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Old 07-24-2009, 10:32 AM
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A great horror story...about unfortunate series of events

So to start before my 8 i had a very clean GT Mustang, lots of work put in it...well 3 months ago it flooded in Houston. The insurance took 2 1/2 months to get me a check, and a day after i got my 8 i've come to know and love. Now this week in Houston its been storming real bad, so being the generally smart guy that i am i thought i'd pull my car in the drive way (where im staying i dont have a spot in the drive way normally). As it was sitting pretty in the drive way a basketball goal decided my windsheild would be the best possible place for it to fall, smashing it and denting the crap out of my front bumper....

How good is that?
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that is really unfortunate man i hope your insurance covers it
Old 07-24-2009, 11:24 AM
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The gods were angry this day.
Old 07-24-2009, 11:26 AM
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man that sucks where in houston are you at? my buddy does windshields really cheap pm me if you need help with that
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i just had a guy come out and do the windshield for $150, probably not the cheapest, but they where able to come out within 30mins of me calling them. Really works out because im driving to lousiana in an hour. like i said before start farm likes to have thier head up thier asses when it comes to cutting checks so im gonna handle the bumper myself to, i got a buddy whos a mechanic so itll cost me a case of beer and a saturday lol
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good enough for a clean sand pitted free winshield and a new Mazdapeed front.
Old 07-24-2009, 03:27 PM
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The houston weather has been acting wierd. Love when it rains though we need the cool weather.
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yeah its been CRAZY hot and no rain but too hot for a carwash too and i just FULLY detailed my car and zainoed it n its raining i guess ill leave it in the garage n use another car
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Originally Posted by rodjonathan
yeah its been CRAZY hot and no rain but too hot for a carwash too and i just FULLY detailed my car and zainoed it n its raining i guess ill leave it in the garage n use another car
havent had a chance to wash and detail my car because everytime i get some time to do it it looks like is going to rain. Curse you houston weather!
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did I hear free beer to work on cars???
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i swear and then when you dont wash it coz it was threatening to rain guess what not a single drop ...
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^ha mine's the opposite when it hasn't rained in days and looks like it's going to be nice for 3 or 4 more I wash it then I get a fluke storm to ruin it....BUT at least the water just beads off!
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yeh after i got the windsheild fixed up i almost though about trying to give it a good wash/wax to get the scratches out (got the dent pulled)...good thing i didnt on i10 on the way to laffayette some wicked storm came through, the bad kind with the impossible to see rain where you just kinda hope your in a lane or atleast on a road, thankfully that did wash the old rain residue off?
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