The Car Obsession Thread

[Halcyon Times]

Pfft, all you fancy shmancy car guys:

My dad had a ‘55 Chevy, baby blue 4-door. Gave island drunk a ride home and he left a cigar in the back seat. Woke up to smoke billowing out of the windows. Answer: pull what was left of the back seat out and throw two old tires for seats and a milk crate for trash in the back. Rode that way to RFK across the Bay Bridge many times. Seat belts?, pfft. A deer and a ditch finally put it out of its misery.

Late 60s Barracuda: baby shit brown with white leather interior. Slant 6 console automatic. Pops ran snow tires 365 days a year. Idk why but it was torquey enough that neutral drops would burn tires down to the cords. Put an 8 track in it for pops so he and mom could go down to the point, listen to Elvis and have “quiet time”. I’m pretty sure my brother was conceived in that car. I put it out on a rip rap bulkhead doing circle spins. Just dragged it off and kept rolling.

My grandpops loved Pontiacs. I loved the wide speedometers. The needle would spin all the way around, get buried and the back end would come up and go across. Same w Delta 98s. Don’t ask how I know but damn they were smooth and fast. And what a back seat in those bastards.

Friend had a Datsun 510(?) wagon. Great little car and fold the seats down booty wagon. Put it in a golf course water hazard. Again, drag it out and keep rolling. Those little shitboxes go for some pretty good money these days.

 

[Ashburn Dave]

Loved my 8-tracks. That was the first mod we did with a new car. Had to install the 8-track player with the biggest speakers you could fit in the rear.

My very first car that I bought was a $200 Pinto that lasted about a month.

 

[riggins44]

I bought my wife a Ranger two years ago. The more get to drive it the more impressed I am. I am in and out a lot of cars and trucks. It takes a lot to impress me. We ordered ours and I let her pick color and options. Due to covid and chips I wasn't able to get a tow package or factory spray-in liner. Both of these would have delayed production.

 

[purbeast]

So some asshole hit my car either at my gym or while at Safeway. I didn't even notice it at all but my wife gets home and asks me when I hit my car and I'm like WTF you talking about?

Then I went outside and saw it...

I was so pissed because today has sucked and this just made it even worse.

I guess at least it is only on the plastic parts and it is not dented, just scratched. I do think the plastic around the wheel well will have to be replaced because it's textured but I don't know really.

I have zero experience with body shops.

Anyone have any guesses at how much this would cost to replace and/or have a body shop they recommend around Rockville?

I am so pissed though. I had my last car 12 years and nothing like this happened to it. I've had this 4 months and have that and then a huge ding on that same side on the passenger door.

 

[Chris]

Damn that sucks. Reason #1,212 why I don’t park anywhere near other cars. People just don’t give a shit.

 

[purbeast]

Damn that sucks. Reason #1,212 why I don’t park anywhere near other cars. People just don’t give a shit.

I wasn't parked near anyone. I always park far away. That is what makes it even more mind boggling.

The thing is though, at both of these places, there are stores on both sides of the lot. But I know the areas where it's most vacant at both lots because I go to both of these places very frequently.

 

[Mickalino]

Maybe one of the stores has security cameras ?
But if it's parked that far away, it may not be in range of the camera or have enough high definition to identify it

 

[Miles Monroe]

So some asshole hit my car either at my gym or while at Safeway. I didn't even notice it at all but my wife gets home and asks me when I hit my car and I'm like WTF you talking about?

Then I went outside and saw it...

I was so pissed because today has sucked and this just made it even worse.

I guess at least it is only on the plastic parts and it is not dented, just scratched. I do think the plastic around the wheel well will have to be replaced because it's textured but I don't know really.

I have zero experience with body shops.

Anyone have any guesses at how much this would cost to replace and/or have a body shop they recommend around Rockville?

I am so pissed though. I had my last car 12 years and nothing like this happened to it. I've had this 4 months and have that and then a huge ding on that same side on the passenger door.Repair

So some asshole hit my car either at my gym or while at Safeway. I didn't even notice it at all but my wife gets home and asks me when I hit my car and I'm like WTF you talking about?

Then I went outside and saw it...

I was so pissed because today has sucked and this just made it even worse.

I guess at least it is only on the plastic parts and it is not dented, just scratched. I do think the plastic around the wheel well will have to be replaced because it's textured but I don't know really.

I have zero experience with body shops.

Anyone have any guesses at how much this would cost to replace and/or have a body shop they recommend around Rockville?

I am so pissed though. I had my last car 12 years and nothing like this happened to it. I've had this 4 months and have that and then a huge ding on that same side on the passenger door.

Body can expensive. It's likely more then your deductible. Cant tell from the photo if the skin can be repaired or has to be replaced. Bumper skins can go for big bucks on some vehicles. What's the year model ?

 

[purbeast]

It's a 2025 Telluride. I've had it for less almost 4 months at this point.

Well at least some good news I guess, or the best possible scenario.

I called Geico just to talk to them about it and turns out the UMPD coverage I have will cover a hit and run, and my deductible is only $250.

So I got a claim started already and am going to start shopping around this week for a body shop to repair it. They also said the ceramic coating that will have to be reapplied will be covered by it as well.

So yah, it really sucks that my first brand new car got hit less than 4 months into owning it, but I definitely feel a lot better knowing I'm only spending $250 on repairing it.

 

[Miles Monroe]

It's a 2025 Telluride. I've had it for less almost 4 months at this point.

Well at least some good news I guess, or the best possible scenario.

I called Geico just to talk to them about it and turns out the UMPD coverage I have will cover a hit and run, and my deductible is only $250.

So I got a claim started already and am going to start shopping around this week for a body shop to repair it. They also said the ceramic coating that will have to be reapplied will be covered by it as well.

So yah, it really sucks that my first brand new car got hit less than 4 months into owning it, but I definitely feel a lot better knowing I'm only spending $250 on repairing it.

Good deal, sounds like you're on the right track.