Re: Son-of-a... ...I'm hit!

["Chris Chemidlin" <spredhaus@hotmail.com>]

<x-flowed>I *JUST* replaced the winsheild on the uGLi when a similar scenerio took 
place, but the victim turned out to be the beran-spankin new winsheild. It 
hit so hard, I ducked cause I thought I was gonna lose my head.
I called the State police, and they told me to come down to fill out a 'walk 
in report'. Luckily(?) i got the truck's plate # and the name of the company 
and town off the side.  The troopers showed me a list of folks who also 
received smashed winsheilds from various debris. They told me they could not 
give me the phone number for the trucking company, that I had to go thry 
DMV. DMV told me I had to go thru the Troopers. My uncle, the Cheif of 
police in a local town, couldn't get me the #.  I tried information- no #.
I have a $250 deductable, and a $100 winsheild.  Guess who's gotta buy a new 
winsheild?


CHRIS CHEMIDLIN
http://www.spredhaus.com -- Finally Updated!
http://www.angelfire.com/nj/spredhaus
58 Type1 Ragtop
84 Jetta uGLi


>From: Brooke Fairbanks <Brooke@minn.net>
>To: Scirocco List <scirocco-L@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Son-of-a...  ...I'm hit!
>Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 13:34:20 -0500
>
>In advance, I'm sorry for venting...
>
>I'm driving to work this morning...    ...speeding naturally, and I notice
>in the lane far ahead of me, an overly loaded dump truck.  No good!  I
>quickly switch lanes to avoid the potential shower of gravel from this
>mobile sandblaster.  Sure enough, a Scirocco seeking stone is ejected off
>the truck...  ...and it's pinballing its way towards me!  I try some
>evasive maneuvers, to no avail!  Its got radar lock on me!  *Wham!*
>Son-of-a...  ...I'm hit!
>
>I land at work safely, and bolt to the front to survey the damage...
>   ...luckily, the Scirocco only lost sight in one eye.  And thankfully I'm
>not Euro-lamp equipped (yet)...  ..the golf ball sized rock blew a hole
>through the lamp and its connector.
>
>The point of my PAM (piss & moan)?  What is the liability of the object
>ejecting trucking company?  Granted, it's just a $5.00 headlight, but it
>could have easily hit a vital organ instead...  If it was the radiator,
>windshield, or sheet metal, what recourse would I have (except for the
>obligatory exchange of "you're number one!") ?
>
>Thanks
>
>Brooke Fairbanks
>Savage, MN
>3-eyed 87 Scirocco 16V
>4-eyed 87 GTI 8V
>2-eyed 95 Audi 90S
>Cross-eyed 74 Ford Bronco
>
>P.S.  Those of you that have the Euro-lights, is there a clear plastic
>cover or tape (helicopter tape) that you use to shield your lights from
>heat seeking stones?
>






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