Date:         Sat, 3 Mar 2001 12:51:14 EST
Reply-To:     Sersote@AOL.COM
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From:         "Paul M. Hillbish" <Sersote@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Clipped by a Camaro/ Insurance finale
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In a message dated 3/3/01 2:31:29 AM Eastern Standard Time,
wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET writes:

<< When someone rear-ends you at five mph, and the bumper is bent a bit and
she
 (yes, she) managed to bend up the panel of panted material that sticks out a
 bit under the bumper (valance, perhaps) and the insurance company offers you
 $1200 bucks when you know it's really only gonna take $250 to make it right,
 do you say, "No thanks. I really don't need that much!)?
  >>

I didn't either. I had a '90 Ford Tempo, that I bought for $500 from a
friend. I had the car for a month, before some lady that lived above where I
work decided that she was going to back up at about 45 MPH and into my parked
car. We called the cops, and all the time she was saying that it was MY
fault. She hit a parked car, in an open parking lot! Anyway, she managed to
total it (even though it was drivable) and I got $3,000 for a car that I paid
$500 for. I used that money to get my Jetta, which I paid $1500 for. So I
came out of the deal $1,000 ahead. That $1,000 went into the Jetta recently
though for mechanical repairs. Then, as luck would have it, after I get it
out of the shop, I get rear-ended by an 18 wheeler. I seem to attract stupid
people. So now I am in the middle of another insurance crisis. I'm just not
allowed to have any vehicles that don't have any dents. Anyone know of a way
to armor plate a car? I need the Batman shield.

--Paul--