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About a week ago....

Mom was calling me like for 5 days straight.. Asking me why I have not visited for 2 weeks.. "Mom, I'm busy at work but I'll visit tomorrow" I state.. While I was talking to my mom that day, she had said something along the lines of hurricane season, flooding and construction right outside the house. I wasn't paying too much attention but now.. I wish I had... The city had just installed a drainage basin right outside my former parking lot..

Sooo, I'm driving down my parents block.. I say to myself.."Man, the streetlight right outside my house must be busted.." It was dark people.. really dark..

I pull into my house slowly.. you know, the " dam, i have a bodykit, slow, neutral glide".. so the ride is gliding in and then.. CrAcK!!!! My dam bumper hits the unfinish surface of this stupid basin... The basin was unfinished and the city had not put any barricades or tape around this thing!!! Now my bumper has about 300 dollars damage to it.. (See pics below)

I curse the hell out of the city.. then I curse the hell out of the drainage basin.. then i curse the hell out of the light pole for having a blown bulb..

To make a long story short.. I called the city and they are paying for the damages.. Bodyshop quoted me 460 for repairs.. that is what the city is giving me. The body shop threw in an extra 160 bucks for my troubles..

So the morals of the story are..

Be aware of your surroundings.. Drainage basins are known to pop up anywhere overnight..

Watch out for blown street lights.. The darkness can conceal many evils..

and

Help the city with their budget for next year by overcharging them.. They spend 200 dollars on ordinary hammers, why not spend some of that on me?

 
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so wait...the moral is what? don't get fiberglass kits if you don't pay attention?...i don't get it...anyway...just playin, sucks though bro, glad the city at least paid for it...

 
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Should have gotten HID and you would see it. That's a big drainage basin! At least they're paying for repairs.

 
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lol what the hell is that?! maybe its because i live in a small *** town but i've never seen a drainage thing like that before.

 
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How ironic.. I'm selling my HIDs right now on the For Sale forum.. lol

 
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Your name is Tara, no?

Well, this is what it looks like here in South Florida atleast.. In georgia they are a bit different.. but they are the same in missouri.. Maybe they are designed in reference to the amount of rain or drainage needed? I dunno..

 
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ha yeah i'm tara. I don't think I caught your name?

We have drainage things here but they're level with the roads lol so what you doin with the extra 160?

 
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My name is Jeffrey..

hmm.. I could use the extra 160 to take you out to dinner and a movie..

 
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^^ Shes mine... lay off

 
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^^Easy people.. Damn Jeff that looks like it hurt when it happened. At least the bodyshop kicked in some extra $ for you.. I still need to get my get put on..

 
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Go ahead Tara

 
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^^ Who do you think you are pal?!?! lol and btw you comming on Monday?

 
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i was about to get my car painted. i have been molding my side skirts in for like the last 6 mos. and i was almost finshed then bam i hit a racoon last night and i have about 5 cracks just like that one to repair. so at least a body shop i fixing yours i have to repair mine all by myself it really sucks and is really depressing i was so close to finishing it.

 
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I could respect that..



Yea man.. I shed some tears man.. but it was windy so I'm sure it was just something that got in my eye...



I know how you feel man.. My first car.. a 97 altima.. I did all the bodywork on it..except the paint.. haven't mastered that yet. But I got really tired of bodywork taking months..lol.. so I just have the shop do it now. Plus, I don't know much on repairing fiberglass after damage like that..

 
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I'm most likely coming Monday...I got nothin better to do.

 
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hey!!

 
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and your rims survived it?

 
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thats cool u are getting money from the state to pay for that. i would have never thought they would do that.

 
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yea.. rims survived it..

good thing city pays for it.. woohooooooo