Having your car broken into, your stereo stolen and your dashboard broken in half in 17 degree weather. While it's at the garage.
Sigh.
Update: Driving the 2006 Dodge Magnum makes it suck less. SWEET!
(Or from Karen's words to the Insurance/Rental Car Gods' ears!)
Must be the week to have that happen. Ours was broken into last weekend.
Posted by: Robin | December 09, 2005 at 10:12
Wow, that totally sucks, Gwenda. They really broke your dashboard in half?
Posted by: Jason Erik Lundberg | December 09, 2005 at 10:23
Yep. It's not even driveable. And now someone's telling me that it should really be the insurance of the garage that pays for this and not mine -- but of course they're not insured for this kind of thing. Grrrr.
Posted by: Gwenda | December 09, 2005 at 10:52
I'm sorry. I hope you have a good insurance company. Let me know if you need any help prodding them to get it fixed.
Posted by: Kim | December 09, 2005 at 10:59
Thanks, Kim. My insurance company's being awesome, actually -- it pays to be covered by hometown people who know your parents(!) and have to face them if they screw you over. They're arranging for a rental right now. But they're also wrangling with the garage; fingers crossed that the garage has to pony up. I am quell unimpressed with them so far. (Did I mention they couldn't even fix what was wrong in the first place?)
Posted by: Gwenda | December 09, 2005 at 11:11
Oh wow, Gwenda, that's awful. Good luck on getting everything taken care of quickly.
Posted by: Susan | December 09, 2005 at 12:00
Yes, good luck!
Posted by: Jenny D | December 09, 2005 at 12:50
Oh, Gwenda, that's terrible! I've had that happen once, and it's so shocking. (And the stereo they stole wasn't even a good one. Idiots.)
I'm impressed with your insurance agency... here's hoping they are able to wrangle something out of the garage and get your car fixed immediately.
Posted by: toni | December 09, 2005 at 13:25
Man, that sucks. Hope you get a good comfy rental with great heating, so you can at least luxuriate in a smooth ride that has everything working right while arranging to have your own car taken care of.
Posted by: Karen | December 09, 2005 at 14:13
Glad to hear you've got a good company behind you. They'll take care of you, and go after the garage later, esp. if it's the company I'm thinking of.
Posted by: Kim | December 09, 2005 at 15:05
Sucks!
This isn't the place I took my car to, is it?
The Magnum? Schweet.
Posted by: Alan | December 09, 2005 at 18:28
ugh - people suck. well theiving people - glad the insurance people are being great.
Posted by: chance | December 09, 2005 at 20:20
Oh that so sucks! I'm so sorry!
Posted by: chris barzak | December 09, 2005 at 20:29
That's just awful, Gwenda. I'm so sorry. Enjoy the Dodge Magnum in the meantime, though!
Posted by: Steph Burgis | December 10, 2005 at 03:48