[Vwdiesel] totalled. again.

[Diesel Lover]

I hear ya.  When I still had my '86 Jetta TD, I was unlucky enough to be
involved in two serious collisions in two years, neither of which were my
fault.  I thought someone had a vendetta against my poor car.  On the first
occasion, a large deer ran out in front of me on a dark 2-lane in the middle
of the night.  Didn't see it until it was careening over my hood.  $6000.00
damage to a ten year old car, and the insurance company fixed it!  The
second incident saw me hit broadside by a 17 year old girl in her mother's
Cadillac in downtown Toronto.  She decided that the rules of the road gave
her the right of way to make a left turn while I was proceeding through a
green light at an intersection.  She was charged, the Jetta had another
$4000.00 in damage, and once again, the insurance company came through and
repaired it.  I never got to witness a third incident, since I sold the car
shortly after.

Tyson K. Cragg
1985 Jetta Diesel
1996 Passat TDI Wagon
2002 Cabrio GLX
"DSL LVR"

----- Original Message -----
From: "Shalyn Shourds" <sshourds at flash.net>
To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2002 5:33 PM
Subject: [Vwdiesel] totalled. again.


>     Well, I guess I've reached that part of an old VW's life cycle. Got
> hit in the parking lot a couple weeks ago.  Nothing big.  Didn't even
> notice it until a couple days later, but did put about a 15 inch dent
> pushing in the lip of the driver's rear wheel well enough that it rubs
> when I go over bumps.  Called it in on my uninsured/underinsured policy
> since I didn't know who did it and they told me it was totalled.  Second
> time in two years.  On my birthday both times.   Hmmm....  Guess I'd
> better walk to work on my birthday two years from now.  Not sure how
> many times the insurance people will let me total it out and fix it.  I
> always fix it well and it looks good afterwords.  I guess we'll keep
> doing this until the totalled value equals my deductable.
>
>     Only part of some concern is that it just doesn't seem to be sitting
> quite level.  I'm not sure how that small dent could have made it set
> weird.  And, this is the third time it's been hit in the rear, but I
> don't remember it setting crooked before.  Maybe it jiggled the bondo
> loose from the last time....
>
>     Other problem is, I only have the one car.  Don't have anything else
> to drive while this thing gets hammered back out.  Any one have a really
> cheap VW Diesel near Dallas?  Looks like it may be towards Thanksgiving
> before I can figure out a way to get my old 190D from Indiana.
>
>     Anyhow, just a reminder--the world has it in for old Diesel VW's.
>
>     -Shalyn
>     '85 Jetta TD  270,000 mi.
>
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