pa2themd 0 #1 March 1, 2005 So it is 05:15 am on a warm Afrcan Saturday, I am rushing to get my gear together so that I can leave for the drop zone in 5 minutes time.... All my gear at the door, run out side to pull my beautiful 1976 Classic Beetle closer so I can load her and my car is GONE!!!! Yip she was stolen sometime between 22:00 Friday night and 05:15 Saturday morning .... some bastard / s stole my car!!!! She would have been paid off by October this year which would have meant some extra cash for my daughter and I. So now I wait to hear if my insurance company is going to screw me over, I have to take a weekend off to go find some damned new car and finance it for another 5 years *sob sob* I guess we should count ourselves lucky that we were not in the car, people have been killed for less! Any how just wanted to rant alittle .... thanks! "Most of us can read the writing on the wall; we just assume it's addressed to someone else!" Ivern Ball Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tonto 1 #2 March 1, 2005 Bummer. But car's are like freebags. If you live, and they get trashed - or lost - you still win. Chin up! tIt's the year of the Pig. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #3 March 1, 2005 "But car's are like freebags." Grossly overpriced for what they are. edit>>>also something you don't really want to skimp on.Sorry to hear about your Beetle Sherri.-------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #4 March 1, 2005 I'm sorry to hear of this happening to you. You're right, life isn't fair sometimes. I hope things work-out in your favor. Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VampireGirl 0 #5 March 1, 2005 Why do we pay so much money for insurance anyway? Come on!! Get that insurance company to cough up girl!!www.sneale-create.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #6 March 1, 2005 hopefully it wasn't your apartment that got visited... I loved that car... Even saw lions from it...scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tonto 1 #7 March 1, 2005 QuoteEven saw lions from it... Yeah. African rush hour... tIt's the year of the Pig. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrelr 0 #8 March 1, 2005 "Cars are like freebags..." One of the things I remember about being on a team with you, Tonto, is that you come up with great one-liners. One that stays with me is: "aeroplanes only crash on the way down" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #9 March 1, 2005 QuoteAll my gear at the door, run out side to pull my beautiful 1976 Classic Beetle closer so I can load her and my car is GONE!!!! Sorry to hear about that, but at least your gear wasn't IN your car. QuoteI have to take a weekend off to go find some damned new car and finance it for another 5 years *sob sob* All of the financial articles I read say that it is better to buy a used car than a new car because the depreciation is so much. Maybe you'll be able to do that since you'll be getting insurance money.She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingnut 0 #10 March 1, 2005 QuoteBut car's are like freebags. If you live, and they get trashed - or lost - you still win. Chin up i like that...... very nice analogy... ______________________________________ "i have no reader's digest version" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #11 March 1, 2005 QuoteQuoteEven saw lions from it... Yeah. African rush hour... Rush hour at the Lion Park... That Beetle also drove me to JSC...scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #12 March 1, 2005 QuoteSo it is 05:15 am on a warm Afrcan Saturday, I am rushing to get my gear together so that I can leave for the drop zone in 5 minutes time.... All my gear at the door, run out side to pull my beautiful 1976 Classic Beetle closer so I can load her and my car is GONE!!!! Yip she was stolen sometime between 22:00 Friday night and 05:15 Saturday morning .... some bastard / s stole my car!!!! that happened to me late year ( like 6 months ago) it is NOT fun at all. did you have full coverage on it? Quote She would have been paid off by October this year which would have meant some extra cash for my daughter and I. So now I wait to hear if my insurance company is going to screw me over, I have to take a weekend off to go find some damned new car and finance it for another 5 years *sob sob* 1976 and would have been paid off in october. that mustve been expensive? 29 to pay it off? LOL Im kidding but it just looked that way the first tiem I skimmed this Quote I guess we should count ourselves lucky that we were not in the car, people have been killed for less! Any how just wanted to rant alittle .... thanks! well they found my car after 14 days. I didnt want it back. its still running pretty well, but its not the same car that they took. its been beat up and the mechanical failures are immenent (SP?) and the INS company fucked me over as well as the thieves did. it still pisses me off!My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pa2themd 0 #13 March 2, 2005 Thanks guys!!! Yes I was lucky my gear wasn't in it would have been ready to commit murder if it was!!!! Well lets see, what happens! Will need to buy a more reliable car, my classic had a habit of breaking down just outside of Soweto! Blue skies to you all!!! "Most of us can read the writing on the wall; we just assume it's addressed to someone else!" Ivern Ball Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
