[DeTomaso] Pandora sighting

[Mike Thomas]

You better hire a screen writer and an attorney (or an agent), you could
sell the mini-series rights to this one.

Mike Thomas 

-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of Christopher Kimball
Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2009 5:37 PM
To: Pantera List Serve
Subject: [DeTomaso] Pandora sighting


For those of you following the close-to-eight-week saga of my disappearing
Pantera, here's the latest:

Last Friday I called the police department and they gave me the mechanic's
address (Randy is his name).  Today I plugged it into the GPS and set out on
a 35-minute drive to his house.

As I drove up, who should I see just arriving in a black pickup, but the man
himself.  I got out of my car as he got out of his truck, and I introduced
myself.

Strangely, he seemed to be expecting me, since he said, "I figured it was
you."  I was cordial, as was he, and we engaged in a long conversation about
cars, engines and such.  Finally, I asked him where my car was.  He gave the
the address (only a few blocks away) and apologized for taking so long.
Apparently, he has a friend's truck in the shop blocking access to the
Pantera, and as soon as he's done with the truck, he'll finish my Pantera.  

He claims it should be done by Wednesday.  Sure it will.

When trying to get the rear deck off the car, they messed up the lock (which
never did lock, until they forced it into the lock position when trying to
open it, thereby jamming it).  The engine builder had told me about that
soon after I had dropped my car off at his shop, and he assured me they
would have a locksmith repair the lock so it would work properly from now
on.  Randy mentioned he still had the lock rolling around on the floor of
his pickup because he hadn't had a chance to get it to the locksmith yet. 

Hmm, almost two months and he hasn't had a chance to get to the locksmith.
Right.

After talking with him, I am really, really nervous about in what state the
car will be in when (and if) I finally get it back.

I drove to the shop (which is nothing but a large garage belonging to the
nearby house) and peered through the window.  Sure enough, hiding in the
back of the garage, barely visible through the window, was Pandora.
Ironically, even if I were to have arrived with a flatbed, there would have
been no way to retrieve the Pantera, since it is blocked in by the
partially-disassembled tow truck he's repairing (and I use the word
repairing loosely).

To give you just one example of why I'm so terrified; while discussing my
car, he said, "man, there sure were a lot of washers in that car.  I've
never seen so many washers.  I'll try to put them all back in."

Yes, folks, the nightmare isn't yet over.

Chris
#3846 (unless that number has been is ground off and replace with a fake
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