Your doin' it wrong - launch control edition
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05-20-2010, 07:33 AM
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Your doin' it wrong - launch control edition
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Last edited by bbywu; 05-20-2010 at 07:38 AM.
#2
05-20-2010, 07:34 AM
awww, I feel your pain. was that a "Dad can I move the car out?" Ever since I up the power I let only a selected few even know where my keys are, let alone drive it. Sorry to see and hear it.
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05-20-2010, 08:16 AM
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Atleast the bird ain't totalled! And whatever repairs are needed they won't cost an arm and a leg. Since this is a press car who is covering the insurance?
Love the graffiti on the garage door, looks like it's around where I live in Bakersfield!
Also, you can see the little bugger peaking his head from outside the garage in the first photo.
Love the graffiti on the garage door, looks like it's around where I live in Bakersfield!
Also, you can see the little bugger peaking his head from outside the garage in the first photo.
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05-20-2010, 08:49 AM
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Ha ha the funny part is that it looks like the passenger door caught the worst of it when it drove through the garage door 
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05-20-2010, 11:48 AM
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Man, I remember when I was a kid 10or12 I sat on my dads motorcycle when he was not at home and tipped it, I got my *** beat, lol.
$180k car parked in da ghetto, lucky he has never had any cars stolen...
$180k car parked in da ghetto, lucky he has never had any cars stolen...
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05-20-2010, 02:03 PM
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#10
05-20-2010, 02:17 PM
Just think, not report it, fix it out of pocket and resale right away? never show up on car fax reports, you got to wonder how many cars out there are similar situation??
But do the right and honest thing/
But do the right and honest thing/
Last edited by 2muchtime; 05-20-2010 at 02:21 PM.
#14
05-21-2010, 01:37 AM
Is it the guilty kid hiding behind the pilar? I think there would have been almost no damadge, if it werent for the BIG screw that scratched the drivers door. Why wasnt the garage door open before starting anyway?
#15
05-21-2010, 08:38 AM
Your doin' it wrong - valet parking edition
Continuing the "your doin' it wrong" theme, here's how not to hand your car over to the valet parking guy!
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