I prefer to sacrifice babies (that I’ve stolen from the poor, and minorities) to Satan to finance my extravagant lifestyle; besides, as any connoisseur will tell you, dollar bills are a lousy way to light a cigar.
Only $100 bills do the job right.
Darn you, ExTank. I shoulda thought of that.
Another dumbass checking in. For me, the increased likelihood of reliability is worth the expense of a new car. When my car is paid off, I trade on a new one. In exchange, I have mostly trouble free driving, paying for occasional tires and regular oil changes.
Oh, and I have someone who lights my cigars for me. Who can be bothered lighting their own anymore? :dubious:
With the dent being across the crease like that I highly doubt you’re going to pull it out with a plunger.
I don’t buy new cars either but I appreciate those who do. If no one ever bought new cars where would I get my new-to-me used cars from?
Hertz.
Exactly. And there are also those of us who like to buy new for the knowledge that a prior owner didn’t beat the snot out of the car. And some of us who take pride in maintaining a new car - changing the oil, washing/waxing, babying it, etc.
Sorry this happened, Kinthalis. And sorry to have to pull a “next time, try this” on ya. But the next time this happens, call the cops and get them to give you a copy of the police report. Otherwise, your insurance company likely isn’t going to cover vandalism damage.
Best of luck.
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Wayyyy back in the early nineties, my car was broken into somewhere in Jersey City. I wish I could remember where I was–some depressed area, uphill from a park with Lincoln in it or something, and a few blocks from a courthouse… anyway, fuckers broke into my new, shiny CRX that I’d saved a couple years for, had a great sounding deck in it (not a ridiculously boomy obnoxious thumpmobile, but a tuned, Dark Side of the Moon ready eargasmatron). They ripped open the metal around the door and chunked up the dash. Ugh. Jersey City… not a lot of good memories 'bout that place.
I do not believe you are sufficiently Evil.
I have my peons run alongside my Mercedes SL600 Roadster as I barrel down the highway at 100+ mph, and light my cigars, Vet. And if they are laggardly, I have them flogged.
Seriously, though, Kinthalis, I feel for ya. I’m not Mr. Moneybags, but I do like the nicer things I can afford to buy, and I like to keep them nice, and when some inconsiderate asshat screws it up out of malice or carelessness, I have to stifle the urge to square my foot in the ass of the next person who pisses me off.
Because the malicious/careless are rarely around for me to vent my spleen properly on the truly deserving.
A couple suggestions:
-Take the Darwin Fish off your car. I cannot for the life of me figure out why anyone would label themselves politically or religiously on their car. ONLY bad can come from it. I saw a documentary (or blog, or something, I can’t remember) about a teacher who moved to Alabama, had a Darwin fish on his car, and was constantly harrassed and vandalized for it. Top suspect here is angry Christian.
-Don’t double park, fight over parking spaces, etc.
-Get that dent nice and hot with a hair dryer and then reach behind it and pop it out. I got in a fender-bender in a rental car that I didn’t have insurance on last summer and did this. It worked so well that they didn’t notice when I brought it back, even though they inspected it right in front of me.
Kinthalis,
I’m sorry you lost the “newness” of your car. I know the feeling well.
I second this. I’m on my second car bought from Hertz, and it’s been great. They sell them at around 25-30,000 miles and maintain them really well, so it’s almost like getting a new car except cheaper.
The first dings in a new ride are always the worst. Once you get the first few scratches and dents out of the way, it does get easier.
Still sucks for the first few, though, no matter what the car is or even if it’s new or not, just if it’s new to you.