In advance, please forgive me for my typing errors =)
Well, let me start out by saying, this is not the first time something like this has happened to my Camaro. About a year ago, I woke up, got ready, dressed, ate some breakfast, and walked to my car outside my apatment, just like any other day. As I opened the door and glanced inside, I saw pieces of glass laying on the center consol. I looked around and no signs of damage appearing to be visable in the cabin, so I decided to walk around to the rear area. Thats where I found 3 giant holes in my back glass, dents on the trunk, and my right-side side skirt was ripped off. It turns out someone had taken out some frustration by taking a 9mm. to the Camaro and then ripped off the side skirt. The police came and I made the report. I called the front office to the apartment complex, and to my luck.. the surveilence system was shut off due to some power outages during the night. Needless to say, the car was towed, fixed, and insurance paid for the 4k bill.
A week after getting the car back from the body shop, I came to stop light and waited for the "green." I caught a vehicle in the rear view out of the corner of my eye coming up behind me rather quickly. I thought nothing of it, then it happened.. BAAMMMMMM. The lady slammed into me with some serious force. I wasn't hurt in any way shape or form and I'm not the type that would jump out and complain of neck pain. So, I pulled over to the side, followed by the woman who struck me. I made sure her and her grandchild were ok before assessing the damage. When I called the police to come and make a report, she told me that she didnt have insurance on her vehicle. WONDERFULLLLLLL!!!!!!.. After the report was made and she was issued 3 citations, she had the nerve to walk over to my car, place her hand on the bumper and say that the scars didn't look fresh. WOW..
.. long story short, I was never paid.
FINALLY, After months of being 12 hours from my hometown without visiting my family, I was able to make plans to come back and reconnect for a few days. I had planned on this trip for a while. The stress was building up, and I really needed a vacation. So last week I began my trek from Springfield, IL to Buckhannon, WV. I had driven it before and no issues ever came about. This time was no different.. No police, sunny skies, and open road. The next day a few of my friends and family members went to a pub to catch the Heat and Celtics game. On my way home, around 1:30am, I caught myself trying to find a radio station, when I looked up, I was staring at Bambi's dad and Uncle. Even though I ripped the first deer in half the second deer, (still being struck) made it out alive. When the police arrived, he shined his flashlight to the front of the car. I pealed back the broken bumper to check out the internal damage. I was greeted with a handful of guts and intestines. YUMMMYY.. Tow truck came and courtesy patrol picked up the dismembered body to dispose of. The next day I came to the tow truck business to check out my baby. Turns out whenever I hit the first deer, he spun around to the drivers side and his rear-end hit the quarter panel, releasing his bowels all over the car. The guy that towed it, told me that not only did I get the first buck of the season, but he must have been eating some fresh green grass.
Over the past week, I've stayed in contact with the Body shop who is fixing it. They said it would take 5 weeks to fix and its a $13,200 bill. THANK GOD FOR INSURANCE.. but, there was a catch. Since I'm paying out the butt for insurance because of my age, I failed to add on rental insurance.
So I had to fork up $1,200 for a 2012 Jetta rental. MPG's are worse than my V6.. Oh well, the prices we pay to have nice things. So, i'll end this story with a parting toast to all of my fellow Camaro owners who have been through Hell and back, crashes, and dents, getting keyed, and getting doored- We lived a tough and bumpy life, but in the end we are still alive, and can live on to tell our horror stories to the rest of the world. CHEERS
(below= 1st pic-gunshots 2nd pic-deer)