Can't believe it: ran into the back of my COBRA!!

[CobraFire98]

At first I thought it was fate to get this car!! I'm not so sure anymore. I had a spill in it; okay, it was more than a spill (over $12,000 in damages) and lost the car for almost three and a half months(about a year ago). The year anniversary of the wreck was coming up and I needed take it back into the shop and get some things done. Two weeks later, my brother went to pick it up for me (I live in Austin attending school and my body shop is in Houston where I'm from. He picked it up on Friday, and wrecked on Friday night. He claims the valet service must have did it. You know it really hurts when someone you love lies to you...!!! The front end got $1,500 in repairs and took almost two months. I have no idea why, I had them put in some Eibach Springs (courtesy of my brother of course) and that took an extra week. I was itchin' to drive my car. I get it back Saturday, and while on my way to school this last Monday, an @ss-hole in an old Chevy Blazer slammed right into me (Yes, on the highway). The estimate is over $1,000 easy with one tailpipe bent. He got out of his piecer and saw how pissed off I was, then mentions that he just got his out of the shop, too (and I swear he said "***** " after that...under his breathe) So then I get his info. start driving and I turn off onto a side street and I hear him honking. So I pull over, and he asks me if we can work the deal without insurance??!! Did I mention that he is a kid? I say, "Sure, man...uhhh, I'll get an estimate and call you..." Let me tell you all something, he had his dad call me and tell me that he wanted to get the repairs done at a shop that he knows the people at and that they'll do good work on the car. YEAH RIGHT, he must have thought that I was stupid. Then, he says, "Well I'm just trying to help you and my son out, so that it doesn't go on YOURS and his insurance record....!! O-K-A-Y...buddy...wanna run that by me just one more time?????? I told him, "Yeah, that is how I wanna do it...thanks anyway...(click)" Needless to say I called the insurance right a way. By the way, because my neck was 'hurting' and I'm gonna be outta of a car once again...I get a hefty sum for 'pain and suffering'. Let's just say it's enough for a Bassani X and the installation!!! No more complaints here, but does anyone here think that the car and I are not meant to be??? I mean a Cobra isn't supposed to ever be wrecked and I've got a record on that puppy. The sad part is that I've only wrecked the damned thing once of my own accord. Oh well, I still love the hell out of it!!

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Tony
1998 Cobra

[This message has been edited by CobraFire98 (edited 07-15-2001).]