Best Hard Luck Story?
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Best Hard Luck Story?
Here's my hard-luck story with a happy ending. Anyone got a better one?
On Thursday March 31 I bought a brand new black on stone 5AT. It had 14 miles on it. I had been thinking about it forever and saving my pennies.
On Saturday some a-hole dinged it in a carpark. I was really p1ssed but not as p1ssed as on the Sunday when I tripped while out walking and sprained my RIGHT ankle. I also broke a bone in my RIGHT foot.
One of the Lawyers at work warned me that if I drove in a cast and had a prang I'd almost certainly be found at fault so I relied on lifts in all sorts of non-G cars. I hopped around on my crutches. Every morning and every night I took a peek in the garage. On Sundays I drove her around the sub just to get it out of my system.
I got the cast off today! I negotiated the cast time down from 3 weeks down to two and it worked! I came out of the Orthopedic surgeon's place and pried the keys out of my wife's hand. She didn't want to give them up.
Tonight I was on the freeway doing a relaxed 80 (cos G only has 400 on the clock) and a very nice red ZX300 came alongside to see if I wanted to play. I waved him off till another day when she is broken in, but it was a nice moment after such a ****ty few weeks.
Now the fun starts.
On Thursday March 31 I bought a brand new black on stone 5AT. It had 14 miles on it. I had been thinking about it forever and saving my pennies.
On Saturday some a-hole dinged it in a carpark. I was really p1ssed but not as p1ssed as on the Sunday when I tripped while out walking and sprained my RIGHT ankle. I also broke a bone in my RIGHT foot.
One of the Lawyers at work warned me that if I drove in a cast and had a prang I'd almost certainly be found at fault so I relied on lifts in all sorts of non-G cars. I hopped around on my crutches. Every morning and every night I took a peek in the garage. On Sundays I drove her around the sub just to get it out of my system.
I got the cast off today! I negotiated the cast time down from 3 weeks down to two and it worked! I came out of the Orthopedic surgeon's place and pried the keys out of my wife's hand. She didn't want to give them up.
Tonight I was on the freeway doing a relaxed 80 (cos G only has 400 on the clock) and a very nice red ZX300 came alongside to see if I wanted to play. I waved him off till another day when she is broken in, but it was a nice moment after such a ****ty few weeks.
Now the fun starts.
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I had a similar ding story. I ordered my car, waited 3 months for it, picked it up with 14 miles on it, drove it home and into the garage, went out of town for a week, finally was able to get it out in the sunlight for the first time and noticed a large indent and crease in the quarter pannel. I have no Idea how it got there unless while on the way home when I stopped for a bottle of wine to celebrate (not more than 5 minutes away from the car). I took it to a paintless dent repair facility who made the car look perfect again for a little over a hundred bucks, but that week from time of discovery to repair really, really sucked.
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Originally Posted by MyGUnit
My house burned down this past July '04....and my car was right outside the garage. My family lost everything...and i mean everything, but everyone was ok thank god. We are currently rebuilding in the same location. I guess good news is that I ended up getting a 6MT???
Beat that story
Beat that story
You win so far...howd you get to snap a pic of the fire? How did it start? You just happned to have a camera?
Sorry about all your losses/misfortunes, but this only makes you stronger. You guys need to apply to FHM's "buy this guy a drink" card lol...
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I'm glad your all OK; the house & G burning made me sick!!!
I walked out to find an ugly ding in my drivers side door one day, not a door edge ding, more like a rock from a mower type ding, very deep and no angle; drove straight to V&V body shop; was fixed for $35; can't tell it was ever there.
I walked out to find an ugly ding in my drivers side door one day, not a door edge ding, more like a rock from a mower type ding, very deep and no angle; drove straight to V&V body shop; was fixed for $35; can't tell it was ever there.
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Originally Posted by Gee Im Fast
You win so far...howd you get to snap a pic of the fire? How did it start? You just happned to have a camera?
Sorry about all your losses/misfortunes, but this only makes you stronger. You guys need to apply to FHM's "buy this guy a drink" card lol...
Sorry about all your losses/misfortunes, but this only makes you stronger. You guys need to apply to FHM's "buy this guy a drink" card lol...
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Originally Posted by MyGUnit
My house burned down this past July '04....and my car was right outside the garage. My family lost everything...and i mean everything, but everyone was ok thank god. We are currently rebuilding in the same location. I guess good news is that I ended up getting a 6MT???
Beat that story
Beat that story
I feel such a lucky B@stard.
Glad you are rebuilding.
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