Dude you need to go see the Voo-Doo lady Marie LaBeau and have this shit expelled. Keep your head up, things will get better>>>>.
Man, sorry to hear that but also glad to hear it's no worse that a bumper. I'm sure there a lot of us scouring parts sites daily and maybe we could help find a replacement. Hope the bad ju-ju leaves you alone for a while. Mike
Ryan, to add a little humor here, your rod looks like a forlorned child being sent away to camp and doesn't really want to go. It just doesn't look right on the back of that roll back. Actually, all three are over and now it's time to rock.
So, were the tears flowing before, after, or during you destroyed the Mazda driver? Sorry to hear about that bossman, I'm sure you were mature and handled it with calm cool composure that most of us would been incapable of. Sending good vibes your way.
That's just life as normal around here. When I think I'm having a bad day I think about all the kids in hospitals with cancer, some who won't be getting out. My problems don't seem so bad any more.
Ryan, sorry to see your misfortune! bet whoever hit you was on the phone or something. Good thing you had a rear bumper on it! Ive never been lucky enough to get one of my Hot Rods damaged by a "straight". Ive often wondered when it will happen most likely my stude pickup when its done , I like it the most out of what I own Jerry
Glad it stayed out of the body!! No shame... I would have cried too. Was the dude nice or was he a dick? What a horrible end to a shitty day.
Been waiting for a feature on this car and this is not the feature I was hoping for. Its hard to shift moods when something like this happens but glad you were able to and continue with your plans. Time with family hands down do not compare to any hobby. This said, If it would have happened to me, I would have cried too. Glad your ok cheif. Chevnut
Jesus Ryan, Your luck here lately sounds like every day of my life for the last 3 years. LOL Hang in there. It'll get better. Or so they tell me. Sorry about the hit, but at least it wasn't major. Could have been a lot worse.
Glad it wasn't worse. Any chance that one of the bumper shops in Austin can straighten and refinish the bumper?
Glad you're alright and the car is relatively unscathed. The big question, though, is...what's up with the Mazda guy?! He's paying for the repairs, right? What the hell was he doin...talkin on his cell phone?
Glad you were not injured. Next time consider heading SOUTH on 183 to Luling and eat at City Market.... or cruise over to Clear Springs in New Braunfels for catfish..... fewer Mazdas that direction
Lucky would be if the Mazda had missed you entirely. Sorry it happened. Congrats on your situational awareness and quick reaction to minimize the damage. Wishing you better luck from here on out!
Man feel you on the crying thing when my Galaxie took a side hit from a new honda accord I sat in the car shaking with fury I think the people on the street though I was having a siesure! I was gonna murder that sumbitch. Luckily he apologized continuously and promised to take the blame till the cop showed up and he started to back pedal the cop was real cool listened to everyone and then read the honda guy the riot act. Glad you and yours are ok and stoked sounds like no actual body damage! Hopefully this will be the end of the bad luck.
Bad karma for sure. Good heads-up mirror driving though to avoid anything more major. This too will pass bro.
Sorry to hear about your string of bad luck with your cars Ryan, but hope you and your family are still doing well and you are enjoying the new addition and none of that if part of the hard luck. My son is 17 mos. and whenever I am around him and see his little smile and hear him laugh, honestly I don't care about much else. Hope the same for you. Cars can always be fixed and the reality is, they always do need to be fixed at some point and for one reason or another. Glad you weren't injured and sounds like it almost could have been a lot worse. Good defensive driving. I am a bit paranoid about stuff like that and am always looking everywhere around me for the next idiot getting ready to do something stupid. Glad you were able to at least maybe minimize the damage and maybe prevent some real serious injury to yourself as well.
Ryan, sorry to hear about your run of luck. It seems like this year has been rough for just about everyone. Just keep trucking through it and it can only get easier. Best wishes to your family and the latest addition...
I will tell You about my super awesome 48 hours I had about 3 weeks ago...if nothing else, it's good for a laugh...now. So. it's a Monday. I am pretty well Excited because on the following Thursday I am set to go to Denver for a weekend. I have some change set aside for the trip, Lots of good projects in the shop, and have been felling "above average" for a few weeks. Nothing has exploded that wasn't a reasonably easy fix, and we are in full stride. Hell, I even got a fella to lay down a healthy deposit against some fun work on an off Topic car. everything was going peachy...right up until That stupid Charger tried to go home. It's a really nice 68 rt/se. B5 Blue, 440 4 speed car. it had a minor mishap involving a broken pushrod, but was back together. I went to buy a new Hossfeld tubing bender, and was pondering buying a crapload of tubing from the same fella, But couldn't get ahold of Ed to okay the purchase (business tip- If You have a partner, put it all on the barrelhead, even if it's the deal of the century.) So I took off for the shop. upon arrival, there was a note on the door that said "be back in 10 minutes." This NEVER happens. I called C.C. to figure out what happened. Seems the Mallory unilite in the Mopar broke the inatimate Carbon rod in the cap, and the were at the end of the driveway, come help push! No sweat. pulled a spare out of my box and repaied the rotor...bye Bye! C.C. takes his Maverick to get it inspected...Then the phone rings...Mr Charger is broken down...and now the wires don't reach?...w.t.f..... Go to check out the charger. seems the Unilite came apart internally, broke some stuff and turned into a weed eater when the distributor spun at Cam time. shit. Get it to the shop...which requires me going back there in a big hurry. I had to stop to get gas, first.... and thus, Our story begins. I get back to the shop, wait for the car to arrive. while I am there, I manage to burn the hell out of myself with my microtorch while doing some wiring. Car arrives there, and I disect it enought to find the problem. it's there for a while. 4:30 or so rolls around, I get ready to leave and discover I have somehow LOST 900 dollars! There goes the Model A fund, and 99 percent of My eatin money for Denver. wirte it up to Karma, and go home. TUESDAY. I wake up, and go into the living room to get put my boots on. My Cat looks at me, makes this funny noise and promptly sprays the hallway down with diaherrea while running away. she makes it probably 14 or so feet, spattering everything in sight. peachy. It takes about 30 minutes or so to clean up, and multiple trips to the bowl for me to Vomit. great. I hop in the truck, take off late for work. make it to the end of the street, press on the gas, and nothing. no forward, no reverse, nada. shit. I realize that the Battery in the cutlass is completely toast, so I yank the battery out of the truck, walk 4 blocks, hop in the Big Gal and haul ass for work. Make it there...only to find out that we will have the stupid Charger for at least another 2 weeks. great. Black Hole cars piss me off. and I am really not that big of a Mopar fan to begin with. Truck arrives to the trans shop, and after a mild ass chewing about not having a battery, I hear the pump is broken. it's under warranty, but It's gonna be a week or so before I can have it back. peachy. Top it all off, every person who owes me money is suddenly missing. dammit! By the end of the day, virtually every person in a 40 foot radius has yelled at me about something. I finally make it home, only to discover that I have RINGWORM on my Calf. it has only gotten better from here. shoot me.
I can help with the ring worm. When I get it, I take a q-tip and dip it into straight clorox bleach. Rub it onto said area, and let dry. Do this twice a day for 2-3 days, and its gone!
You know I hear about things like this and it freaks me out. I ride a lowered, black Triumph Tiger with a dim cat's eye tail light. I just know somebody is going to pile into me at a light. I'm constantly checking my mirror.
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