EGGSHELLS.......UNBELIEVABLE
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RE: EGGSHELLS.......UNBELIEVABLE
ORIGINAL: StangFreak06
SO LAST NIGHT IM HANGIN OUT AT MY FRIENDS PLACE WHEN HE ASKS IF I COULD GIVE HIM A RIDE TO HIS PARENTS SO THAT HE COULD PICK UP A FEW THINGS (SINCE HE HAS NO CAR). IT'S ABOUT 10 - 1030 AT NIGHT AND WE ARE DRIVING TRHOUGH HIS PARENT'S NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN I NOTICE A CAR COMING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION THAN US. BECAUSE THERE ARE CARS PARKED ON THE STREET I SLOW DOWN TO ABOUT 20 MPH TO ENSURE I PASS THE OTHER CAR WITH NO PROBLEMS GIVEN THE NARROW STREET. ABOUT 20 FEET AHEAD OF ME I NOTICE THAT SOMEONE IS STICKING HALF WAY OUT THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW. "WHAT THE H....." BAM,BAM,BAM....MY CAR IS PELTED WITH 3 EGGS BEFORE I EVEN KNOW WHATS HAPPENING. I SLAM ON THE BRAKES, AND AFTER A FEW PROFANITIES MY BUDDY SAID "GET EM". UNFORTUNATLY I MUST FIRST MOVE PAST THE CARS AND TURN AROUND, AND BY THE TIME I GOT TO THE FIRST STOP SIGN IN THE DIRESTION THEY WERE HEADING, THEY HAD ZIG ZAGED DOWN STREETS AND WE LOST THEM. AFTER 10 MIN OF WASHING THE DRIED EGG OFF MY HOT HOOD AND WINDOW I SAW THE DAMAGE. I NOW HAVE A DEEP "U" SHAPED SCRATCH ABOUT 4 1/2 INCHES LONG IN MY HOOD FROM WHERE THE EGG HIT MY HOOD, NOT TO MENTION THE SPECS OF PAINT MISSING IN OTHER SPOTS FROM WHERE THE SMALLER PEICES LANDED. SINCE MY OLDER CARS WERE NEVER WORTH REPAINTING I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE TO START WITH REPAIRING THESE SCATCHES. I ALREADY HAVE TOUCH UP PAINT FROM THE DEALERSHIP BUT I THINK THERE IS MORE TO IT THAT JUST SOME TOUCH UP BECAUSE OF THE DEPTH OF THE SCRATCH. iF ANYONE HAS A PROCEDURE OR ADVICE ON HOW I WOULD GO ABOUT FIXING THESE SCRATCHES I WOULD REALLY REALLY APPRECIATE IT. EGGSHELLS............I CAN'T BELEIVE IT!
2006 V6 PREMIUM. TUNGSTEN GRAY
SO LAST NIGHT IM HANGIN OUT AT MY FRIENDS PLACE WHEN HE ASKS IF I COULD GIVE HIM A RIDE TO HIS PARENTS SO THAT HE COULD PICK UP A FEW THINGS (SINCE HE HAS NO CAR). IT'S ABOUT 10 - 1030 AT NIGHT AND WE ARE DRIVING TRHOUGH HIS PARENT'S NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN I NOTICE A CAR COMING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION THAN US. BECAUSE THERE ARE CARS PARKED ON THE STREET I SLOW DOWN TO ABOUT 20 MPH TO ENSURE I PASS THE OTHER CAR WITH NO PROBLEMS GIVEN THE NARROW STREET. ABOUT 20 FEET AHEAD OF ME I NOTICE THAT SOMEONE IS STICKING HALF WAY OUT THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW. "WHAT THE H....." BAM,BAM,BAM....MY CAR IS PELTED WITH 3 EGGS BEFORE I EVEN KNOW WHATS HAPPENING. I SLAM ON THE BRAKES, AND AFTER A FEW PROFANITIES MY BUDDY SAID "GET EM". UNFORTUNATLY I MUST FIRST MOVE PAST THE CARS AND TURN AROUND, AND BY THE TIME I GOT TO THE FIRST STOP SIGN IN THE DIRESTION THEY WERE HEADING, THEY HAD ZIG ZAGED DOWN STREETS AND WE LOST THEM. AFTER 10 MIN OF WASHING THE DRIED EGG OFF MY HOT HOOD AND WINDOW I SAW THE DAMAGE. I NOW HAVE A DEEP "U" SHAPED SCRATCH ABOUT 4 1/2 INCHES LONG IN MY HOOD FROM WHERE THE EGG HIT MY HOOD, NOT TO MENTION THE SPECS OF PAINT MISSING IN OTHER SPOTS FROM WHERE THE SMALLER PEICES LANDED. SINCE MY OLDER CARS WERE NEVER WORTH REPAINTING I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE TO START WITH REPAIRING THESE SCATCHES. I ALREADY HAVE TOUCH UP PAINT FROM THE DEALERSHIP BUT I THINK THERE IS MORE TO IT THAT JUST SOME TOUCH UP BECAUSE OF THE DEPTH OF THE SCRATCH. iF ANYONE HAS A PROCEDURE OR ADVICE ON HOW I WOULD GO ABOUT FIXING THESE SCRATCHES I WOULD REALLY REALLY APPRECIATE IT. EGGSHELLS............I CAN'T BELEIVE IT!
2006 V6 PREMIUM. TUNGSTEN GRAY
Here is what I would have done... Stop the car exactly where its at... Put the windows up, turn the key off... Put it in first gear, pull the e brake. Activate hazard lights, pull keys out, exit the car. Go to the trunk, proceed to grab 4 cell mag light, or baseball bat. Find the kids, and beat their knee caps. Then leave. Drive the car home, call the insurance, file a claim.
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RE: EGGSHELLS.......UNBELIEVABLE
DON'T THINK FOR A SECOND IT DIDNT CROOS MY MIND, WE SPENT 45 MINUTES TO A HOUR SEARCHING. UNFORTUNATLY THERE WERE 20 (NO EXAGERATION) WAYS TO GET IN AND OUT OF THIS MASSIVE NEIGHBORHOOD LEADING EVERY DIRECTION. WE SEARCHED EVERY PARKING LOT AND MAIN STREET. IM SURPRISED WE DID'NT THE COPS CALLED ON US....I MUST HAVE LOOKED LIKE A PSYCHO WHEN I WAS GLARING AT EVERY CAR I SAW WITH KIDS UNDER 18 AT EVERY STOP LIGHT AND PARKING LOT
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WOOHOO. JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH MY INSURENCE AGENT. I GOT TO PUT DOWN 100 OF MY OWN FOR A NEW PAINT JOB ON THE HOOD, BUT NO RATE INCREASE. THAT MAKES ME HAPPY, IVE BEEN READY TO BITCH SLAP SOMEBODY AT WORK IF THEY MADE ONE MORE COMMENT ABOUT IT
