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June 27, 2011 at 7:14 AM #707346June 27, 2011 at 5:23 PM #706211
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ParticipantWell it guess it had to happen.
Someone ran into my 4 month old 550 while parked in a parking lot AND DIDNT FVCKING LEAVE A NOTE….That is why I am driving a big @ss chebby these days. Two big incidents come to note:
- Parked over at UTC, upper lot near Sport Chalet. Drove home from lot and noticed that the rear bumper was bent (It was made from 3/16 and 1/4 inch steel). Looked under the truck, frame showed no bending but I saw blue and brown paint marks on frame members going almost 3 feet under the truck. Went back to UTC and looked around where I parked. I saw a few pieces of taillight lens and some metal pieces, some over 20 feet away from where I was parked – one looking like a spiral made from 1/8 inch wide sheet steel that when straightened, was almost 1 foot long (something blue got can-opened). It did look like the people who hit me picked up most of the pieces of their car that got scattered when they ran into the back of my parked truck. I suspect they were ‘showboating’. I was real curious as to what their vehicle looked like.
- Parallel parking in La Jolla; as I was backing in, an old man too impatient to wait decided to go around the truck.. but he didn’t make sure he pulled around the truck. The result was a gouge from making contact with my front bumper down the side of his new, black car and some damage from hitting my front tire (BFG MT 35×12.5). Idiot tried to claim that it was my fault, but since I took a LOT of photos of the scene.. insurance corrected him.
That beater is kind of like an armored vehicle, though I do miss the better gas mileage and smaller size of a car. I guess I am going to have to cave to getting another car sometime.
June 27, 2011 at 5:23 PM #706308ParticipantWell it guess it had to happen.
Someone ran into my 4 month old 550 while parked in a parking lot AND DIDNT FVCKING LEAVE A NOTE….That is why I am driving a big @ss chebby these days. Two big incidents come to note:
- Parked over at UTC, upper lot near Sport Chalet. Drove home from lot and noticed that the rear bumper was bent (It was made from 3/16 and 1/4 inch steel). Looked under the truck, frame showed no bending but I saw blue and brown paint marks on frame members going almost 3 feet under the truck. Went back to UTC and looked around where I parked. I saw a few pieces of taillight lens and some metal pieces, some over 20 feet away from where I was parked – one looking like a spiral made from 1/8 inch wide sheet steel that when straightened, was almost 1 foot long (something blue got can-opened). It did look like the people who hit me picked up most of the pieces of their car that got scattered when they ran into the back of my parked truck. I suspect they were ‘showboating’. I was real curious as to what their vehicle looked like.
- Parallel parking in La Jolla; as I was backing in, an old man too impatient to wait decided to go around the truck.. but he didn’t make sure he pulled around the truck. The result was a gouge from making contact with my front bumper down the side of his new, black car and some damage from hitting my front tire (BFG MT 35×12.5). Idiot tried to claim that it was my fault, but since I took a LOT of photos of the scene.. insurance corrected him.
That beater is kind of like an armored vehicle, though I do miss the better gas mileage and smaller size of a car. I guess I am going to have to cave to getting another car sometime.
June 27, 2011 at 5:23 PM #706908ParticipantWell it guess it had to happen.
Someone ran into my 4 month old 550 while parked in a parking lot AND DIDNT FVCKING LEAVE A NOTE….That is why I am driving a big @ss chebby these days. Two big incidents come to note:
- Parked over at UTC, upper lot near Sport Chalet. Drove home from lot and noticed that the rear bumper was bent (It was made from 3/16 and 1/4 inch steel). Looked under the truck, frame showed no bending but I saw blue and brown paint marks on frame members going almost 3 feet under the truck. Went back to UTC and looked around where I parked. I saw a few pieces of taillight lens and some metal pieces, some over 20 feet away from where I was parked – one looking like a spiral made from 1/8 inch wide sheet steel that when straightened, was almost 1 foot long (something blue got can-opened). It did look like the people who hit me picked up most of the pieces of their car that got scattered when they ran into the back of my parked truck. I suspect they were ‘showboating’. I was real curious as to what their vehicle looked like.
- Parallel parking in La Jolla; as I was backing in, an old man too impatient to wait decided to go around the truck.. but he didn’t make sure he pulled around the truck. The result was a gouge from making contact with my front bumper down the side of his new, black car and some damage from hitting my front tire (BFG MT 35×12.5). Idiot tried to claim that it was my fault, but since I took a LOT of photos of the scene.. insurance corrected him.
That beater is kind of like an armored vehicle, though I do miss the better gas mileage and smaller size of a car. I guess I am going to have to cave to getting another car sometime.
June 27, 2011 at 5:23 PM #707057ParticipantWell it guess it had to happen.
Someone ran into my 4 month old 550 while parked in a parking lot AND DIDNT FVCKING LEAVE A NOTE….That is why I am driving a big @ss chebby these days. Two big incidents come to note:
- Parked over at UTC, upper lot near Sport Chalet. Drove home from lot and noticed that the rear bumper was bent (It was made from 3/16 and 1/4 inch steel). Looked under the truck, frame showed no bending but I saw blue and brown paint marks on frame members going almost 3 feet under the truck. Went back to UTC and looked around where I parked. I saw a few pieces of taillight lens and some metal pieces, some over 20 feet away from where I was parked – one looking like a spiral made from 1/8 inch wide sheet steel that when straightened, was almost 1 foot long (something blue got can-opened). It did look like the people who hit me picked up most of the pieces of their car that got scattered when they ran into the back of my parked truck. I suspect they were ‘showboating’. I was real curious as to what their vehicle looked like.
- Parallel parking in La Jolla; as I was backing in, an old man too impatient to wait decided to go around the truck.. but he didn’t make sure he pulled around the truck. The result was a gouge from making contact with my front bumper down the side of his new, black car and some damage from hitting my front tire (BFG MT 35×12.5). Idiot tried to claim that it was my fault, but since I took a LOT of photos of the scene.. insurance corrected him.
That beater is kind of like an armored vehicle, though I do miss the better gas mileage and smaller size of a car. I guess I am going to have to cave to getting another car sometime.
June 27, 2011 at 5:23 PM #707421ParticipantWell it guess it had to happen.
Someone ran into my 4 month old 550 while parked in a parking lot AND DIDNT FVCKING LEAVE A NOTE….That is why I am driving a big @ss chebby these days. Two big incidents come to note:
- Parked over at UTC, upper lot near Sport Chalet. Drove home from lot and noticed that the rear bumper was bent (It was made from 3/16 and 1/4 inch steel). Looked under the truck, frame showed no bending but I saw blue and brown paint marks on frame members going almost 3 feet under the truck. Went back to UTC and looked around where I parked. I saw a few pieces of taillight lens and some metal pieces, some over 20 feet away from where I was parked – one looking like a spiral made from 1/8 inch wide sheet steel that when straightened, was almost 1 foot long (something blue got can-opened). It did look like the people who hit me picked up most of the pieces of their car that got scattered when they ran into the back of my parked truck. I suspect they were ‘showboating’. I was real curious as to what their vehicle looked like.
- Parallel parking in La Jolla; as I was backing in, an old man too impatient to wait decided to go around the truck.. but he didn’t make sure he pulled around the truck. The result was a gouge from making contact with my front bumper down the side of his new, black car and some damage from hitting my front tire (BFG MT 35×12.5). Idiot tried to claim that it was my fault, but since I took a LOT of photos of the scene.. insurance corrected him.
That beater is kind of like an armored vehicle, though I do miss the better gas mileage and smaller size of a car. I guess I am going to have to cave to getting another car sometime.
June 28, 2011 at 9:26 AM #706309anxvariety
Participanteuropacific in Oceanside/Vista is another. Used to know owner, not sure if he still owns it – but smaller shop than the others. Not making a recommendation, but maybe a spot to get a quote see their work.
June 28, 2011 at 9:26 AM #706408Participanteuropacific in Oceanside/Vista is another. Used to know owner, not sure if he still owns it – but smaller shop than the others. Not making a recommendation, but maybe a spot to get a quote see their work.
June 28, 2011 at 9:26 AM #707004Participanteuropacific in Oceanside/Vista is another. Used to know owner, not sure if he still owns it – but smaller shop than the others. Not making a recommendation, but maybe a spot to get a quote see their work.
June 28, 2011 at 9:26 AM #707155Participanteuropacific in Oceanside/Vista is another. Used to know owner, not sure if he still owns it – but smaller shop than the others. Not making a recommendation, but maybe a spot to get a quote see their work.
June 28, 2011 at 9:26 AM #707520Participanteuropacific in Oceanside/Vista is another. Used to know owner, not sure if he still owns it – but smaller shop than the others. Not making a recommendation, but maybe a spot to get a quote see their work.
June 28, 2011 at 10:34 AM #706354
CoronitaParticipantThanks folks. The going rate seems to be $800 for a bumper and takes about 3 days… I think I’ll go to westcoastspecialties or Philip Thearles…
I’m not so much concerned about the paint match itself, since I’m sure almost all places will do that ok.
I’m more concerned about making sure they get the correct gap spacing after they reattach the bumper….These bumpers are really tight fit with virtually no gap spacing these days.
June 28, 2011 at 10:34 AM #706453CoronitaParticipantThanks folks. The going rate seems to be $800 for a bumper and takes about 3 days… I think I’ll go to westcoastspecialties or Philip Thearles…
I’m not so much concerned about the paint match itself, since I’m sure almost all places will do that ok.
I’m more concerned about making sure they get the correct gap spacing after they reattach the bumper….These bumpers are really tight fit with virtually no gap spacing these days.
June 28, 2011 at 10:34 AM #707049CoronitaParticipantThanks folks. The going rate seems to be $800 for a bumper and takes about 3 days… I think I’ll go to westcoastspecialties or Philip Thearles…
I’m not so much concerned about the paint match itself, since I’m sure almost all places will do that ok.
I’m more concerned about making sure they get the correct gap spacing after they reattach the bumper….These bumpers are really tight fit with virtually no gap spacing these days.
June 28, 2011 at 10:34 AM #707202CoronitaParticipantThanks folks. The going rate seems to be $800 for a bumper and takes about 3 days… I think I’ll go to westcoastspecialties or Philip Thearles…
I’m not so much concerned about the paint match itself, since I’m sure almost all places will do that ok.
I’m more concerned about making sure they get the correct gap spacing after they reattach the bumper….These bumpers are really tight fit with virtually no gap spacing these days.
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