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[treydog]

So very sorry for the loss of the vehicle, haute. But glad you are OK.

We become attached to our personal transports... I know if something happens to Gruening I will be quite distressed.

Take care of yourself and best wishes for everything going forward.

[haute ecole rider]

Thanks to all of you for everything you've said.

Grits:

Yikes, haute, that really stinks. I’m glad that no one was hurt. It sounds like your Saturn did a good job keeping you safe.

This.

SubRosa: And this:

Ouch! At least there were no serious injuries. Cars are a lot easier to fix or replace than people.

That's what I keep telling myself. But damn, it's still hard to lose a car before its time.

Just heard from the adjuster this morning. It is a total loss. Not surprised. I went to the tow yard to get my personal property out of it, and was able to get a closer look at the damage. Nothing in the engine compartment is in its original place. Nothing. So I'm not surprised. The adjuster said it would be sold for salvage - that's all that's left for this car.

So now we're off to the next stage, where the insurance makes me a settlement offer. Hopefully I'll be in a replacement by the end of the week, fingers crossed. I really, really hate this rental car. I'm hoping to get into another Saturn Aura, there's quite a few good deals out there.

[mALX]

So very sorry for the loss of the vehicle, haute. But glad you are OK.

We become attached to our personal transports... I know if something happens to Gruening I will be quite distressed.

Take care of yourself and best wishes for everything going forward.

Er, has your car been to Anchorage, Alaska? (I've been there too, if playing Fallout 3 counts).

[mirocu]

Hopefully I'll be in a replacement by the end of the week, fingers crossed. I really, really hate this rental car. I'm hoping to get into another Saturn Aura, there's quite a few good deals out there.

Try to be a little nice to the rental. I´m sure it does as good of a job as it can for you during all this and that it´s perfectly aware that it can´t replace your own.


Good luck getting a replacement you can connect with

[haute ecole rider]

Don't worry, 'Rocu. It's a decent car, but just not what I'm used to. Guess twenty years of owning Saturns have spoiled me. In any case, I returned it with a nearly full tank of gas last night, which is half a tank more than I got two weeks ago.

About time, but I finally got a new used car. Yes, it's another Saturn Aura. Where my old one was the basic model, 4 cyl. engine, few options, this one is, while a year and 15,000 miles older, is fully loaded, with a 3.6L V6, power sunroof, leather seats (heated!), auto-dim mirrors (a must for nighttime driving in the 'burbs, where every idiot in an SUV has his high beams on), 6-way adjustable power seats, and a universal garage door opener! Whoo hoo! It's silver with black interior, all the better for my old eyes. Light-colored interiors just strain my eyes from the glare. Yup, my eyes are that sensitive. In fact, one of the things that drove me nuts about the rental was that it didn't have automatic lights. So I kept driving off from work at 10 pm not realizing that I don't have my headlights on. Not good. Then it's dinging like crazy at me because I keep turning off the engine and getting out without turning the lights off!

So now I'm ready to put all this behind me and spend the next five or six years enjoying this car.

This post has been edited by haute ecole rider: Nov 7 2014, 03:21 PM

[Grits]

Yay, congrats on the new Saturn! I'm glad you found one you can love.

[mirocu]

Picture, or it didn´t happen!!

[Acadian]

Congrats, Rider. I'm sure getting a new good Saturn will help put the accident behind you. I hope you enjoy it as much as you did the previous one!

[mALX]

Congrats Haute! Sounds like you got a really good outcome despite the tragedy of the accident! I am so glad you were able to find one so similar, and glad it offered a few extras as well. I hope that eases the trauma some of the accident itself and of losing your dear car. It is no joke that we become attached to our cars, that is for sure.

[haute ecole rider]

Picture, or it didn´t happen!!

Okay, okay!

Ya asked for it, 'Rocu!

The Before, both the good side and the bad:

Aaaaand here's Johnny Jack!

[mirocu]

Congrats on your new Saturn! It looks awesome!

(*cough*foranAmericancar*cough*)


What? Nothing



I hope you´ll have many fine miles with your new friend

This post has been edited by mirocu: Nov 9 2014, 08:21 PM

[Acadian]

Yup, from those screenshots pictures, I'd say it was time for a replacement Saturn. The new one looks greeaat!

[haute ecole rider]

Congrats on your new Saturn! It looks awesome!

(*cough*foranAmericancar*cough*)


What? Nothing



I hope you´ll have many fine miles with your new friend

The irony of it all is: Saturns, though built in the US, are more like Toyotas and Hondas in build quality. So Saturns hold up better to all the miles we put on them. My heart broke the day Saturn closed its doors (Sept 30, 2009). And so many of the Toyotas and Hondas sold in the US are created right here in the US!

[mirocu]

Well, all the more reason for you to enjoy it then! If you take good care of it, it might end up as a desireable collector´s item...

[mALX]

From the damage in those screenshots, it is amazing you escaped with no injuries! You must have an angel watching out over you, I'm so glad you made it out safely and intact!

[mirocu]

Indeed. I was in a crash once and my car didn´t get as wrecked as that, but the impact force was still very big. Can´t imagine what you felt, h-e-r.

[stargelman]

From the damage in those screenshots, it is amazing you escaped with no injuries! You must have an angel watching out over you, I'm so glad you made it out safely and intact!

Actually, in modern cars, it's the responsibility of the car to 'take the bullet'. By getting distorted like that, the car absorbs a lot of the kinetic energy of the crash, and that's a lot of energy that doesn't "distort" the passenger.

In other words: the car sacrificed itself for it's owner.

[Acadian]

Aww, such a brave little car.

[mALX]

From the damage in those screenshots, it is amazing you escaped with no injuries! You must have an angel watching out over you, I'm so glad you made it out safely and intact!

Actually, in modern cars, it's the responsibility of the car to 'take the bullet'. By getting distorted like that, the car absorbs a lot of the kinetic energy of the crash, and that's a lot of energy that doesn't "distort" the passenger.

In other words: the car sacrificed itself for it's owner.

I guess I'd better go out and pat/hug my car then, make sure it's on my side just in case. I think I kicked its tires the other day...

[stargelman]

Philae made it! Frickin' AWESOME!

GO HUMANS! WE ROCK!