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Timco 08-22-2014 02:28 PM

So, how was your day?
 
FYI, that is Vanilla.

http://i868.photobucket.com/albums/a...pslsa8c9iy.jpg

keysguy 08-22-2014 02:38 PM

OMG that sucks

Timco 08-22-2014 02:41 PM

And I just found out today I have an ulcer. This does not help.

Perfectlap 08-22-2014 02:50 PM

same thing happened to me in the rear trunk with a bottle of Griot's Garage Wax.
I didn't notice it unitl it had dried. I just threw a hefty bag over it and went on with my day. I'll order a carpet or find one on Ebay.

Shehadehd 08-22-2014 02:54 PM

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Brother-in-laws new Carrera S

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JayG 08-22-2014 02:57 PM

Oh My. That really sucks Tim. Get it out before is soaks through the carpet

JayG 08-22-2014 02:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shehadehd (Post 415617)

What is the option code for rear seat BBQ?

Hopefully the driver is OK

gomarlins3 08-22-2014 03:50 PM

Neither one of those is good.

rijc99 08-22-2014 03:54 PM

Get a big clear plastic storage container from Walmart and put that as a liner in your frunk. Thats what I use for take out, paint, groceries, etc.

Polaris 08-22-2014 03:57 PM

My day was great! My replacement engine is on its way today. Stupid IMS!

Timco 08-22-2014 04:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JayG (Post 415620)
What is the option code for rear seat BBQ?

Hopefully the driver is OK

Seems to be 911S.

Timco 08-22-2014 04:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shehadehd (Post 415617)

If he ships that to Cyprus, they will rebuild it I'll bet.

Shehadehd 08-22-2014 04:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JayG (Post 415620)
What is the option code for rear seat BBQ?

Hopefully the driver is OK

Yeah, he's okay. He left when it was smoking and then it just went up in flames soon after

http://986forum.com/forums/uploads01...1408753286.jpg

Chuck W. 08-22-2014 04:27 PM

Ahhhhhh... Tim, I am so sorry to hear about the ulcer. The Boxster will clean up. These medical issue just suck. Hang in there.

rp17 08-22-2014 04:35 PM

How in the heazy did that happen x2? Sorry to hear about the Ulcer Timco. Paint in the frunk isn't that bad compared to....

rp17 08-22-2014 04:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shehadehd (Post 415629)
Yeah, he's okay. He left when it was smoking and then it just went up in flames soon after

http://986forum.com/forums/uploads01...1408753286.jpg

I saw another 911 catch on fire like that a couple years ago on my way home. It was a air cooled 911 though. What caused that kind of fire? So I guess we all need to add a fire extiguisher in the cabin? :(

Timco 08-22-2014 04:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chuck W. (Post 415630)
Ahhhhhh... Tim, I am so sorry to hear about the ulcer. The Boxster will clean up. These medical issue just suck. Hang in there.

Thanks Chuck & RP.

It explains the horrific cramping that left me immobilized on the basement floor last night. Brought tears to my eyes, and I've cut my finger tip off with less pain. This was my 3rd attack in 3 months and I have not even had a cold in 10+ years now.

As for the paint, I'm thinking insurance claim, total front & rear bumper re-spray, new rear tires, and an IMS.

BIGJake111 08-22-2014 04:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Timco (Post 415628)
If he ships that to Cyprus, they will rebuild it I'll bet.


Sorry to see about ulcer and frunk. Your humor is intact (this one gets me every time)


And oh boy is there any knowledge of why that happened, last time I check the jd power best initial quality does not have a check box for spontaneous combustion. Hopefully they won't recall every last one of them :/


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rp17 08-22-2014 05:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Timco (Post 415634)
Thanks Chuck & RP.

It explains the horrific cramping that left me immobilized on the basement floor last night. Brought tears to my eyes, and I've cut my finger tip off with less pain. This was my 3rd attack in 3 months and I have not even had a cold in 10+ years now.

As for the paint, I'm thinking insurance claim, total front & rear bumper re-spray, new rear tires, and an IMS.

I would take it to a car wash and go at it full blast for a few mins. Then let it soak? Insurance thing sounds like a good bet.

Now close your eyes and open them thinking this is your wheel...

http://986forum.com/forums/uploads01...1408756141.jpg


Now thats fubar like the 911.

kls 08-22-2014 05:34 PM

Bought a gallon of paint from a local hardware store last week and as I reached to put it on the floor of the passenger side, it dumped on my lap, the seat, the center console, and spattered on the door panel. They admit the lid wasn't attached properly, but they're not sure that it's their responsibility since I had left the store and it happened in THEIR parking lot. First bid was $8,000.

BFeller 08-22-2014 06:04 PM

I am speechless. Timco - I hope you get your health squared away. I had a perforated small instestine nearly 30 years. I was underinsured at the time and if it wasn't for family things would not have turned out well. I was ruined financially for many years, but eventually recovered financially. Sitting here now, reading all of that happened to everyone else recently makes my crappy day insignificant.

Timco 08-22-2014 06:05 PM

Now I'm worried someday when I sell it will have diminished value.

"Says here on the Carfax report that a gallon of paint was spilled in the frunk??"

Timco 08-22-2014 06:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BFeller (Post 415643)
I am speechless. Timco - I hope you get your health squared away. I had a perforated small instestine nearly 30 years. I was underinsured at the time and if it wasn't for family things would not have turned out well. I was ruined financially for many years, but eventually recovered financially. Sitting here now, reading all of that happened to everyone else recently makes my crappy day insignificant.

Wife is a professor at the U so we have excellent health care ins. Otherwise an appendix or similar or less can be devastating.

Timco 08-22-2014 06:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kls (Post 415640)
Bought a gallon of paint from a local hardware store last week and as I reached to put it on the floor of the passenger side, it dumped on my lap, the seat, the center console, and spattered on the door panel. They admit the lid wasn't attached properly, but they're not sure that it's their responsibility since I had left the store and it happened in THEIR parking lot. First bid was $8,000.

This is horrible beyond belief. I'm really sorry to hear that. Certainly the right atty can help negotiate some settlement. It certainly has to be leak proof. I've been credited the paint cost for a lid that came off and dumped in my truck bed.

This is a horrible story, bro.

dghii 08-22-2014 06:10 PM

Sometime it seems like sh_t happens in two's or three's.

1. Take care of your health. The rest is in the noise.

2. Now for the noise. It looks like your spill is mostly carpet. Just replace it. It's not worth trying to save it. It's an easy R/R if you decide to DYI. Perhaps even therapeutic!

Timco 08-22-2014 06:26 PM

Second pass and you can barely see where it spilled. Maybe I'll just spray paint the rest black tomorrow.

http://i868.photobucket.com/albums/a...pshnn4i8pj.jpg

kls 08-22-2014 06:47 PM

Quote:

Second pass and you can barely see where it spilled. Maybe I'll just spray paint the rest black tomorrow.
On another forum a guy recommended Krud Kutter for the paint and it really was amazing. Don't use it on leather, but it will take paint off the plastic - might work on the carpet too.

cfos 08-22-2014 06:47 PM

Not sure if they handle paint, but I'd give Cougar a call over at Luxe Auto Spa. Better yet, drive on over and see what they are working on. First left after crossing State if you are traveling west on 4500 S. Got to drive around the corner and that insta-loan/check cashing? (or whatever it is on the corner) to get there.

https://www.facebook.com/LUXEAutoSpa

Just started my second tour at the U this past week. Not only is the insurance excellent, can't sneeze at 14.2% U contribution into retirement either.

Timco 08-22-2014 06:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cfos (Post 415653)
Not sure if they handle paint, but I'd give Cougar a call over at Luxe Auto Spa. Better yet, drive on over and see what they are working on. First left after crossing State if you are traveling west on 4500 S. Got to drive around the corner and that insta-loan/check cashing? (or whatever it is on the corner) to get there.

https://www.facebook.com/LUXEAutoSpa

Just started my second tour at the U this past week. Not only is the insurance excellent, can't sneeze at 14.2% U contribution into retirement either.

My wife is an Anthro professor. Lots of isotope chemistry research and human prehistory.

Bad lighting for a camera phone but it washed out 99.2%. Not noticeable at all. Removed plugs from under and washed paint out & under then shop vac the floor.

http://i868.photobucket.com/albums/a...pscjw1yoqq.jpg

cfos 08-22-2014 07:12 PM

That's impressive!

I think you've mentioned that before. I'm o'er on the "upper" campus; while I'm happy to be back... God that Foothill traffic...

patssle 08-22-2014 08:01 PM

Well, my MSD ignition for my 914-6 conversion is bad. So after 4 months of hard work (and 4 years of prep) of pulling the engine and installing the -6...I have to wait another 2-3 weeks to start the engine for the first time.

Yeah...so terrible! But just annoying.

gmboxster 08-23-2014 09:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Timco (Post 415611)

OMG, how did that even happen ? I feel for ya. If that happened to me I'd be yelling choice words for hours. :mad:

And BTW this is exactly why I do all my errands in my old 1993 Ford Ranger.

Perfectlap 08-23-2014 10:56 AM

note to self. Always ask for a bag. make that double bag.

mump 08-23-2014 11:19 AM

At least you guys still have a car, whether it is burnt or stuff spilled in it...

I was suppose to get my Boxster by August 4th, pick up point is Baltimore... still not here. New company shipping for the government, and well, they lost it somewhere between Virginia and Maryland. It left Germany on 20 June, arrived in Norfolk on 29 July, and from there, no one knows.

Slate 01 08-23-2014 11:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mump (Post 415713)
At least you guys still have a car, whether it is burnt or stuff spilled in it...

I was suppose to get my Boxster by August 4th, pick up point is Baltimore... still not here. New company shipping for the government, and well, they lost it somewhere between Virginia and Maryland. It left Germany on 20 June, arrived in Norfolk on 29 July, and from there, no one knows.

So you wouldn't recommend Obama Shipping Company?

JayG 08-23-2014 12:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slate 01 (Post 415714)
So you wouldn't recommend Obama Shipping Company?

why does anything even distantly related to the government if it is the slightest bit bad all of a sudden be Obama.... and anything good is Reagan....?

probably opening a can of worms......

Perfectlap 08-23-2014 01:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JayG (Post 415715)
why does anything even distantly related to the government if it is the slightest bit bad all of a sudden be Obama.... and anything good is Reagan....?

probably opening a can of worms......

probably? c'mon now!

Throwing political references into any non-political discussion is like dropping a silent but deadly fart at your first dinner with the in-laws. Just makes me people equal parts uncomfortable and irritated while everyone thinks they absolutely know who the culprit is.

p.s.
Politics: a total self delusion and spectacular farce, created through the dissemination of half truths by for-profit "news" networks whose sole purpose is to inflame the target audience while pundits get paid lucrative book, television and radio contracts and the networks rake in the ad revenue with a snow plow. Meanwhile the tricky balance of governance gets completely destroyed through polarization of constituents who get all their manipulated information from sitting on the couch. Politics has been proven time and time again to be the least efficient, most expensive and least consequential avenue for affecting even marginal improvement to anything it claims to want to "fix". That's my take.

But this is an even better one:

What Is Politics?

A little boy goes to his dad and asks, "What is politics?"

Dad says, "Well son, let me try to explain it this way: I'm the breadwinner of the family, so let's call me capitalism. Your Mom, she's the administrator of the money, so we'll call her the Government. We're here to take care of your needs, so we'll call you the people. The nanny, we'll consider her the Working Class. And your baby brother, we'll call him the Future. Now, think about that and see if that makes sense,"

So the little boy goes off to bed thinking about what dad had said.

Later that night, he hears his baby brother crying, so he gets up to check on him. He finds that the baby has severely soiled his diaper. So the little boy goes to his parents' room and finds his mother sound asleep. Not wanting to wake her, he goes to the nanny's room. Finding the door locked, he peeks in the keyhole and sees his father in bed with the nanny. He gives up and goes back to bed. The next morning, the little boy says to his father, "Dad, I think I understand the concept of politics now."

The father says, "Good son, tell me in your own words what you think politics is all about."

The little boy replies, "Well, while Capitalism is screwing the Working Class, the Government is sound asleep, the People are being ignored and the Future is in deep poo."

rp17 08-23-2014 02:16 PM

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Yeah, now thats what I'm talking about Timco. Good job!!!!

Slate 01 08-23-2014 04:09 PM

Wow, major undie pitch. Some extremely uptight and defensive people in here. Let the comedic posts continue.

Timco 08-23-2014 04:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JayG (Post 415715)
why does anything even distantly related to the government if it is the slightest bit bad all of a sudden be Obama.... and anything good is Reagan....?

probably opening a can of worms......

None of that really matters anyway...it was all Bush's fault, right? ;)


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