Mystikal said:Glad to hear you're okay. :thumbup:
On the bright side, now you can get this Hamann rear apron you've been lusting after!
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:lmao:
TD said:
This is twice in just a few months. Hell, the car has only been repaired for like 6 weeks.
And how'd you know I was lusting after THAT beautiful (cough!) rear apron?
Mystikal said:
Just judging from your general reaction to every other riced out car pic posted.
What (if any) mods does your car have anyways?
TD said:
Are you trying to hijack my b*tching thread??
It has the E36 M3 LTW cross-brace (aka X-brace), UUC clutch stop and UUC Rob Knob shift knob. Upgrades are limited so far to Bridgestone S-03 tires and Mobil 1 0W30 oil. I will upgrade the rest of the fluids to Red Line reasonably soon, the shocks will be upgraded to Konis, and the brake pads will be upgraded to (probably) either Porterfields or Hawks. As for mods, I'm considering the UUC SSK, the Euro ellipsoid headlights (no "eyes", thank you), a strut brace (probably the Strong Strut) and the Jim C Shark Injector. But I'm in no hurry on those. Brakes are next. Then shocks.
TD said:This eldery, well, asshole, got creative and insisted that he was rear-ended and the force of that impact pushed him into me. Well, that's not what I saw.
Ackster said:The crazy thing is this level of inattention happens even with veteran drivers. I see so many women applying makeup while driving. . .:tsk: I don't mean to pick on the opposite sex but the only time I see guys not paying attention is when they are searching for cd's on the floor of their car or if a hot girl is walking on the street during a nice day. Remember that Seinfeld episode . . . "she wasn't wearing a bra!" So in the end, my conclusion is women cause most of the accidents on the road (either directly - applying makeup, or indirectly - walking down the street in a mini-skirt) <-- btw, this is just a joke.
Cliff3 said:
I hate to burst your bubble, but feel free to add cell phones, personal grooming, map/newspaper/business report reading, and fine dining to your list of things guys do instead of driving. I'd say there ought to be a law, except there probably IS a law saying that you're supposed to actually be engaged in driving your car when it's moving on a road.![]()
Ackster said:
Yeah, those are all pretty bad. My boss actually writes e-mails on his laptop while driving.
Edit: Sorry about the hijack TD. Let us know when your car is all fixed.
TD said:Ah, I love people.
I called my insurance company this morning. The guy who hit me has State Farm which is what I have too so I figured I'd just call my agent.
Well, it turns out this guy's most recent payment was due June 3rd. He's in the grace period. If he does not make a payment until after June 25th, he's uninsured for the period between June 3rd and when he finally pays. My agent has called his agent and they will call him and inform him that it's in his best interests to pay by Tuesday as, if he doesn't, he will be arrested under Maryland's uninsured motorist laws. Granted, I'd have to cough up my $250 deductible, but having the guy arrested would mildly offset that in my mind.
So, I figure he'll come up with his premium and I'll get to proceed on, once again, going through the hassle of getting the car fixed.
Have I mentioned that people suck?
One thing I do feel is that I'm going to keep my State Farm agent as they did quite a bit to track down this guy and his current policy. They've been great.
I was stopped outside of the garage looking in when I saw you coming around the turn that he was approaching. I was just hoping you wouldn't hit him. The second I saw you weren't going to, I enjoyed watching him react. I do think there is a good chance he did in fact soil himself. I was honestly expecting a toothless chewing out but, surprisingly, it never came.Ausgang said:To be fair, TD, you left part of the story out as it relates to that rent-a-cop.
Initially, the idea was to drive to the top of this garage we saw to take some pics of our cars up on the roof.
Soon after we get in the garage --- we realize it's brand new and there's no cars in there --- and the building it's for is still under construction. Just smooth brand-new concrete --- and without the little bump-tranisitions most garages have.
Well -- of course after about 3 circuits around and up --- we confirm there's not a car in the whole place ---- and no evidence there ever has been ---- so we turn the place into a 'pseudo-auto-x' course to the top. Essentially, it was an oval course with two slightly different radii turns (repeated over and over) and with a near constant rate of incline. Something similar would be an excellent way to train repeatability.
There was LOTS of grip on that surface, perfect for verifying if your tire pressures are right for ability to power out of any understeer. I used it to verify over and over whether the balance was where I would have liked. (Still more understeer than I would have liked.)
Well -- this 'cop' must have heard us --- because when we were doing the same thing on the way down ---- he about s#!T his pants when I went by the other way.
I went by full speed, as I wasn't in a place where I could lift when I saw him. And, here I had figured I was 'safe' on the way down as TD had led the way while I put away my cameras.