I really think there is something to this curse thing...
10-28-2004, 11:26 PM
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I really think there is something to this curse thing...
I thought it was a huge joke when I read that "cursed" thread a while back. Now I am not so sure.
My car will be 3 months old on Halloween. I have owned four new cars in the last 10 years and did not suffer a single ding or accident.
In less than three months with my tC, I had a front bumper and hood full of stone chips. To stop the chips, I had a clear bra installed and they melted the paint on the bumper with their heat gun. Then I misjudged a curb in the new parking lot at work and curb-rashed one of my wheels. I have NEVER driven a wheel into a curb before. Then when getting ready to install my fog light kit, I hit the gas a little too hard to get the rear wheels over the garage entrance lip and the front wheels sucked the Rhino ramps under the car and it came crashing down. Thank God, the side trim pieces are plastic and they went right back into shape. They are a little scuffed on the bottom but you cannot see it unless you are laying on the ground. Tonight, I come out of a restaurant and find a ding in my rear fender. It is right on the crease line so I do not think paintless dent removal will do the trick.
I think I am going to leave it in a bad neighborhood with the keys in it, collect on the insurance and buy something else.
My car will be 3 months old on Halloween. I have owned four new cars in the last 10 years and did not suffer a single ding or accident.
In less than three months with my tC, I had a front bumper and hood full of stone chips. To stop the chips, I had a clear bra installed and they melted the paint on the bumper with their heat gun. Then I misjudged a curb in the new parking lot at work and curb-rashed one of my wheels. I have NEVER driven a wheel into a curb before. Then when getting ready to install my fog light kit, I hit the gas a little too hard to get the rear wheels over the garage entrance lip and the front wheels sucked the Rhino ramps under the car and it came crashing down. Thank God, the side trim pieces are plastic and they went right back into shape. They are a little scuffed on the bottom but you cannot see it unless you are laying on the ground. Tonight, I come out of a restaurant and find a ding in my rear fender. It is right on the crease line so I do not think paintless dent removal will do the trick.
I think I am going to leave it in a bad neighborhood with the keys in it, collect on the insurance and buy something else.
10-28-2004, 11:34 PM
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Re: I really think there is something to this curse thing...
Originally Posted by scionista
I think I am going to leave it in a bad neighborhood with the keys in it, collect on the insurance and buy something else.
10-28-2004, 11:35 PM
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yeah, texas sucks when it comes to avoiding dings... theres alot of people that drives SUVs and Trucks and they really dont care who they park next to, They will swing that door like there is no car next to them
10-29-2004, 01:28 AM
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Re: I really think there is something to this curse thing...
Originally Posted by scionista
In less than three months with my tC, I had a front bumper and hood full of stone chips.
10-29-2004, 02:51 AM
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Think I agree with the curse thing. All of my cars have never had any probs with paints or windshield chips and already in the first two month of owning my tC, I got rock chips in both hood and windshield. Hmmmm, I wonder...............
EVIL CURSE............DARN YOU...............
EVIL CURSE............DARN YOU...............
10-29-2004, 12:21 PM
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One thing to keep in mind is that with the tC you are getting a brand new car. Most of us prior to this have probably NOT had a new vehicle. Thus we did not notice our vehicles as much. So now we notice even the slightest thing.
Still loving the tC.........
Kevin
Still loving the tC.........
Kevin
10-29-2004, 09:36 PM
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Originally Posted by HughDTX
LOL... I was sitting here expecting a story about how people keep hitting his car or how it has been vandalized by neighbor kids, but I come to find he's doing it himself!
10-29-2004, 10:57 PM
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Originally Posted by scionista
I'll take credit for the curb rash and the rhino ramps (they did no real damage), but the rest has been done by others. If I have managed to go for all those years with no curb rash, no dings and no accidents of ANY kind, and this has all happened in less than 3 months, this car is cursed. There is no other explanation.
10-31-2004, 05:42 PM
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Re: I really think there is something to this curse thing...
Originally Posted by scionista
I think I am going to leave it in a bad neighborhood with the keys in it, collect on the insurance and buy something else.
12-11-2004, 12:42 AM
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For all you non-believers, the curse continues. I am sitting in the car, waiting to pull into the flow of traffic and the Chevrolet Avalanche in front of me decides to back up. I have no place to move so I lay on the horm and he backs right into me. The back bumper of the truck is so high, it misses my bumper completely and pushes in the grille and dents the hood. To make matters worse, the passenger in the truck keeps telling the driver to just leave as there is no damage to my car! The bastard claimed that it must have already been damaged. If there hadn't been a security guard on the sidewalk to witness it, I was going to drop this guy to the pavement. This is the final straw. As soon as the car is repaired, it is being sold. I had a car in the past that I believe was cursed. I kept it for four years and it was hit 4 times and vandalized three times. I do not intend to go through that with this one. Bye, bye tC.
