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From: Supreme Soviet Peace-Loving Pipple's Kollektive of Seattle Wa
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Every scratch will have to be sanded out, primed, block sanded, repainted including blending the paint onto each panel and all panels cleared which is just about the entire Vette. Depending on labor rate in your area, it could cost anywhere from $2500-$10000+
I've seen the same kind of damage on a customers 4 year old Honda when I used to work at my friends body shop and the Insurance company totaled it since the damage exceeded the vehicles worth.
I've seen the same kind of damage on a customers 4 year old Honda when I used to work at my friends body shop and the Insurance company totaled it since the damage exceeded the vehicles worth.
Last edited by GKK; Oct 7, 2009 at 10:48 PM.
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From: El Paso Texas
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There are a couple of other shops in town that do good work as well. Avoid most of the shops on lower Dyer street and Alameda like the plague.
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years ago, a guy threw a rock at my buddies car, and we went back and got him, one of the passengers pulled a tree stake out of the ground and busted most of his bones in his body and then left him to lay and think about treating other people and their things so disrespectfully. (life lesson)
One less to worry about doing that stuff
One less to worry about doing that stuff
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St. Jude Donor '08 thru '26
Man my stomach was feeling worse and worse after every picture. I feel for badly that this happened to your really, really sweet vette!. That s**k$ for sure.
what is "PUTO" ?? Is that a word?
Best wishes for the insurance adjuster going to bat for your car!
what is "PUTO" ?? Is that a word?
Best wishes for the insurance adjuster going to bat for your car!
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From: Peoria Arizona.. Resident Gold Cylon
Its Spanish slang for
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=puto
Its Arizonian for "Lock and load"
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=puto
Its Arizonian for "Lock and load"
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cylon i LOVE the avvy!
im getting stir crazy here waiting for the final numbers from the adjuster. im hoping they wont try to total the car out after all the time spent to make her look and run good. shes my first vette and wont be the last thats for sure. I cant help but go into the garage and just look at her.
Im not suprised it is in spanish. I live in el paso afterall. Te first night my wife moved intot he house when I was at NTC someone tried getting in the house. Our Boxer koolaid ended that event but ive been well armed since. MP's aid that lst weekend atleast 7 cars in my area were vandalized but mine was the nicest. The MP's were pretty pissed when they saw it.
HONESTLY the only thing that comes to mind is the teenagers I yell at who have no business in military housing who go 40mph through the residential streets while children are outside but then again my whole neighborhood does that.
im getting stir crazy here waiting for the final numbers from the adjuster. im hoping they wont try to total the car out after all the time spent to make her look and run good. shes my first vette and wont be the last thats for sure. I cant help but go into the garage and just look at her.
Im not suprised it is in spanish. I live in el paso afterall. Te first night my wife moved intot he house when I was at NTC someone tried getting in the house. Our Boxer koolaid ended that event but ive been well armed since. MP's aid that lst weekend atleast 7 cars in my area were vandalized but mine was the nicest. The MP's were pretty pissed when they saw it.
HONESTLY the only thing that comes to mind is the teenagers I yell at who have no business in military housing who go 40mph through the residential streets while children are outside but then again my whole neighborhood does that.
Last edited by shbbykins; Oct 8, 2009 at 11:23 AM.
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Good luck with the repairs and I hope the idiot that did it gets his. A pair of broken hands would be good. It does sound like one of our south of the border friends did it. Hopefully someone tosses him back over the fence with a couple of body parts less.
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From: Peoria Arizona.. Resident Gold Cylon
cylon i LOVE the avvy!
im getting stir crazy here waiting for the final numbers from the adjuster. im hoping they wont try to total the car out after all the time spent to make her look and run good. shes my first vette and wont be the last thats for sure. I cant help but go into the garage and just look at her.
Im not suprised it is in spanish. I live in el paso afterall. Te first night my wife moved intot he house when I was at NTC someone tried getting in the house. Our Boxer koolaid ended that event but ive been well armed since. MP's aid that lst weekend atleast 7 cars in my area were vandalized but mine was the nicest. The MP's were pretty pissed when they saw it.
HONESTLY the only thing that comes to mind is the teenagers I yell at who have no business in military housing who go 40mph through the residential streets while children are outside but then again my whole neighborhood does that.
im getting stir crazy here waiting for the final numbers from the adjuster. im hoping they wont try to total the car out after all the time spent to make her look and run good. shes my first vette and wont be the last thats for sure. I cant help but go into the garage and just look at her.
Im not suprised it is in spanish. I live in el paso afterall. Te first night my wife moved intot he house when I was at NTC someone tried getting in the house. Our Boxer koolaid ended that event but ive been well armed since. MP's aid that lst weekend atleast 7 cars in my area were vandalized but mine was the nicest. The MP's were pretty pissed when they saw it.
HONESTLY the only thing that comes to mind is the teenagers I yell at who have no business in military housing who go 40mph through the residential streets while children are outside but then again my whole neighborhood does that.
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St. Jude Donor '10-'11
Wow, that is awful. I think that is why my dad tells me not to drive my Corvette to school because someone will key it. I do think that people need to stop being jealous of us Vette owners just because they do not have one. If they worked hard and saved their money, instead of keying cars, they could have a nice Corvette.
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From: El Paso Texas
It's Spanish for little pole smokin' mama's boy that vandalizes cars. They feel the need to leave their mark everywhere since they didn't get enough of daddy's love....but may have gotten an overabundance of their uncle's love.
Actually, between buddies, "Puto" is a compliment. Used toward someone else, it is quite derogatory. The female counterpart (puta) is the term for prostitute....you wouldn't call a woman that unless you feel like fighting her entire extended familia.
Shbby...the military housing there is nice and fairly new, but you're just north of Logan Heights, which is a nasty area of town. I go down there to eat at Chicos or Roscoes, but that's about it. I'm betting one of the forementioned cake boys that lives in L.H. is responsible.
Drop me a PM if you want to see my car....I live out in NE in Apollo Heights....I'm less than 10 minutes from you.
Actually, between buddies, "Puto" is a compliment. Used toward someone else, it is quite derogatory. The female counterpart (puta) is the term for prostitute....you wouldn't call a woman that unless you feel like fighting her entire extended familia.
Shbby...the military housing there is nice and fairly new, but you're just north of Logan Heights, which is a nasty area of town. I go down there to eat at Chicos or Roscoes, but that's about it. I'm betting one of the forementioned cake boys that lives in L.H. is responsible.
Drop me a PM if you want to see my car....I live out in NE in Apollo Heights....I'm less than 10 minutes from you.
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From: Sykesville Maryland
I love driving my vette and can never relax leaving it anywhere but in the garage.
If it weren't for perpetual government assistance, these bottom feeders would be extinct by now.
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It's Spanish for little pole smokin' mama's boy that vandalizes cars. They feel the need to leave their mark everywhere since they didn't get enough of daddy's love....but may have gotten an overabundance of their uncle's love.
Actually, between buddies, "Puto" is a compliment. Used toward someone else, it is quite derogatory. The female counterpart (puta) is the term for prostitute....you wouldn't call a woman that unless you feel like fighting her entire extended familia.
Shbby...the military housing there is nice and fairly new, but you're just north of Logan Heights, which is a nasty area of town. I go down there to eat at Chicos or Roscoes, but that's about it. I'm betting one of the forementioned cake boys that lives in L.H. is responsible.
Drop me a PM if you want to see my car....I live out in NE in Apollo Heights....I'm less than 10 minutes from you.
Actually, between buddies, "Puto" is a compliment. Used toward someone else, it is quite derogatory. The female counterpart (puta) is the term for prostitute....you wouldn't call a woman that unless you feel like fighting her entire extended familia.
Shbby...the military housing there is nice and fairly new, but you're just north of Logan Heights, which is a nasty area of town. I go down there to eat at Chicos or Roscoes, but that's about it. I'm betting one of the forementioned cake boys that lives in L.H. is responsible.
Drop me a PM if you want to see my car....I live out in NE in Apollo Heights....I'm less than 10 minutes from you.
gotta get my kicks sometime lol
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From: Partying with the Cowboys cheerleaders in Mt. Olive, New Jersey
Man, that sucks! Hope the insurance takes care of the damage. Paint damage is not bad, it's the deep gouges that gets difficult. Good luck!