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Ahh Life...What a bitch

June 28, 2008 | No Comments Posted

As I previously noted, my truck was the victim of a hit and run. Getting it fixed has proven to be a little bit of a challenge and between that and other needed repairs, the money is flowing like water.

I scheduled it for the body shop for June 9, a Monday. They were to repair the crash damage ( a new grill and hood, and refinish the front bumper.) I also wanted some rust repair work done on the rear fenders and a couple of problem areas with the paint elsewhere on the truck repaired, as well as replacing the recliner hinge on my driver's seat, which broke a couple of weeks before.

My share of the $2100.00 dollar crash repair was my $500.00 deductible, plus about $600.00 for the rust repair. (The seat hinge and other minor touch ups weren't factored in)

The appraiser was supposed to show up the morning the truck went in the shop. Until he approved the work for the insurance claim, the shop couldn,t touch my vehicle to repair anything else. Which would have been fine if he had showed up. Apparently my insurer's Adjuster, never scheduled the appraiser. After a few calls from the body shop they finally got him there on Thursday, too late for my truck to be repaired before I had to have it back.

Thus, I spent a weekof my vacation, sitting at home because the truck was in the shop, and none of the work got done. (Sadly, I wasn't smart enough to have Loss of Use coverage at the time of the accident, so I couldn't get a free rental car for the week) And now I have to waste another week of my next vacation time with the truck in the shop while I sit at home.

To make matters worse, the shop discovered the the rust damage was worse than first thought and I now have to replace the cargo box. $1500 dollars for a used, rust free box. That doesn't include the cost of stripping, priming, repainting, undercoating it, and removing the old box and installing the new one.

I also have top replace my windshield ($250.00) and the after market bug deflector on my hood which was busted in the accident ($100.00)

I planned on waiting until fall to put new tires on it, but that has been moved up to this week since I blew one and they're too worn out to bother repairing one.

Of course, my truck would have to have an odd size of tire. (It's a 2000 GMC Sonoma SLE Extended Cab sport truck with wide, low profile tires. No matter where you go, they have to be ordered in because they aren't a common stocked item) Best price I have is $500.00 for a set of Cooper's. Better that than $700.00 for another set of the piece of shit Goodrich tires that are on it now, or $1000.00 for Goodyear Eagles like it was originally equipped with.

The first six months of this year have been a real ball buster. It's been one frigigng thing after the other, but, that's life.

I'm going to be so fucking broke again this summer. I mean, how the hell is a guy supposed to afford his anime and his beer with this shit going on?

Sheesh!