{"id":195,"date":"2006-02-24T20:21:22","date_gmt":"2006-02-24T20:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewebgal.com\/wordpress\/?p=195"},"modified":"2006-02-24T20:21:22","modified_gmt":"2006-02-24T20:21:22","slug":"my-car-is-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewebgal.com\/?p=195","title":{"rendered":"My car is back!!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Picture of my car where I got the new tires and alloy wheels
the always busy Radial Tire Company – Brookville Road in Silver Spring, MD . Great folks!<\/div>\n

My car was stolen off the parking lot at work Nov 29th and stripped. The Allstate Adjuster I was just working with decided to fix the car, even tho Sandy at the dealership told them (and me) that these kinds of extensive rebuilds can take a long to locate all the parts. The 2000 Honda SI is apparently still worth a huge part of what it sold for – I paid $16k for it new in May 2000, and now, 5 years & 75k miles later its bluebook value is still around $12,000! Its a great car – averages 30 miles-per-gallon and has the vTec engine – stomp the gas pedal and when you hit 4,500 rpm (to around 7000rpm) it sounds and feels like a big 4 barrel carb or supercharger has kicked in. A very quick little car.\n<\/p>\n

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\nThe adjuster never asked me if I’d rather have a check to total the car, he decided to have it rebuilt no matter how long it took. That left me waiting all this time without a car – so I bought a used Honda CRV before Christmas , rather than spend a lot of money on a rental car.\n<\/p>\n

\nFeb 28 would be 90 days since the theft, and I was working up a really thorough rant for my insurance adjuster about how my time apparently has no value to them, blah blah, blah … But Thursday morning I got a call from the body shop that the car was done. Completely unexpected!. I picked it up after work Thursday (and dropped off the CRV for a warrantee adjustment on the idle when cold).
\nIt looks good. New dashboard, steering wheel, & front seats, New fenders and bumpers, new custom wheels and Toyo tires … (I mean, the original wheels & tires were gone and had to be replaced anyway – and these didn’t cost any more than new Honda wheels and tires would have …)\n<\/p>\n

It looks good – and handles great – I’ve been driving the CRV since mid-December and I’d forgotten how much fun the car was!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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