Wife borrowed my car...
10-09-2012, 12:51 PM
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In a heartbeat if it was available in AWD.
10-09-2012, 03:32 PM
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for the OP - follow other's advice and take it to a reputable body shop for an estimate. depending on their quote you can decide how to proceed.
10-09-2012, 10:33 PM
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After 25 years of marriage....I have my wife trained. She all but refuses to drive the G....afraid something bad might happen. With her track record...she has reason to fear. The number of stupid things that have occurred with her at the wheel has kept several local body shops in business.
10-10-2012, 12:04 AM
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My girlfriend recently bumped into the corner of my garage last month and put a nice dent in my IPL front bumper. I had it taken to a shop for a cheap fix because I didn't feel like buying a new bumper at the time. But then get this, 3 weeks ago, I was driving home and taking a left hand turn into my street and a truck was barreling down the middle of the road and in order to avoid the truck, I veered to the right and went over a 8 inch granite curb and through a "well established" wood bush sort of plant and put a sweet dent in the front bumper, some awesome scratches down the side, broke some spokes on both rims and flattened both tires. And the best part! The truck was nice enough to drive away asap before I even had a chance to get out of the car. Took it to the dealer, and got two new rims, two new tires, a resanded and repainted rear bumper, and a remanufactured and repainted front bumper. All for the low cost of the my 500 dollar deductible. So now I can't even be mad at my old lady due to the fact that my bumper looks like new! Actually my whole G looks like new!
10-10-2012, 12:35 PM
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reading this is scaring the crap out of me, as my girlfriend has my car today! I've had my car almost a year, barely has a scratch, and it's the first time I've let her drive my car. I had to bring her car into the shop to get new front shocks, so the only option was to let her take my car today. I've warned her to stay far away from curbs, including those damn concrete stones in the front of parking spots. I'm counting down the minutes until I get home and HOPEFULLY see my car in my driveway w/ no damage! Wish me luck!
10-10-2012, 02:12 PM
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I let the wife borrow the car once, she brought it back with a smile on her face and two BADLY and DEEPLY scratched up rims! Her retort: "it's only a car..." my response: silence. Silence every time she asked to drive it again!! I couldn't even believe she had the ***** to continue to ask! The Bright side: an excuse to get them painted black!!!
10-10-2012, 09:50 PM
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10-10-2012, 10:07 PM
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Had my 2009XS home for about 20 hours when my wife (first time driving the car) scratched (gouged) up the right rear bumper behind the wheel and the splash guard parallel parking on a "big curb". At least she didn't grind the rim. Local shop wanted $400 to fix so I left it alone -- murphy's law says that as soon as I get it fixed someone will rear end me.
She was so upset that she cried when she saw the beaten down disgusted look on my face (hadn't even owned the car for a DAY!) so I couldn't be mad for very long.
Brian
She was so upset that she cried when she saw the beaten down disgusted look on my face (hadn't even owned the car for a DAY!) so I couldn't be mad for very long.
Brian