[Vwdiesel] No 500,000 after all

[James Hansen]

Aw crap, sorry to hear Shalyn.  
That really really sucks.  
Any tinglies in the arms, fingers, new headaches over and above normal, blurred  or double vision, flashes of light or floating spots, get to the vet.
I don't know enough about how your insurance works to comment on that, but write your story out while it's fresh, add to it as you remember anything, but make hard copy.  

I saved the B4 that Sheila was rear ended in a few years back, I should have let it go.  It's just sitting waiting for me to come up with a project, like I need another....

Narrowly missed a similar thing this summer, sitting on the highway just a short piece out of town where the new Case dealership sprung up, no turning lanes or anything built by highways yet, but I'm turning left, standing in the driving lane like a sitting duck feeling uncomfortable, waiting for the oncoming traffic to clear.  Sure enough, I watch a honda civic tuner kid car (lowered and depracticalized) coming up way too fast in the mirror, not slowing, not slowing, I see top of his head in the mirror and tromp it. Jackass was texting of course, glad the B5.5 is good off the line (thanks for the tuning box Hayden) and I outran the little shit.  The stock car driver in me almost spun him into the ditch just because, but he had really big eyes, hope he learned something. 

Stay up for a bit and monitor yourself for a while, just because.  Take care buddy.
-james

-----Original Message-----
From: Vwdiesel [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com] On Behalf Of Shalyn Shourds
Sent: December-18-16 1:14 AM
To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
Subject: [Vwdiesel] No 500,000 after all

I was working on my next 100,000 miles this evening, sitting at a red light on the highway service road and I saw the headlights coming up behind me way too fast.

The long and short of it is the Jetta is totalled.  Presumably a drunk
driver.   This is maybe 90 minutes ago, but I am pretty sure I'm OK.  I'm
hoping the nausea is just the enormous dinner I'd just eaten having been jostled violently.

Pretty sure they caught the other driver (took off). Any tips for dealing with the insurance?  Been on hold with them almost an hour.  Not a good sign.

Despite the high mileage, the drive train is in excellent shape.  Worth saving over the salvage value?  I don't really have the time or space for a massive salvage operation.  I don't know how this will play out, but if someone wanted those parts, I'd entertain an offer--once I know what's going on.

Right now, I'm just incredibly sad.  I love that car.  Y'all know how it
is: you spend that much time working on, fighting with, and seeing the world from a car, you get attached.

-Shalyn
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