Working Man's Burbon

[HO455]

Thank you everyone. I have talked to the mother of the kid. She says they will pay for the damage but depending on the amount it may have to be in instalments. My inner pessimist is not confident that things will work out smoothly.
My buddy no longer owns his body shop so I'm going to have to deal with finding a new shop too.
The kid apparently had just run to get some lunch from school. This just makes my head explode. How do you let your 16 old kid with, no license or insurance drive to school? My girlfriend is so pissed about this part she can't even talk about it. So my quip about him learning to drive by playing Mario Cart didn't go over very well.

[crakarjax]

Originally Posted by HO455

Thank you everyone. I have talked to the mother of the kid. She says they will pay for the damage but depending on the amount it may have to be in instalments. My inner pessimist is not confident that things will work out smoothly.
My buddy no longer owns his body shop so I'm going to have to deal with finding a new shop too.
The kid apparently had just run to get some lunch from school. This just makes my head explode. How do you let your 16 old kid with, no license or insurance drive to school? My girlfriend is so pissed about this part she can't even talk about it. So my quip about him learning to drive by playing Mario Cart didn't go over very well.

Yeah I'd be leery of installments, too easy for them to just decide not to deal with it down the road. You should at least have a police report on file for the record so they can't deny it later!

[LockDoc]

Originally Posted by crakarjax

Yeah I'd be leery of installments, too easy for them to just decide not to deal with it down the road. You should at least have a police report on file for the record so they can't deny it later!

Should also be able to have them sign a contract and get it Notarized. Guy I know did that. It was with an an older guy that totaled his '65 Buick and the guy quit paying on it. The guy with the Buick sent the old guy an invoice every month and kept a copy of it with it marked whether it was paid or not. If it was paid he sent the guy a receipt marked paid for that month. The old guy died with quite a bit left to pay on the contract so the Buick owner turned the rest of the bill in when they were settling the estate. With the Notarized contract and the records he kept the bill had to be paid before the estate could be settled. I don't know if other states are the same as Iowa, but it would be worth checking into if the amount was large enough.

LockDoc

[HO455]

Good points everyone. I wasn't pleased to hear the word installments myself. But I was also expecting it. If they aren't paying for insurance it's unlikely they have 2 grand laying around.

[HO455]

Well it has gone full circle. I will be paying for this one myself. The family has disappeared. They will not answer the phone and have moved from the apartment they were in. At this point I would have to file a civil suit, hire someone to find them and serve them papers, then have the court pass judgment on them and when they didn't pay sell the judgment to a collection agency. I have been down that road before and really would rather not do it again. So moving forward I have gotten the wheel damage repaired and will move into the sheet metal repairs in the next couple of weeks.
On the up side the wheel looks so good I may have to take the rest in for a fluff and buff.

[HO455]

A while back I talked about the air bag guage leaking internally, I got the guage swapped out and it has solve the leakage I was having. I also posted the guage angle adapters I installed but failed to get a photo of the modifications I had to do to to the strap that holds the guage in the mounting plate. The legs are about the same length for a 45* angle of the adapter. The biggest part of the modification was getting it to clear the fittings and the bulb holder.
It's nice to jump in the truck and not have empty air bags.

[LockDoc]

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Sorry to hear the sleeze bags skipped town.

It seems like it is always something malfunctioning or breaking on our rigs. I guess that's what keeps it interesting....

LockDoc

[Average Joe]

Originally Posted by HO455

A while back I talked about the air bag guage leaking internally, I got the guage swapped out and it has solve the leakage I was having. I also posted the guage angle adapters I installed but failed to get a photo of the modifications I had to do to to the strap that holds the guage in the mounting plate. The legs are about the same length for a 45* angle of the adapter. The biggest part of the modification was getting it to clear the fittings and the bulb holder.
It's nice to jump in the truck and not have empty air bags.

Nice work!