FR-S is Cursed in America.

[sfwg]

Originally Posted by Erroneous

Hah, I guess no one else HATES the first time they drop their new (only $200) phone?

Still hoping not to drop my HTC one 4g!

[Exhaust]

Originally Posted by fatoni

i know its an idea and i understand it but if someone said your car got scratched because you didnt believe in god, what would you say to them? doesnt make much sense in this application. and the last sentence was kind of referencing the placebo effect. i think you really do have control over how you feel and behave but i dont know if you can think your car to safety

I think your taking a simple concept and putting way too much thought into it. No offense, but I dont think this conversation is even worth continuing. Take what I said as you will, wasnt expecting to get into a moral debate.

[fatoni]

Originally Posted by Exhaust

I think your taking a simple concept and putting way too much thought into it. No offense, but I dont think this conversation is even worth continuing. Take what I said as you will, wasnt expecting to get into a moral debate.

yeah maybe im reading too much into it but this:

Originally Posted by Exhaust

Law of attraction, you worry about your car too much.

requires a little explanation as to why some girl hit his car.

[Exhaust]

Originally Posted by fatoni

yeah maybe im reading too much into it but this:

requires a little explanation as to why some girl hit his car.

It was already explained lol..

Originally Posted by Nevermore

He's serious. The concept is basically as follows, the more you worry about something happening, the more chances it has to happen. Out of sight out of mind, if you don't think about something, it's technically not there. If you constantly think about something happening to your car, something's bound to happen to it, no matter who's fault it is. Best not to worry.

[kidgogeta]

Originally Posted by denkigrve

The curse continues! My neighbor was drunk and ran into me. I've got pictures and stuff. He said he wants to handle it out of pocket though, so I'm trying to find a good body shop to figure out how much it's gonna cost. It's the rear quarter panel though, so it's gonna be pricy. An easy $2k.

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Easy 1800 just for the quarter panel, add labor and everything onto that. You can imagine the horror on my face when I got the estimate from the body shop if I didn't want to go through insurance

[Bonburner]

Originally Posted by kidgogeta

Easy 1800 just for the quarter panel, add labor and everything onto that. You can imagine the horror on my face when I got the estimate from the body shop if I didn't want to go through insurance

My rear panel and rear bumper was quoted 2.9k.
Mercury covered it and bargained for 1.9k fix.

[fatoni]

Originally Posted by Exhaust

It was already explained lol..

thats not a real explanation more than just rewording. its like saying a car works by having a pedal you press and then you go but youre right, totally off topic. carry on

[kidgogeta]

Originally Posted by Bonburner

My rear panel and rear bumper was quoted 2.9k.
Mercury covered it and bargained for 1.9k fix.

Sounds about right, car seems really fragile to me. Probably because I'm coming from a 6000lb truck

[eriktherod]

Wait.. Mercury like the Ford marquee?

[Bonburner]

Originally Posted by eriktherod

Wait.. Mercury like the Ford marquee?

Mercury the insurance company lol

[eriktherod]

Oh okay! I was going to say, that's a bit weird to take it to them!

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by kidgogeta

Sounds about right, car seems really fragile to me. Probably because I'm coming from a 6000lb truck

Not really, just sounds like typical (IMHO) inflated prices for doing minor body work that you seem to get these days.

My Chevy Astro got dinged by a 16 year old in a Denali when she decided she wanted to be in the same lane as me. She caught her front bumper in the rear wheel well of the Astro. It put 4 golf-ball type dimples in the rim around the fender of my car, barely visible. The estimate to fix from insurance was over $2000. (As an aside, it tore the entire front bumper cover off her SUV, which also removed one set of headlights. I'm sure her's was much more)

I took the check, put it in my car fund and the money was used to pay for the FR-S eventually.

[denkigrve]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

Not really, just sounds like typical (IMHO) inflated prices for doing minor body work that you seem to get these days.

My Chevy Astro got dinged by a 16 year old in a Denali when she decided she wanted to be in the same lane as me. She caught her front bumper in the rear wheel well of the Astro. It put 4 golf-ball type dimples in the rim around the fender of my car, barely visible. The estimate to fix from insurance was over $2000. (As an aside, it tore the entire front bumper cover off her SUV, which also removed one set of headlights. I'm sure her's was much more)

I took the check, put it in my car fund and the money was used to pay for the FR-S eventually.

That's what insurance is for. At this rate I just want my car back to the way it was before the other driver was a moron. It's only got 1700 miles on it. This is just nuts though.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by denkigrve

That's what insurance is for. At this rate I just want my car back to the way it was before the other driver was a moron. It's only got 1700 miles on it. This is just nuts though.

This is but I could argue (but won't, I'll just state my opinion) that insurance is a primary driver behind these types repairs cost as much as they do. This is true in other segments as well.

In any case, OP, glad to hear its going to get fixed for you.