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Adrian Thompson · 09-08-2016, 01:34 PM

OK, so let's bring this up to date. I never posted back at the time, but a week after getting the car I managed to drive into a tree, in the Home Depot parking lot at 5 mph while looking at my GPS. Yes, I really was that stupid. The upside was that the car I paid $5K for was valued at, wait for it, $12K by the insurance company. YEs, they really were nuts in giving it that valuation, based partially on the new engine from Porsche less than 20K miles before. So three weeks in the shop, my $500 deductible plus a whopping total of $7,717.06 from the ins company saw a new fender, bumper, support, front right radiator and AC Condenser etc and it was better than when I got it.

Here's my stupidity.

09-08-2016, 01:34 PM	#18
Adrian Thompson Registered User Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Beverly Hills Mi Posts: 64	OK, so let's bring this up to date. I never posted back at the time, but a week after getting the car I managed to drive into a tree, in the Home Depot parking lot at 5 mph while looking at my GPS. Yes, I really was that stupid. The upside was that the car I paid $5K for was valued at, wait for it, $12K by the insurance company. YEs, they really were nuts in giving it that valuation, based partially on the new engine from Porsche less than 20K miles before. So three weeks in the shop, my $500 deductible plus a whopping total of $7,717.06 from the ins company saw a new fender, bumper, support, front right radiator and AC Condenser etc and it was better than when I got it. Here's my stupidity. __________________ Budget 1999 986. Not much, but it's mine all mine. Volvo C30 picked up Euro delivary 6/26/08 drove the Nurburgring 6/30/08 Last edited by Adrian Thompson; 09-08-2016 at 02:59 PM.