So over the course of the last week Ive gotten some bad news.
It started last Monday when I brought my car into a local Monro quci service place to get my wheels balanced so I could drive home for mid-semester break. Well the get the job done and I drive away. Literally 50 feet from the place my left front wheel fell off. The mechanic neglected to tourque the lug nuts back on. He literally just hand screwed them in there. Needless to say the wheel mangled my left side. The fender and ix body trim were toast and I couldnt open my drivers side door. The rim itself also recieved some damage. Im assuming that the awd system was knocked slightly off because they decided to declare the car a total loss.
After much angry conversation between Monro's insurance and myself we settled for a total of 2500. I only paid 2000 for the car which was a steal as this car was in damn good condition for its age and milage. It really sucks to see how little damage it took to total the car. Im going to miss her but its time to move on.
That isnt to say Im extremely pissed about the whole situation. How people can operate a business and let something like this happen disgusts me. I in no way did anything to cause this to happen, yet I get screwed in the end and lose my car. Oh well....
It started last Monday when I brought my car into a local Monro quci service place to get my wheels balanced so I could drive home for mid-semester break. Well the get the job done and I drive away. Literally 50 feet from the place my left front wheel fell off. The mechanic neglected to tourque the lug nuts back on. He literally just hand screwed them in there. Needless to say the wheel mangled my left side. The fender and ix body trim were toast and I couldnt open my drivers side door. The rim itself also recieved some damage. Im assuming that the awd system was knocked slightly off because they decided to declare the car a total loss.
After much angry conversation between Monro's insurance and myself we settled for a total of 2500. I only paid 2000 for the car which was a steal as this car was in damn good condition for its age and milage. It really sucks to see how little damage it took to total the car. Im going to miss her but its time to move on.
That isnt to say Im extremely pissed about the whole situation. How people can operate a business and let something like this happen disgusts me. I in no way did anything to cause this to happen, yet I get screwed in the end and lose my car. Oh well....
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