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03-26-2016, 11:48 AM
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That goes back to the prior suggestion of building a good solid wall.  John, any progress?
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03-26-2016, 05:02 PM
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Appointment made with adjuster scheduled for monday... to LOOK at the damage.
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04-25-2016, 08:29 PM
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Today the furniture was moved out in preparation for construction to begin...
Over a freaking month and still nothing started! Car crashes into home in south Charlotte | WSOC-TV
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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread "as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do! My drivers: 1987 190D 2.5Turbo 1987 560SL convertible 1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!! 1987 300TD 2005 Dodge Sprinter 2500 158"WB 1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!
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04-25-2016, 08:48 PM
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Did the driver's insurance pay for the damages? If it's like VA, we can only pay for damage, we can't hire or authorize anyone to do the repairs. We want the insured (or claimant in your case) to hire the contractors. If there is a problem, it's between the customer and the contractor, not the adjuster. I got a call at 1145 PM on SATURDAY and a second call at 1 AM (1.25 hours later) from some lady who hired her GC BEFORE I was even there. Now she's fussing at ME because she's unhappy with him. I told her to call him and tell him, not me. She picked him, she pays him. Money is power. She holds the money, she has the power. I pay her, she pays him. I understand how frustrating it is, really I do. Imagine dealing with this stuff ALL day every day, weekends included.
I had to deal with a horse that got out of the pasture and totaled a truck today. Nobody is happy on this one. Me included. Everyone is looking at me. I'm trying to pay the damage, how can you put a number on a horse/pet? And for the record, not everyone is like you (helpful and "normal", if there is such a thing anymore). Some people are fussing at me before I can even offer a solution or write an estimate. And I write a fair estimate. I pay what I owe.
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04-25-2016, 09:10 PM
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Yah. Check came today for damages... they paid the housing and packout...
I'm getting there...
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03-23-2018, 01:44 PM
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so...
yup... happened again.
this time they missed my house... but my neighbor got in his car, stomped the gas in drive, flew up over the sidewalk, up my steps, veered right missing my wall by inches... it was a hundai this time... ugh, R is reverse... D is drive... how hard is it?
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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread "as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do! My drivers: 1987 190D 2.5Turbo 1987 560SL convertible 1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!! 1987 300TD 2005 Dodge Sprinter 2500 158"WB 1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!
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03-23-2018, 01:45 PM
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I'm seriously considering some steel posts, or concrete barriers...
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03-23-2018, 01:51 PM
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I'd be buying some lottery tickets.
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03-23-2018, 02:03 PM
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Which neighbors are these?? Any damage to your grass?
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03-23-2018, 03:28 PM
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Yikes, no end in site. Give everyone n/a diesel vehicles.
Concrete barriers don't seem like a bad idea tho.
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03-23-2018, 06:42 PM
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And in an automatic trans car , left foot is brake and right foot gas. You can pretty much guarantee it went down like this: Right foot on brake so the shifter unlocks. ( Remember, this was added to make sure the driver had a foot on brake before selecting a gear. ) Selected a gear for motion ( improper in this case ) Right foot moves from brake to gas. Right foot presses gas, car is going in wrong direction. Driver panics, presses harder with right foot in an attempt to " stop the car " but they forgot to lift off gas and move to brake. Car travels a significant distance, driver claims " brakes failed ". The above can all be avoided by dedicating right foot to gas and left to brake. Even if the driver forgets to lift gas foot, brake foot is trained to stop car. Given brakes are stronger than the engine , the brakes win. I fully expect an emotional non logic driven outcry from some that 1 foot operation is better.
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03-23-2018, 09:26 PM
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Every driving course in existence teaches you to use one foot for both acceleration and brake. Training the driver to use ONE foot for both functions means that someone who is competent and capable of driving can panic brake without fighting the full power from the engine at WOT.
If someone is incapable of mindlessly moving their foot to the correct pedal under a panic situation, they are not suited to drive a car. Sorry, there's not a better explanation.
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03-23-2018, 11:22 PM
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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread "as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do! My drivers: 1987 190D 2.5Turbo 1987 560SL convertible 1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!! 1987 300TD 2005 Dodge Sprinter 2500 158"WB 1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!
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