RE: My car, I believe, will end up crushed if it continues to piss me off. just rambling)

["Patrick Bureau" <pbureau@home.com>]

hump got a link as I have no idea what you are talking about.

-----Original Message-----
From: Night Shadow [mailto:soltwede@privateI.com]
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 9:48 PM
To: Dan Bubb
Cc: Patrick Bureau; _scirocco List
Subject: Re: My car, I believe, will end up crushed if it continues to
piss me off. just rambling)



I agree with dan here, oh, and Patrick, time to get a eurosport or
autotech subframe on that thing....

Eric


On Fri, 17 Aug 2001, Dan Bubb wrote:

> I'm sure it's just a language issue, but I hope your frame was welded
> and not soldered?? If it was welded somebody did a really bad job if you
> could break it so easily.
> It's the pits having to fix old stuff. It's worse paying somebody to do
> a shitty job.
> Dan
>
> Patrick Bureau wrote:
> >
> > and Julie though her car's) where temperamental
> >
> > beautiful day, got it off, get the tires balanced... getting ready for
the
> > event of the weekend (Great Canadian Bug Show) been looking forward to a
> > show for 6 months
> > now.. the car seems ready, I am hyped...
> >
> > turn a corner, bastard cuts me off, slam the breaks... the wheel makes
this
> > Horrid noise no contact between cars...) but my driver side wheel is
> > definatly not where it should be.
> >
> > call CAA, get towed to a garage to check it (I was thinking ball-joint
> > problems)
> > nooooooooooooo that would be too simple ...
> >
> > (do not read further if you do like sarcasm because its about to become
ugly
> > from here one .. fair warning...)
> >
> > The damn frame is broken, right where it was soldered about 4 months
ago,
> > snap crackle and pop!, the hold frame is cracked, and now the damage has
> > extended themselves to the upper support of the beam (front table area)
...
> > repairs are possible... show? AH! I guess I will have to wait until some
> > other one to come up .... I am not going... the car in  the shop
> >
> > the guys checked the frame and tells me its going to be around
600$/CDN...
> >
> > I think after this repair.. I'm putting it up for sale... and getting a
new
> > car.. fsk! this
> > I am fed up... 6K of parts in repairs n 6 months and I am still being
sucked
> > dry by this volks... I have just about enough....
> >
> > sorry for the rant, but I really needed to spit it all out before I told
the
> > guy to tow it to the scrap yard as-is and make a tiny little Cube of
steel
> > out of it.
> >
> > a sic and tired Patrick....signing off.
> >
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Eric
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