[DeTomaso] Not such a good weekend for my Pantera

[Larry - Ohio Time Corp]

Charlie,

I am sorry to hear about your misfortune. If Spain does not have capital
punishment it should now. The punks that did this to your car should be the
first to fry. Rat #$%$%$^$%^!!

Larry - Cleveland



-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of Charles McCall
Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2007 12:44 PM
To: 'Pantera List Serve'
Subject: [DeTomaso] Not such a good weekend for my Pantera

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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