[DeTomaso] Not such a good weekend for my Pantera

Charles McCall charlesmccall at gmail.com
Sun Nov 4 12:44:24 EST 2007


This was a 4-day weekend in Spain, and I had to attend a baptism in Madrid
on Saturday, a roughly 4 hour drive from home if I take backroads for part
of the trip. The weather forecast was for a perfect fall weekend - sunny and
crisp during the day, and clear and fairly cold at night. But the nearest
cloud was thousands of kilometers away so I decided to take the Pantera. 
 
My wife Amaya's birthday is next week, so I killed several birds with the
same stone and we spent the weekend there and went to see a musical (Queen -
We Will Rock You, so it wasn't a woosy musical). Saturday I took the car out
of the hotel parking and went to her uncle's house, in a pretty nice section
of town. We parked directly across the street from his house, went to the
baptism, then to eat at a local restaurant. So far so good. 
 
After a great feast we headed back to the house to head for home. That's
when reality struck. I found this waiting for me:
 
http://members.aol.com/PanteraGT5S1985/Misc/passengerside1
 
http://members.aol.com/PanteraGT5S1985/Misc/quarterwindowandmirror
 
http://members.aol.com/PanteraGT5S1985/Misc/closeupframe
 
(note - non-MS Internet explorer people may need to put a .jpg after the
file name)
 
Amaya's purse was gone, as was her digital camera and some other stuff. 
 
Making a long story short, we spent a couple hours in the police station.
Then cleaned up as best we could, and headed for home. It was now seriously
nighttime, and had gotten seriously cold. So those 4 hours were not exactly
enjoyable, between being seriously p*ssed off and seriously freezing... 
 
Today I vacuumed the interior to get the rest of the broken glass out...
Tomorrow should be fun... Insurance companies are kind of like dentists -
necessary but not exactly fun - and my company is French. This'll be fun to
explain. 
 
I'm bummed because I'm not afraid to take the car on trips and use it as a
car... which is what it is, after all. But I hate to think that it isn't
safe to park on a good street in the middle of the day. 
Charles McCall
1985 DeTomaso Pantera GT5-S #9375
"Raising Pantera Awareness across Europe"
http://members.aol.com/PanteraGT5S1985/



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