[Shotimes] Backed into TWICE in one day!!!

[Tim Dahm]

The factory bracket is over $50 and you might just
find out it's not available anymore!!

Tim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Josh Salaets" <jsalaets@msn.com>
To: "SHOtimes" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 8:05 PM
Subject: [Shotimes] Backed into TWICE in one day!!!


> Hey Everyone,
>
> Yesterday wasn't that great of a day for my SHO - it got backed into
TWICE!!!
>
> The first time was while I was parallel parked downtown while we were
eating
> lunch.  When I came out and noticed the minivan in front of me had
squeezed
> into a spot that was really small due to the car in front of him not
staying
> in his lines.  I almost always check the front and back of my car before I
> leave a parallel parking spot, and sure enough - the van had backed into
my
> car!  The only damage was a shattered license plate cover, but what really
> made me mad is that they went through the effort of cleaning up all the
> remains of the cover before they left, hoping I wouldn't notice.  I was so
mad
> that I just wrote down the vehicle info and left.  If I would have thought
> about it then, I would have let the air out of two of their tires so they
> couldn't use their spare. : )
>
> About an hour or so later, I calmed down and went back to the parts store
to
> replace my $3.99 plate cover.  I installed it and took the car out for a
drive
> since it was such a nice Sunday afternoon.  I parallel park again at a
house
> where a friend of mine is doing construction work.  This time I make sure
> there's a TON of clearance between my car and anything else.  Well that
didn't
> make any difference - one of the construction guys working at the house
had to
> back up over TWO car-lengths to hit my car on the other side of a
driveway,
> yet he managed to mash his hitch right into my custom plates.  It
shattered my
> plate cover that was maybe an hour old, ruined my custom front plate, and
> damaged the license plate bracket.  I was in complete disbelief when I
walked
> out and saw my new plate cover shattered again - it seemed like a dream.
Then
> I got REALLY pissed about it, since the a$$hole left without saying a
word,
> knowing full-well whose car it was.
>
> My friend was going over to the guy's house that hit my car that night to
take
> a look at a truck he was selling, and confronted him about.  The guy said
that
> he didn't remember hitting the car (yeah, right), but if his receiver
matches
> up to the damage, he'll pay for it (there was paint from the plate ON his
> receiver).  Come to find out, he doesn't even have a license, so I'm sure
he'd
> much rather pay for the damage than have me file a hit-and-run against
him!
>
> I took the front plate and bracket off to inspect the bumper for damage,
and
> luckily the bumper wasn't hurt at all.  So now I basically need a new
plate, a
> white plate bracket, and three of those plastic rivets that hold the front
> plate bracket on.  If anyone has a white Gen II front plate bracket in
> excellent shape, please let me know!  Also, if anyone could share the part
> number for those plastic rivets, it'd be much appreciated.
>
> Thanks for letting me vent!  Our cars are safe nowhere... : (
>
> Josh Salaets
> 95 SHO MTX (See it at: www.cardomain.com/id/sh0gun)
> 85 Omni GLH-T (Yeah, it's fast)
> NWSHOC Member
> Aloha (Portland), OR
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