A pic of my "injury" sorry its huge. I can home during a delivery and snapped it.

Edit: should be a smaller pic.

Another edit: Thats my left elbow, the pic lost a lot of clarity when imageshack resized it.

Edited May 30, 200619 yr by Satty

That's pretty minor, you're lucky man.

That's pretty minor, you're lucky man.

Yep.

Aye ... those pics ....

I'm surprised you weren't hurt more, Satty.

Lot surfing update:

I test drove a 2001 Grand Prix GT, and surprisingly I liked it a lot. Its red over black, 3800, 80,000 miles and change. Its priced a little higher than it should be but the owners of the dealership seemed like good people and I can probably work with them. The interior, well, what can I say, its black so it ages well, you really cant tell the cars age. Plus there are a lot of buttons and vents so when Satty Jr. grows up and he'll have a spaceship to play in.

I also looked at a few other places including checking out an Aveo, and, um, what can I say but blah?

Wow. Im absolutely amazed. You were so lucky the driver's side roof didn't cave in like that as well. and with all the windows blown out like that, I'm also surprised you didn't suffer more cuts with all those glass shards flying around.

If you're looking at Fusion/Milan, why not look at the Mazda 6? They're old enough now that you might find some good used ones.

Let me second that.

I live in MO, too, and got my 03 (built in Nov '03) Mazda6 in March '05 for $14K. V6, stick, 20K miles on the odo. A year and a ½, and 30,000 miles later, it's been a great car - a hell of a lot more fun than a Taurus, fo rills.

-RBB

Update: State Farm sent an adjuster out, who declared it a total loss. Now they have to send a second adjuster out to make sure the first one was right. I've pretty much decided that I want to pay down school-related debt so I'm not going to go the new-car route. I'm going to try to keep whatever I get under ten grand, and will probably wait until its closer to baby time to buy something.

Three words: Celebrity Eurosport wagon.

Three words:  Celebrity Eurosport wagon.

No no no.... 1987 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera Wagon

with fake wood paneling & a bumper mounted

propeller tow-hitch cover.

I think a 01 Grand Prix GT would be a great choice.

plenty of W-bodies out there prolly from 97-03 for a "steal"....

Damn Satty... That's about as bad as my mom's Blazer was.

Sorry to hear about the accident Satty, glad your okay.

Hopefully everything goes well for you in the next few months!

Three words:  Celebrity Eurosport wagon.

That would just scream PIMP, and I dont need a car that attracts all the skanky hos, I have as many of those as I need.

Three words:  Celebrity Eurosport wagon.

uh. ew.

Sorry to hear that. Hope those insurance guys won't raise your premiums like mad.

Went lot hopping again. '01 Lesabre, 79,000 miles for just under $9k. '05 Malibu Maxx for a shade under $13k. A bunch of Lincoln LS V8s for around $12k and an '02 Volvo S40 for just under $13k.

You've found it! You too can be Maxxin' and relaxin'! And what a great price, too. It's fairly new, it's practical, and it's funky, just like you.

Not a bad buy for the 'Bu at all. If it's still there when you're ready to buy, you'll probably get it for even less. LSs are nice looking cars (the best since the Mark VIII) , but Im not too sure of their reliability.

Insurance company called and said they'll pay off about $9600, my gap protection will pay off the other $1900 I owe. They carted my car off today, I actually saw it on a trailer being driven off, brought a tear to my eye. For now I'm driving the Accord, which still looks like $h! (althouth now it has turn signals) but is a total blast to drive, honestly.

Harry?

Harry?

No, I shaved today.

Insurance company called and said they'll pay off about $9600, my gap protection will pay off the other $1900 I owe.

Well, that's good news!

They carted my car off today, I actually saw it on a trailer being driven off, brought a tear to my eye.

Yikes. Oddly, when my '00 mc LS was totaled in 2003, I wasn't able to be there when it was towed away, but the body shop snapped some photos of it as they loaded it and took off ... rather weird. I still have those pics somewhere.

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No, I shaved today.

hope yur razor did a maxximum job