so. we decided to file a claim on the car. after all, it has probably been over a year since we've had major car trauma...and I don't know how long it has been since it has been our fault. when nate looked at the car with his brother in law they noticed a lot more damage, like 3 big dents. we have a low deductible so i went ahead and filed the claim. while it is in the shop i'll also get a new estimate on that bumper and see if we can afford to do that now as well. i'm happy that nate won't have a super ghetto car when this one becomes his.. well, we will have to see if it survives to ever become his car. like i said before. people like to hit us.
Showing posts with label car. Show all posts
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11/21/08
11/18/08
one of the e-mails i sent to nate today
bike
| From: | heidi garner (heidileagarner@hotmail.com) |
| Sent: | Tue 11/18/08 4:12 PM |
| To: | nate_garner@ |
once upon a time i put your bike on the car all by myself and packed up the kids and started driving off. i ended up going under the next car cover (either i was going around the speed bump or just turning wide as i was leaving. the bike was on the passenger side of the car and i heard a huge crash. the bike and the rack were ripped off the car. it bumped the side mirror and broke it. there is a missing red piece i think it is the car and i can epoxy it back on but the mirror fell out. it is all cracked up and it won't work with the auto mirror thing. there is a huge gash on the roof and small scratch on the side. some of the other stuff is from the rubber and will rub off. I re assembled the whole thing (i even had to adjust the bar lenght). one of the bike racks might be too damaged to use. (the one with the bike ) it was wobbly when i put the bike up. The rest seems fine. I'm going to take the bike carriers off and then check all of the measurements for the whole rack. And see how damaged the carrier is. If it is very damaged then we need to get a new second carrier. Craigslist.
Also.. i totally don't care about the huge scratch. i just want to be able to put the box on top so we can camp. it would be good to get the mirror fixed. we could check with brother hunt about the part... auch mench.. paint... auch mench. the mirror does in fact work. Ok, i'm going to look all over the car for that red piece and also adjust the rack.
oh, your bike is getting a tune up. there is a huge gash in the back tire- so i'm getting it replaced. Also, your crank set is old, and the part is hard to find. they would need to replace the whole thing if they cannot get the part. If so i told them to just do it. It will be about 90 for that part - it would be the bars for the pedals as well because the bolt is square and they don't do that anymore.. so it will be upgraded. i talked to him about putting money into it.. and we both agreed that even if you find you love road biking more the mountain bike is good for family bike rides and such - it is the suv of bikes... so i don't feel bad about putting money into it. i want you to RIDE IT...
and i don't feel bad about the scratch- except for that it will be your car and i don't want you to have ghetto ness all of the time. maybe when it becomes yours we can get the whole thing painted and replace the bumper and the mirror and have the scratch filled.
love ya
heidi
that was the end of the message
for the record. last time i blue booked the retail value of the car it was about 5k more than what we paid. the lady discounted it because she had a dent in the fender. we never got it fixed... we will when we have the money. the people that gave us a sort of estimate on the fender before we bought the car gave us a way higher(like double) estimate when i took our car in and saw that i was a "stupid" girl.. they did not get any of our money and enver will. i wanted to fix it before we got a mini van and passed it onto nate. he always seems to get the ghetto cars- and this would be his first chance at a nice car. so much for that.
i don't know much about bikes, so i could have said some of the terms wrong.
maesyn said our car looked naked (in a whisper voice) when the rack was off.
we get toyotas because they will last forever- but someone usually totals our cars before they can die. (we had 2 cars totalled in 6 months time) -this is our 5th toyota that we've owned in 6 years of marriage (we both drive toyotas).
i think i sound a little selfish about the car thing... i bet nate hates that we roll in such trashed cars, but i think that the rack makes it look a little hardcore-and maes thinks it makes it look a little less naked.
Also.. i totally don't care about the huge scratch. i just want to be able to put the box on top so we can camp. it would be good to get the mirror fixed. we could check with brother hunt about the part... auch mench.. paint... auch mench. the mirror does in fact work. Ok, i'm going to look all over the car for that red piece and also adjust the rack.
oh, your bike is getting a tune up. there is a huge gash in the back tire- so i'm getting it replaced. Also, your crank set is old, and the part is hard to find. they would need to replace the whole thing if they cannot get the part. If so i told them to just do it. It will be about 90 for that part - it would be the bars for the pedals as well because the bolt is square and they don't do that anymore.. so it will be upgraded. i talked to him about putting money into it.. and we both agreed that even if you find you love road biking more the mountain bike is good for family bike rides and such - it is the suv of bikes... so i don't feel bad about putting money into it. i want you to RIDE IT...
and i don't feel bad about the scratch- except for that it will be your car and i don't want you to have ghetto ness all of the time. maybe when it becomes yours we can get the whole thing painted and replace the bumper and the mirror and have the scratch filled.
love ya
heidi
that was the end of the message
for the record. last time i blue booked the retail value of the car it was about 5k more than what we paid. the lady discounted it because she had a dent in the fender. we never got it fixed... we will when we have the money. the people that gave us a sort of estimate on the fender before we bought the car gave us a way higher(like double) estimate when i took our car in and saw that i was a "stupid" girl.. they did not get any of our money and enver will. i wanted to fix it before we got a mini van and passed it onto nate. he always seems to get the ghetto cars- and this would be his first chance at a nice car. so much for that.
i don't know much about bikes, so i could have said some of the terms wrong.
maesyn said our car looked naked (in a whisper voice) when the rack was off.
we get toyotas because they will last forever- but someone usually totals our cars before they can die. (we had 2 cars totalled in 6 months time) -this is our 5th toyota that we've owned in 6 years of marriage (we both drive toyotas).
i think i sound a little selfish about the car thing... i bet nate hates that we roll in such trashed cars, but i think that the rack makes it look a little hardcore-and maes thinks it makes it look a little less naked.
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