's side. I came in from the passenger side when I left and I found out on the way home I could open the door using the handle on the interior. My hip is a little sore but I told them I didn't have any injuries. I almost needed my roll cage with the 17 inch ET Streets I just bought on the track because I was running too low of air pressure and almost lost it 3-4 times. Today the main hoop helped me a little. The door is up against it. Hell, it's a material thing. No big deal. Last week my beagle got attacked by a bull dog that broke his botton jaw and part of it had to be amputated. As soon as I catch that bastard in my yard he'll be sleeping with Luca Brazzi. It's cost me $600 so far to get my little buddy back to health so far. I got my helath and my family is fine so how can you complain.
The guy has State Farm. With the police report showing him at fault is there any reason I can't expect his insurance to not pay? I'd like to get a rental. The car will need a new door and fender. I can drive it but getting in and out will be hell and I'll have to put plastic over the window. It's embarrassing having people look at you. Other than that I'm doing darned fine.
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I had just turned down one of the lanes. There was three cars on my left parked in a row. Just as I passed the one on the end I just caught the flash of something. When I looked it was too late. Bam. A Ford Ranger was cutting through the parking lot and t-boned me. It hit hard enough it jumped me over quite a bit. I got out and it was an older guy. I felt bad for us both. I couldn't even get mad. It looked like the guy really didn't need to have money pulled out of his pocket for something like this. He did make a mistake though. I called the police. The officer(lady cop) asked what happened other than the obvious and he said you can see what happened. I told her all I wanted was to get my car fixed and to not write the guy a ticket if it could be avoided since he was so honest. She said she wouldn't write a ticket but she was writing him at fault. She said it was improper to cut through the parking lot like that. She had me pull my car out of the lane. She left and then the guy in the Ranger. Just as I was backing out I be damned if here come some idiot flying down the same opened up parking spots and almost hit an Expedition coming up the lane on the other side. People are morons.
It shattered the window and I can only open the door from the inside and it will open only about a foot. I'm over six foot and I don't think I can get in from the driver's side. I came in from the passenger side when I left and I found out on the way home I could open the door using the handle on the interior. My hip is a little sore but I told them I didn't have any injuries. I almost needed my roll cage with the 17 inch ET Streets I just bought on the track because I was running too low of air pressure and almost lost it 3-4 times. Today the main hoop helped me a little. The door is up against it. Hell, it's a material thing. No big deal. Last week my beagle got attacked by a bull dog that broke his botton jaw and part of it had to be amputated. As soon as I catch that bastard in my yard he'll be sleeping with Luca Brazzi. It's cost me $600 so far to get my little buddy back to health so far. I got my helath and my family is fine so how can you complain.
The guy has State Farm. With the police report showing him at fault is there any reason I can't expect his insurance to not pay? I'd like to get a rental. The car will need a new door and fender. I can drive it but getting in and out will be hell and I'll have to put plastic over the window. It's embarrassing having people look at you. Other than that I'm doing darned fine.
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