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riverman said:
Christmas eve...late 70s...I had just bought another 300 dollar Dodge Dart while my truck was in the shop to get to a gig...couldn't transfer the insurance on a holiday, risked it because the gig was important and drove it anyway ...sure enough going about 58 in the slow lane on I 80 west around Sacramento I look in the rear view mirror and see two long ribbons of light....drunk driver hit me in the trunk (filled with instruments) ...pushed my car like a slingshot down the road...totaled..completely..steering wheel like a pretzel in my hands..band members bleeding in the back seat...dazed I remember a highway patrolman giving me a breath test...didn't even tow the car off the road or offer assistance..drunk driver went to jail...he was clocked at 136 in the slow lane. Hired a lawyer for more than the car cost and the guy surrendered his license and I just lost the whole shebang ….Merry Xmas story of my life. Also instilled a lifelong hatred for drunk drivers. Good old steel Dodge Dart trunk probably saved our lives that night. Lost a really nice black and gold Les Paul Custom and of course...the gig
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That is tragic, but I'm glad everyone made it out alive. RIP your Les Paul. I recently had a friend break the headstock off my Les Paul I was letting him borrow. White and gold. Not gonna lie, I she'd a tear when he told me.
 
Shaboid said:
That is tragic, but I'm glad everyone made it out alive. RIP your Les Paul. I recently had a friend break the headstock off my Les Paul I was letting him borrow. White and gold. Not gonna lie, I she'd a tear when he told me.
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I'm not gonna lie, I'm shedding a tear right now. Oh, people, people, not that way, I'm dicing onions.
 
-Ace- said:
In November, we had that one really stormy Saturday night with a heavy downpour. At the time, I was driving a 2006 Chevy Cobalt. I was heading back from Beaverton around midnight, and visibility was tough. I crossed the Marquam, took the off-ramp for 84 East, and as I passed under Grand, I hit a few feet of water that had pooled up due to a blocked drain. Didn't see it until I got to it. The water was up above the wheels, so I was stuck. Shorted out the electronics, but I got super lucky as a guy with a truck was next to me and had a line. He hooked me up through the hood and under my car, and dragged me over to the right shoulder a little ways up. Then I watched a few other cars do the same thing, including a poor little smart car. I was able to get the police out there, and while i waited for a tow, we helped push a few cars and block off the water.

So my search was on for a new car. I really liked the way my old car had held up (until I ruined it), so I decided to stick with Chevrolet. Even better, I looked around for a Cruze, which replaced the Cobalt. I found a 2016 edition at Dick Hannah that I thought was priced fairly and had lower mileage. Got it within a week of the accident. Boy, was I in for a surprise. Test drive went fine. Drive home went fine. Next morning, as I drove to work, it began to hesitate at idle and the engine light came on. Off to the service center. I was given a super rental car, and then the next day got mine back. Same thing happened yet again. Luckily, I was still under the exchange timeline, and I took it back and decided to explore other options.

Ended up with a 2017 Hyundai Elantra. This car has been nothing but solid so far, and I've really been enjoying it. It was kinda nice to go from a car that still had manual windows and not a lot of features to satellite radio, seat warmers, collision/blind spot detection, dual transmission, etc. It all worked out, but I went through a horrible stretch of luck in November.

A November to remember.
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That sucks man. Glad that worked out for you. Ya, it's always a bit nerve racking when you get a used car. I'm lucky that my brother is a mechanic on the vehicle i was purchasing. Took it to him and he hooked his super computer up to it and everything came back perfect. Is your new car a hybrid?
 
yuyuza1 said:
Cedar Hills and Walker road.

Ah memories-- my neck of the woods.
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I worked at Tek near there for many years. Later I used that little grade school converted to a Parks Dep't. building (Cedar Hills Recreation Center) to get my aerobic exercise doing step bench aerobics and weight lifting. The parks dep't. building is right across Cedar Hills Blvd. from Cedar Park Middle School.
I remember when Cedar Hills Crossing shopping center was an airport for small planes back in the 50s.
 
ThePosterFormerlyKnownAsTheHCP said:
That sucks man. Glad that worked out for you. Ya, it's always a bit nerve racking when you get a used car. I'm lucky that my brother is a mechanic on the vehicle i was purchasing. Took it to him and he hooked his super computer up to it and everything came back perfect. Is your new car a hybrid?
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It's not, but I have been averaging over 30 MPG, so I'm pretty pleased about that.
 
Hobbesarable said:
I had my first car stolen twice in one week. They ripped out the dashboard and stole my brand new car CD player when it was stolen the first time and abandoned in NE Portland.

So, I paid the fines and towing fees to have the car released to me. I repaired the damage done to the dash and did not buy another car CD player. In fact it didn't have a radio or cassette player. I also had my car rekeyed.

About a few days later the car was gone again. And again it was abandoned in NE Portland. They also ripped out my dashboard for a second time. However, there was no reason to do that since I did not have a radio/cassette/cd system in the car. And to top it all off I had to pay fines and towing fees for a second time.

Sold the car a couple of days later.
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I had a Chevy Blazer 2wd low rider stolen twice. Once on the night of my bachelor party in front of Lung Fung restaurant on 82nd and Division (not sure why I put Powell) as my fiance at the time was having her bachelorette party there as they had a ball room where concerts played at and I stopped by on my way home and was in the parking lot a few feet away from my car. All of a sudden a chick jumps into it and drives off hitting bottom and driving like she was a Nascar driver. The next time was in front of my house. The funny part is that my brother in law saw the car being driven on i-84 and watched the Blazer take the Gateway exit. He though nothing of it as I had mentioned I was thinking of selling it. That next day I get a call from the police saying they found the car abandoned near Gateway shopping center and if I pick it up they won't call for a tow and cause all sorts of fees to rack up which I thought was cool.
 
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CupWizier said:
I had a Chevy Blazer 2wd low rider stolen twice. Once on the night of my bachelor party in front of Lung Fung restaurant on 82nd and Powell as my fiance at the time was having her bachelorette party there as they had a ball room where concerts played at and I stopped by on my way home and was in the parking lot a few feet away from my car. All of a sudden a chick jumps into it and drives off hitting bottom and driving like she was a Nascar driver. The next time was in front of my house. The funny part is that my brother in law saw the car being driven on i-84 and watched the Blazer take the Gateway exit. He though nothing of it as I had mentioned I was thinking of selling it. That next day I get a call from the police saying they found the car abandoned near Gateway shopping center and if I pick it up they won't call for a tow and cause all sorts of fees to rack up which I thought was cool.
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Man that's the worst. Never had one stolen (knock on wood), but broken into a ton.
 
UPDATE as if anybody cares:

But after the car sat at the bodyshop for 10 days waiting on an inspection from Allstate, I took it to social media and kinda' put 'em on blast. No joke got a reply from them 2 minutes later and a phone call 5 minutes later from the head guy in the region apologizing for the delay. Sent somebody out first thing this morning and said they were waiving our $500 deductible because of the inconvenience. Win-Win for TPFKATHCP! Who says all social media is bad?

 
ThePosterFormerlyKnownAsTheHCP said:
Man that's the worst. Never had one stolen (knock on wood), but broken into a ton.
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Oh yeah, many break ins myself. The worst was shortly after we purchased a Lincoln Navigator and I was installing a high end custom sound system in it. It consisted of a beautiful and rare McIntosh stereo amp along with 2 other amps. I pretty much had finished it up but hadn't really secured anything and a few nights later it was broken into and my amps, subwoofers and deck were stolen. I was PISSED. Well, insurance covered it and the first thing I did was install an alarm system and made sure everything was secure with the custom amp box bolted to the floor with security bolts. Well, a few nights later, the alarm goes off and I jump up and race out only to see a white smaller SUV racing down the street and vanishing. It was obviously someone who had been monitoring what I was doing in the driveway. They didn't try again.
 
ThePosterFormerlyKnownAsTheHCP said:
UPDATE as if anybody cares:

But after the car sat at the bodyshop for 10 days waiting on an inspection from Allstate, I took it to social media and kinda' put 'em on blast. No joke got a reply from them 2 minutes later and a phone call 5 minutes later from the head guy in the region apologizing for the delay. Sent somebody out first thing this morning and said they were waiving our $500 deductible because of the inconvenience. Win-Win for TPFKATHCP! Who says all social media is bad?

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I care and for the Love of all things holy....make sure the shop knows you want it right and not fast. The only words most shop production managers know are hurry faster and today.
 
CupWizier said:
I had a Chevy Blazer 2wd low rider stolen twice. Once on the night of my bachelor party in front of Lung Fung restaurant on 82nd and Powell as my fiance at the time was having her bachelorette party there as they had a ball room where concerts played at and I stopped by on my way home and was in the parking lot a few feet away from my car. All of a sudden a chick jumps into it and drives off hitting bottom and driving like she was a Nascar driver. The next time was in front of my house. The funny part is that my brother in law saw the car being driven on i-84 and watched the Blazer take the Gateway exit. He though nothing of it as I had mentioned I was thinking of selling it. That next day I get a call from the police saying they found the car abandoned near Gateway shopping center and if I pick it up they won't call for a tow and cause all sorts of fees to rack up which I thought was cool.
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Loved them Blazers! And I remember Lung Fungs, great food.
 
bodyman5000 and 1 said:
I care and for the Love of all things holy....make sure the shop knows you want it right and not fast. The only words most shop production managers know are hurry faster and today.
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Thanks man. I will pass this along.
 
ThePosterFormerlyKnownAsTheHCP said:
Man that's the worst. Never had one stolen (knock on wood), but broken into a ton.
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I'm with you. My car was never stolen but it was broken into twice. Actually, while I was still married to my first wife, she had a secret boyfriend who took it and her on a joy ride. That was about 45 years ago and to this day I'd like to break his nose.
 
ThePosterFormerlyKnownAsTheHCP said:
UPDATE as if anybody cares:

But after the car sat at the bodyshop for 10 days waiting on an inspection from Allstate, I took it to social media and kinda' put 'em on blast. No joke got a reply from them 2 minutes later and a phone call 5 minutes later from the head guy in the region apologizing for the delay. Sent somebody out first thing this morning and said they were waiving our $500 deductible because of the inconvenience. Win-Win for TPFKATHCP! Who says all social media is bad?

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I had nightmare problems with State Farm in Seattle. Never had a single problem in Oregon but Seattle is different. Anyhow, they delayed and delayed coming to see my car while insisting that I had to come to their shop for an estimate. I told them I was working a lot of overtime and in Everett where I had never spent any time before. Finally, I called them and said I'm having the work done tomorrow and if you want to see it you'd be get out there to take a look before tomorrow morning. I threw in a front end alignment and a more expensive rental just because I was pissed.

Funny thing is that the regional State Farm office here in Oregon said they couldn't make me go to State Farm for an estimate but every State Farm office that I called in the Seattle area said I needed to go to their claim center shop for my estimate. After a lot of grief, I ignored this.
 
Hoopguru said:
Loved them Blazers! And I remember Lung Fungs, great food.
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I always went to either The New Republic or Hung Far Lo's in Chinatown. They both served excellent Tomato Beef Chow Yuk with Chinese pea pods.
 
Our silver Camry has been hit several times, none of them were our fault, and all three were just stupid. First time, some idiots sitting in front of my wife at a stoplight, put the car into reverse and backed into her. Still not sure why. Luckily they didn’t try to contest it or it would have been hard to prove that we were't at fault. We got a dash cam after that one. Second time, I was sitting at a light on TV Highway and an older guy in an SUV plowed into the back of the Camry going 35-40 mph. That didn't really feel good. They should have totaled the car..... but they didn't. Last time, my wife and I were walking out of Fred Meyer and we watched some dumbass chick back into our parked car.

I thought silver was supposed to be easy to see....... but alas, three times we were hit by morons.
 
Natebishop3 said:
Our silver Camry has been hit several times, none of them were our fault, and all three were just stupid. First time, some idiots sitting in front of my wife at a stoplight, put the car into reverse and backed into her. Still not sure why. Luckily they didn’t try to contest it or it would have been hard to prove that we were't at fault. We got a dash cam after that one. Second time, I was sitting at a light on TV Highway and an older guy in an SUV plowed into the back of the Camry going 35-40 mph. That didn't really feel good. They should have totaled the car..... but they didn't. Last time, my wife and I were walking out of Fred Meyer and we watched some dumbass chick back into our parked car.

I thought silver was supposed to be easy to see....... but alas, three times we were hit by morons.
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I'd really really really like to see your rear frame rails if you were hit from behind at that speed.
 
Natebishop3 said:
I thought silver was supposed to be easy to see....... but alas, three times we were hit by morons.
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Really? I always avoided silver cars because they disappear on the road, especially with the cloudy weather in Portland.

But, people have managed to run into my cars standing in red lights even tho I usually drive red cars - people just do not pay attention.
 
I had a rental car in San Francisco that was stolen. That was interesting.
 
bodyman5000 and 1 said:
I'd really really really like to see your rear frame rails if you were hit from behind at that speed.
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Our lawyer had a guy take a look at them. The dealer didn't fix it right the first time and then we had another company fix it.

But yeah.... it was like 14k in repairs. I don't know why they didn't total it.
 
Natebishop3 said:
Our lawyer had a guy take a look at them. The dealer didn't fix it right the first time and then we had another company fix it.

But yeah.... it was like 14k in repairs. I don't know why they didn't total it.
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Not surprised at all. Glad it got taken care of.

We just had an old Corolla come in this week that had at some point had a rear body panel and quarter panel replaced.

Not even welded together. We have to turn these kinds of cars away unless the owner pays to fix it properly.

Even though all it was here for was a bumper.
 
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