[DeTomaso] Misery loves company

[michael at michaelshortt.com]

I did something so stupid two years ago that I won't reveal it here, the net
result was a $500.00 scratch.

One must remember that steering wheel locks are not your friend and that if
you forget that -  it will cost you $500.00

No power / no steering x gravity =  a grown man crying, especially after a
bad day.

Michael in Savannah




On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 2:32 PM, Doug Braun <doug at silicondesigns.com> wrote:

> I feel your pain Chris.  It seems like no matter how hard we try to avoid
> them, Murphy and Entropy always find us.
>
> Doug Braun
> blue 73L #5505
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com
> [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]On Behalf Of Christopher Kimball
> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 10:53 PM
> To: audrey kimball; Julie Seiber; jan at raganandbrown.com
> Cc: Pantera List Serve
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Misery loves company
>
>
>
> So yesterday I figure it's time to start (finally) moving some of the huge
> piles of junk from the garage back into the house so we can transfer the
> four big, 7-foot-tall, empty bookshelves back in the house and start once
> again actually parking the SUV where it belongs.
>
> As my sons, David, Donny and I begin carrying things into the house, I
> accidentally whack my elbow into one of the bookshelves.  Because it's tall
> and empty, it tips over easily, and like a scene from a bad Walt Disney
> movie, a domino effect begins.  I watch in horror as the initial bookshelf
> falls into another, which in turn hits two others; both of which fall
> directly on top of--you guessed it--the Pantera.
>
> In what seemed like slow motion I yelled, "Nooooooooo!" but there was
> nothing I could do to stop it.
>
> Vicki heard my exclamation and came out to see what had happened.  The car
> was under its car cover, and frankly, I was afraid to look.  She told me I
> might as well see what happened, so with help from Donny and David I pulled
> off the offending bookshelves and removed the cover.
>
> The good news is the bookshelf on the right hit the stainless steel rain
> gutter above the driver's side window and, miraculously, there seems to be
> no damage from that impact.
>
> The front of the car wasn't so lucky, unfortunately.  One vertical corner
> of
> the second bookshelf hit the leading edge of the front fender on the
> drivers
> side and dented it.  It could have been much worse, but nonetheless, what
> was a pristine car now has a dent.
>
> The location of the dent is directly above a body joint, midway between the
> front wheel well and the windshield, so I don't think one of those
> paint-less dent removal places can do anything about it, although I'm going
> to see what they say.  My other option is to take it to a body shop for an
> estimate, but I shudder to think what a) that will cost, and/or b) what it
> will do to my insurance rates if I make a claim.
>
> At least I have a quart of the exact body-color paint.
>
> Actually, it could have been a lot worse.  If one of those bookshelves had
> hit David or Donny, they might have been seriously injured.
>
> The bookshelves are now being stored horizontally.
>
> Chris
> #3846
>
>
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Michael L. Shortt
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