Well, it's been a week. I'm still okay, but the car was deemed totaled after a day or three. Only worth $9-10K, but the repair bill apparently started at $5K, and started going up from there.
They're giving me a ~$11K check tomorrow afternoon, after some parchmentwork at the local State Farm office. I'm taking the whole day off, because we found a potential replacement car already- a 2009 Ford Focus with all the options, for just about $10K. For reference, I paid almost $10K for my old car (2007 Focus with no options) a year and a half ago, so this looks like quite the deal.
If it all works out, I'll have a replacement steed, newer and better than the old one, for a few hundred bucks. Won't even need to get a loan!
As for transport, I have family here, and we have a number of cars... that, and State Farm paid for a rental... well, they *say* it's a car. It's a Fiat 500- small, fairly comfy, but not the most pious devotee of Our Lady of Blessed Acceleration you'll ever meet. Once it gets up to speed, it's good, but I feel like it'd get there faster if I got out and pushed.
My Unitarian Jihad Name is: Brother Atom Bomb of Courteous Debate. Get yours.
I've been writing a bit.
They're giving me a ~$11K check tomorrow afternoon, after some parchmentwork at the local State Farm office. I'm taking the whole day off, because we found a potential replacement car already- a 2009 Ford Focus with all the options, for just about $10K. For reference, I paid almost $10K for my old car (2007 Focus with no options) a year and a half ago, so this looks like quite the deal.
If it all works out, I'll have a replacement steed, newer and better than the old one, for a few hundred bucks. Won't even need to get a loan!
As for transport, I have family here, and we have a number of cars... that, and State Farm paid for a rental... well, they *say* it's a car. It's a Fiat 500- small, fairly comfy, but not the most pious devotee of Our Lady of Blessed Acceleration you'll ever meet. Once it gets up to speed, it's good, but I feel like it'd get there faster if I got out and pushed.
My Unitarian Jihad Name is: Brother Atom Bomb of Courteous Debate. Get yours.
I've been writing a bit.