Sorry to hear of your loss. Glad to hear you're OK, though. If it's a total
loss I hope you can salvage some of the parts for your next TR3 (maybe a TR4
perhaps?).
I'll be really interested on your exploits with Mercury Ins. I've been
considering switching to them for my daily driver, so I hope you report good
news. You had a 400 point car worth $35,000? Right? :))))
Hope you make it to Triumphest.
John
On Wednesday, September 01, 2004 6:29 PM, Randall [SMTP:tr3driver@comcast.net]
wrote:
> > Randall:
> >
> >
> > 59 TR3A TS39781LO wrecked :(
> >
> > Just noticed this. Care to tell us. You, we care about, sorta,
> > but how is the 3A?
>
> Hard to say for sure, but it's pretty bad. Going home on the 91 freeway
> Monday evening : traffic stopped, I stopped, the guy behind me didn't stop.
> At least not until his bumper was about where I had been sitting !
>
> Got pushed into the car in front of me, so it's wrecked at both ends. Frame
> can probably be straightened, tub might be salvageable but it's buckled over
> the RR tire well. Front apron *might* be worth saving, but I doubt it
> seriously. Both right fenders are gone, as is the rear clip. Drivetrain
> seems OK, not even leaking water, but I only drove it a couple of hundred
> feet as the front apron was keeping the RF tire from turning left of center.
> The yellow stuff leaking out proved to be apple juice from the broken
> bottles in the trunk.
>
> I'm fine, but I'm gonna miss my car !
>
> Haven't really started the fight with the ins co yet, but we'll see how it
> goes. There's no doubt the guy behind me was at fault, he even told the CHP
> on the scene that he took his eyes off the road to get a Coke. And the law
> says he must "make me whole", which means I either get my car repaired or
> another one like it.
>
> Any bets on whether we wind up in court ?
>
> Randall
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