MY turn to vent

**SFR** · 11-23-2006, 04:02 PM

So there I was last night at an Irish Pub listening to some good live music (my friend Tony's older brother is one of the guitarists and writes most of the music...) I was sitting outside with my friends getting absolutely sh*tfaced drunk... finally a pool table was open, got some quarters and was about to play pool with a few other friends...

I feel what I thought was my phone ringing... no phone call.. what the hell could it be? .. I reach into my left pocket and my car alarm (yes my alarm vibrates) is vibrating and so I walk outside. Two trunks turn the corner and stop towards my car... I start walking to where I parked and I see this car with a giant white line across the right side from about midway on the passenger side door all the way to the right tail light. Part of the light cover is on the ground and a piece of the right bumper is hanging off the back right of the car.

I then realize that it is my car.

The guy in this big ass truck with this a gigantic steel front grille bar asks me if it is my car... I tell him yes and he says something I do not even remember. He parks and all of his friends get out and start telling me how he is a mechanic and can fix it easy.. no sweat.. no need to talk to the insurance companies...

We exchange information, driver license number, license plate number, phone number... This idiot turned 21 A WEEK AGO... and he tells me this is not the first time his front grille bar has hit another car... (I think he meant to say that this is not the first time HE has hit another car....) So whatever... my friends finally come outside because they probably noticed I had disappeared. One of my friends is an auto insurance claim estimator (he looks at pictures of car accidents and estimates the damage of the cars..) so we ask for his expertise.. $2,500 (USD)... no $3,000.. no $3,500... ..oh shit the door as well.. ~$5000 ..7 hours labor on the quarter panel, 4 hours on the bumper, 6 hours on door, an hour on the light... plus parts...

So I make the joke something like "Nice Bob, your job came in handy, my job sure as hell doesn't come in handy in a situation like this..."

so we exchanged insurance information, I went back inside, finished my Coors Light said goodbye to a few friends and went to Albertos, got five rolled tacos with extra guacamole and a carne asada quesadilla...

what a great way to start thanksgiving!

I knew my handy car alarm would FINALLY be worth what I paid (I know the idiot would have left if I did not come out side...)

[-0MEGA-] · 11-23-2006, 04:07 PM

Wow that really sucks, good thing you were able to get his info.

Is that an after marker alarm?

**SFR** · 11-23-2006, 04:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by [-0MEGA-]

Wow that really sucks, good thing you were able to get his info.

Is that an after marker alarm?

Yup! Clifford Matrix alarm.. Its pretty cool! Like I said, it is the only reason he stopped.. I was a good 100 yards away and my remote still instantly told me some idiot ran into or was trying to break into my car...

Adam135 · 11-23-2006, 04:09 PM

Yea it looks so...one of the best in the market

s_m_w_d · 11-23-2006, 04:11 PM

Damn inexperienced drivers

. sometimes you got to wonder if there just handing out licences with a special deal in mac donalds or something j/k I hope you werent drinking and driving.

[-0MEGA-] · 11-23-2006, 04:13 PM

Just out of curiosity, how much did it cost, and did you install it or have it professionally installed?

g4m3rof1337 · 11-23-2006, 04:18 PM

i to play pool lol iam quite good
but wow ... lol
best of luck to ya

Motoxrdude · 11-23-2006, 04:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SFR

So there I was last night at an Irish Pub listening to some good live music (my friend Tony's older brother is one of the guitarists and writes most of the music...) I was sitting outside with my friends getting absolutely sh*tfaced drunk... finally a pool table was open, got some quarters and was about to play pool with a few other friends...

I feel what I thought was my phone ringing... no phone call.. what the hell could it be? .. I reach into my left pocket and my car alarm (yes my alarm vibrates) is vibrating and so I walk outside. Two trunks turn the corner and stop towards my car... I start walking to where I parked and I see this car with a giant white line across the right side from about midway on the passenger side door all the way to the right tail light. Part of the light cover is on the ground and a piece of the right bumper is hanging off the back right of the car.

I then realize that it is my car.

The guy in this big ass truck with this a gigantic steel front grille bar asks me if it is my car... I tell him yes and he says something I do not even remember. He parks and all of his friends get out and start telling me how he is a mechanic and can fix it easy.. no sweat.. no need to talk to the insurance companies...

We exchange information, driver license number, license plate number, phone number... This idiot turned 21 A WEEK AGO... and he tells me this is not the first time his front grille bar has hit another car... (I think he meant to say that this is not the first time HE has hit another car....) So whatever... my friends finally come outside because they probably noticed I had disappeared. One of my friends is an auto insurance claim estimator (he looks at pictures of car accidents and estimates the damage of the cars..) so we ask for his expertise.. $2,500 (USD)... no $3,000.. no $3,500... ..oh shit the door as well.. ~$5000 ..7 hours labor on the quarter panel, 4 hours on the bumper, 6 hours on door, an hour on the light... plus parts...

So I make the joke something like "Nice Bob, your job came in handy, my job sure as hell doesn't come in handy in a situation like this..."

so we exchanged insurance information, I went back inside, finished my Coors Light said goodbye to a few friends and went to Albertos, got five rolled tacos with extra guacamole and a carne asada quesadilla...

what a great way to start thanksgiving!

I knew my handy car alarm would FINALLY be worth what I paid (I know the idiot would have left if I did not come out side...)

That's good everything turned out ok! I thought it was going to be a "I walked outside and my car was gone!" kinda story.
Im glad it all worked out!

M0ddingMan1a · 11-24-2006, 12:23 AM

hmm that sucks, well i hope the other guy pays. lol.

computermaineack · 11-24-2006, 05:55 AM

If I were in your shoes...I would let the guy fix my car. I would call his insurance company and have it done professionally, or at least make sure both insurance companies are okay with him doing it. Because if he does something wrong with your car, etc, the insurance companies may just tell you too bad it's your fault for not telling them in the first place.

11-23-2006, 04:02 PM	#1 (permalink)
SFR SUPER MODERATOR Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: San Diego, USA Age: 24 Posts: 3,926	MY turn to vent - Idiot drunks! So there I was last night at an Irish Pub listening to some good live music (my friend Tony's older brother is one of the guitarists and writes most of the music...) I was sitting outside with my friends getting absolutely shtfaced drunk... finally a pool table was open, got some quarters and was about to play pool with a few other friends... I feel what I thought was my phone ringing... no phone call.. what the hell could it be? .. I reach into my left pocket and my car alarm (yes my alarm vibrates) is vibrating and so I walk outside. Two trunks turn the corner and stop towards my car... I start walking to where I parked and I see this car with a giant white line across the right side from about midway on the passenger side door all the way to the right tail light. Part of the light cover is on the ground and a piece of the right bumper is hanging off the back right of the car. I then realize that it is my car. The guy in this big ass truck with this a gigantic steel front grille bar asks me if it is my car... I tell him yes and he says something I do not even remember. He parks and all of his friends get out and start telling me how he is a mechanic and can fix it easy.. no sweat.. no need to talk to the insurance companies... We exchange information, driver license number, license plate number, phone number... This idiot turned 21 A WEEK AGO... and he tells me this is not the first time his front grille bar has hit another car... (I think he meant to say that this is not the first time HE has hit another car....) So whatever... my friends finally come outside because they probably noticed I had disappeared. One of my friends is an auto insurance claim estimator (he looks at pictures of car accidents and estimates the damage of the cars..) so we ask for his expertise.. $2,500 (USD)... no $3,000.. no $3,500... ..oh shit the door as well.. ~$5000 ..7 hours labor on the quarter panel, 4 hours on the bumper, 6 hours on door, an hour on the light... plus parts... So I make the joke something like "Nice Bob, your job came in handy, my job sure as hell doesn't come in handy in a situation like this..." so we exchanged insurance information, I went back inside, finished my Coors Light said goodbye to a few friends and went to Albertos, got five rolled tacos with extra guacamole and a carne asada quesadilla... what a great way to start thanksgiving! I knew my handy car alarm would FINALLY be worth what I paid (I know the idiot would have left if I did not come out side...) __________________ The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think like computers. ~Sydney J. Harris I haven't lost my mind; I have a tape back-up somewhere.* What the world needs is more geniuses with humility, there are so few of us left. ~Oscar Levant Relax, its only Ones and Zeros

11-23-2006, 04:07 PM	#2 (permalink)
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11-23-2006, 04:09 PM	#4 (permalink)
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11-23-2006, 04:11 PM	#5 (permalink)
s_m_w_d Platinum Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Ireland Age: 21 Posts: 934	Damn inexperienced drivers . sometimes you got to wonder if there just handing out licences with a special deal in mac donalds or something j/k I hope you werent drinking and driving. __________________ Nzxt Apollo chassis Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.66 2x Crucial 1GB @1066MHz EVEA nForce 680i SLI BFG 8800 GTX @ 768 MB 20" Samsung LCD " @ 1680 x 1050 60Hz 3DMARK05:12133 Comming in 2008 my computer but better

11-23-2006, 04:13 PM	#6 (permalink)
[-0MEGA-] Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Concord, NH Age: 20 Posts: 27,082	Just out of curiosity, how much did it cost, and did you install it or have it professionally installed? __________________ Desktop // Laptop Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.0GHz // Core 2 Duo P8400 2.26GHz Asus Rampage Formula X48 // Intel PM45 ATI 4870X2 2GB GDDR5 // 512MB GDDR3 9800M GTS 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2 940 // 4GB DDR3 800 750GB SATAII w/32MB // 200GB SATAII 7200RPM Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 21391 // 9179

11-23-2006, 04:18 PM	#7 (permalink)
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11-24-2006, 12:23 AM	#9 (permalink)
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11-24-2006, 05:55 AM	#10 (permalink)
computermaineack Diamond Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,260	If I were in your shoes...I would let the guy fix my car. I would call his insurance company and have it done professionally, or at least make sure both insurance companies are okay with him doing it. Because if he does something wrong with your car, etc, the insurance companies may just tell you too bad it's your fault for not telling them in the first place. __________________ "Former Clinton advisor Dick Morris said, "Hillary Clinton will be the next President, but she'll be the worst President we've ever seen." After hearing this, President Bush said, "Wait a minute, I'm not finished yet."" -Conan O'Brien CPU: Q6600 G0 Mobo: eVGA 680i NF67-A1 Case: Antec P180B GPU: eVGA 8800GTS G92 512mb HSF: Tuniq Tower 120 RAM: 4gb DDR2-800 Corsair XMS2 4-4-4-12 PSU: Antec True Power Trio 550w

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