[Vwdiesel] No 500,000 after all

[pmdolan at sasktel.net]

Shalyn:
 
That sucks the big one, but please do head the advice below.   
ANYTHING not feeling right, head for medical help without delay. 
 
The car can be replaced, the driver not so. 
 
Best of luck - Pat

On Sun, 18 Dec 2016 02:38:27 -0600, James Hansen  wrote:

       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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