People suck

[FISHYPETE]

Don’t dig a hole for yourself. He enjoys driving it more than a minivan

That was probably the problem in the first place

 

[65TerrorCuda]

I fear the U Haul box truck. I get anxiety any time I see one of those bastards on my street. Always a hit n run.

 

[70SwingerGuy]

Not all people but a lot do. Some do not realize they did any damage.

I got my truck hit in the (rather large)parking lot at Home Depot. I had parked WELL away from anyone, I mean, no vehicles even remotely close to it, and I came out and saw a big scrape down the drivers side. Best guess that I can figure what happened is someone was pulling a u-turn with a large trailer and the trailer caught my truck and the driver didnt notice. At least Im giving them the benefit of the doubt when saying they didnt notice.
I should add that my truck had just been painted a few years before the hit and run and was in primo condition.
Got mad, got over it, got it repaired and moved on.

 

[Jarlaxle]

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You mentioned about getting it fixed and then selling it

Yes, because I see no point in owning something I don't drive.

That was probably the problem in the first place

No, just carelessness and stupidity.

Suit yourself. Car has minor damage, easily fixed especially to a level of a driver.



Yeah exactly. Wouldn’t be hard to get it functional again, and if it’s about driving it then that’s all it needs to be.

I love driving my Duster to work. The more you drive something, the more chances there are for something to happen. But that’s life. A tree could fall on your garage, then what? You lose the car and never had any fun. Drive, repair, drive, repair, so on and so forth. Nothing is permanent.

What classic car do you have that you don’t drive anywhere Dan?

So spend ten minutes banging it back into shape and drive it. Sheesh. Sounds to me like you’re more concerned about some minor cosmetic damage than you are about driving it.

Sorry this happened, but if that’s all it takes to throw in the towel then your heart wasn’t in it anyway.

Naah, I just realize, too late, that I can't have anything nice and that anything that I enjoy MUST blow up in my face. So, I need to sell the car before it's worthless.

Don’t dig a hole for yourself. He enjoys driving it more than a minivan

Not anymore. I doubt I'll put another 50 miles on it. I just figure I won't care as much after a quart of vodka.

 

[70SwingerGuy]

Naah, I just realize, too late, that I can't have anything nice and that anything that I enjoy MUST blow up in my face. So, I need to sell the car before it's worthless.

Wtf dude, get it fixed and move on, life kicks you in the teeth sometimes, get back up and move on.

I just figure I won't care as much after a quart of vodka.

Good, get mad, get drunk, and when the hangover goes away, call a good bodyshop and get it fixed, you will have a different outlook when you see it all good again.
Wallowing in self-pity will get you nowhere, especially here.

 

[Yunick13]

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Now you have an excuse to make it better. Quit whining about it; and embrace it. Have some lemonade

 

[JDMopar]

@Jarlaxle There is a guy from TN coming to Carlisle with a bunch of stuff, and among that stuff is a hood like you need. I helped him unload the hood rom his trailer today at the Mopar show in Knoxville, TN. I doubt he sold it....nobody was buying big stuff. The hood was light blue. He is an older guy that is funny as hell. Hopefully you can find him before someone else does. He is selling stuff very reasonable. Sorry about your car.

 

[Dan the man]

Suit yourself. Car has minor damage, easily fixed especially to a level of a driver.



Yeah exactly. Wouldn’t be hard to get it functional again, and if it’s about driving it then that’s all it needs to be.

I love driving my Duster to work. The more you drive something, the more chances there are for something to happen. But that’s life. A tree could fall on your garage, then what? You lose the car and never had any fun. Drive, repair, drive, repair, so on and so forth. Nothing is permanent.

What classic car do you have that you don’t drive anywhere Dan?


So spend ten minutes banging it back into shape and drive it. Sheesh. Sounds to me like you’re more concerned about some minor cosmetic damage than you are about driving it.

Sorry this happened, but if that’s all it takes to throw in the towel then your heart wasn’t in it anyway.

I believe that if you have a car that you need to enjoy it. I hate that his car got hit but **** happens. He has two choices, to fix it and enjoy it or just sell it. Unfortunately he experienced another unfortunate part of life

 

[Oldiron440]

Get it fixed and move on, yeah people are *****, back in the eighties I had a Maverick Grabber that I had at the alinement shop and when I went to pick it up the hood was all bent to hell. Even then you couldn’t find those hood so I repaired it and sent the shop the bill. At the time they said they didn’t know anything about the damage but paid the repair bill without any problems. Someone there knew what happened to the car and must have spoke up after I left.?
But it sucks for sure

 

[Yunick13]

I believe that if you have a car that you need to enjoy it. I hate that his car got hit but **** happens. He has two choices, to fix it and enjoy it or just sell it. Unfortunately he experienced another unfortunate part of life

You've been looking for a car for a while, give him an offer he can't refuse.

 

[missing linc]

I fear the U Haul box truck. I get anxiety any time I see one of those bastards on my street. Always a hit n run.

I get heavy truck traffic down my street day and night, the perks of having a grocery store across the street, rarely do I ever park anything on the street, even when people come visit I tell them to park in the driveway.

 

[Dan the man]

You've been looking for a car for a while, give him an offer he can't refuse.

If he decides to sell it, it would be worth looking at

 

[Jarlaxle]

@Jarlaxle There is a guy from TN coming to Carlisle with a bunch of stuff, and among that stuff is a hood like you need. I helped him unload the hood rom his trailer today at the Mopar show in Knoxville, TN. I doubt he sold it....nobody was buying big stuff. The hood was light blue. He is an older guy that is funny as hell. Hopefully you can find him before someone else does. He is selling stuff very reasonable. Sorry about your car.

I'm not sure how I would get it home from Carlisle...

I believe that if you have a car that you need to enjoy it. I hate that his car got hit but **** happens. He has two choices, to fix it and enjoy it or just sell it. Unfortunately he experienced another unfortunate part of life

It's not fun anymore. I'll always be waiting for the next thing to blow up in my face. If I replace it (at this point, unlikely), it will be with something that doesn't have perfect sheetmetal and good paint.

If he decides to sell it, it would be worth looking at

I'll probably be at Carlisle. Wish I could get into the corral.

 

[Yunick13]

If he decides to sell it, it would be worth looking at

 

[Yunick13]

I'm not sure how I would get it home from Carlisle...

It's not fun anymore. I'll always be waiting for the next thing to blow up in my face. If I replace it (at this point, unlikely), it will be with something that doesn't have perfect sheetmetal and good paint.

I'll probably be at Carlisle. Wish I could get into the corral.

Fyi: not trying to sell your car out from under you. Just pointing out to Dan that this is a good opportunity to help you, and himself out, pending he makes the right decisions. Whether you sell or not is entirely up to you.

 

[ProjectBazza]

Jesus! And to think that some of my coworkers used to call me Eeyore years ago…..

 

[mopar head]

Just pointing out to Dan that this is a good opportunity to help you, and himself out,

Sheeeeeeeeit, your trippin, Dan ain`t gonna buy no damn car

 

[Mtrhead]

Welcome to all of our personal hell!!!

 

[Mtrhead]

Hit me up if you want to convert that thing from 70 to 72 style I've got 71 duster twister Hood with the scoops Mint set of 72 fenders perfect Grill lower grille filler panel radiator top support and latch with brace..

 

[Jarlaxle]

Hit me up if you want to convert that thing from 70 to 72 style I've got 71 duster twister Hood with the scoops Mint set of 72 fenders perfect Grill lower grille filler panel radiator top support and latch with brace..

What.

 

[QuickDart360]

I have one "nice" muscle car with beautiful paint (my '70 340 Dart). I hardly ever drive it.
My ratty Barracuda gets a lot more miles because it is like 5 different colors and i have never washed it in the 23 years I have owned it. It's nasty looking, ratty, runs mid-10's in the quarter, and is the most fun car I have ever owned.
Embrace the ratty, beat-up look at be happy, dude.
(and YES, people suck for a variety of reasons)

Wow!! Ratty and running 10's!!! Smallblock? All motor? Do you mind giving specs of the beast set-up?!

 

[Jarlaxle]

Jesus! And to think that some of my coworkers used to call me Eeyore years ago…..

You have it backwards. It's not that I am too negative. Rather, the problem is that I am never negative ENOUGH. If I were, I wouldn't be in this situation.

 

[QuickDart360]

First and foremost I agree, that sucks and people absolutely suck.



Then don’t even worry about it. I wouldn’t even report that damage to my insurance, they’ll just raise your rates and the damage appears to be entirely cosmetic. Bang out the hood so it closes ok and rattle can it black. Little touch up paint on the green part and away you go, just keep driving it. Now you’ve got a dent, no reason to worry about another one.

Probably can’t even see it from the drivers seat!

My Duster has plenty of minor dings and scratches, plus some slowly expanding rust in the lower rear quarters. All cosmetic. You drive a car, it wears out. It collects dents and scratches. Stuff needs to be fixed. At some point you R&R it and start driving it again. Drive, fix, drive some more, fix some more, and so on and so forth. Otherwise you’re just another asshole with a nice car collecting dust in the garage that no one gets to see and just rots away.

Wearing and rusting and getting dinged up on the road or time rotting in a garage, nothing stays perfect. Might as well enjoy it!

If you are not that comfortable doing the bodywork maybe there's a shop in your town that does classic restoration work. Worth asking. In my city there are some classic car mobile body techs as well as mechanical techs with good ratings. Maybe in your town there's some mobile techs too?

 

[MDchanic]

Never sell anything that's broken.

Fix it up first, then re-decide whether you still want it.
Maybe you do and maybe you don't, but if you fix it first, you'll know for sure.

And you're right. You can't have anything nice. Neither can I. Sooner or later, BAM!
It's just the way it works.
I've met other people who CAN have nice things, but for whatever reason, some people can't.

My first car was wrecked, through no fault of my own (bizarrely), when I was 17, after I'd worked like a dog on it for months. Since then, I've never had a nice car.
I painted my Chevelle when I was 19. It looked good. I'm 62 now, still have the car, and I've never rubbed it out after that paint job.
Just can't (couldn't, before it rusted again) bring myself to do it. I know as soon as I make it really nice, something's going to happen to it.
Same for all my stuff. I drive beat-up stuff, live in a beat-up house, sit on beat-up furniture, and wear beat-up clothes. Almost every piece of clothing I have develops a grease stain within a week of getting it, so why try to have a set of "nice clothes"? If it's too nice someone's going to steal it, wreck it, key it, or otherwise mess it up.

It's not worth it. Better to enjoy crappy-looking stuff and relax, than worry about getting really nice stuff wrecked.

– Eric

 

[Dan the man]

Sheeeeeeeeit, your trippin, Dan ain`t gonna buy no damn car

You don't know what I'm going to do.