Car Hospital

Car in getting fixed

My icbc appointment went good. My claims adjuster phoned petro canada, and got on them for not filing the car wash incident report - ( the manager of the gas station sounded like he was being a real JERK to her ) After the damage had all got estimated, and they had done whatever it is that they do there, I drove off, intent on finding SUNSHINE AUTOBODY. I wanted to get my car in to get fixed as soon as possible, with the weather the way it has been, I didn't want any more rust to appear.

I found Sunshine Autobody, the girls there were totally helpful, and i'm at ease, knowing they are taking good care of my car ! and I can still get to work, since they gave me a courtesy car :)

I can't wait to have my car back ! Its really neat though, they actually have a website that you can go to and see how far they have gotten on your car, and what step they are on now :) I thought it was cool anyway :)

Now, I just need to keep my fingers crossed, that with all the investigation that will go on, that the investigators will find me not at fault ! .....

~ Estimated finished date of repair ~ December 7, 2005

ICBC Meeting November 29 @ 9 am

Well, tommorrow I go in for my meeting. I'm a little unsure how its all gonna go down. I've never had to take a car into ICBC before... so keep your fingers crossed that all goes well....

Its pretty embarrassing driving my car right now. As my sweet lil nephew is calling it, "aunty's Junker"... which pretty much sums up how I feel about it right now......

I went out to my car this afternoon, and the door is already starting to rust in spots! Rust is not supposed to happen this quickly.....

I do hope my meeting goes okay, and I can get my car into the autobody shop soon, and get it fixed !

no more will i venture into automatic car washes.....

I still haven't heard from Petro Canada, which is not good customer relations at all. There should be a 24-48 hour limit by which you have to get back to the customer!... Let me tell you Petro Can, just lost my business for life, and my family's, and my friends, and everyone else that I can tell about this horrid experience !!!

DOWN WITH PETRO CANADA

okay enough excitement

I think I should have kept my mouth shut about never having anything exciting happen to me. Today was a doozy of a day !

It started off with the best of intentions. My nice new dodge sx 2.0 (2004) was dirty, it needed a good washing. I thought i'd take the lazy way, and just run it thru a car wash. Worst decision I ever made !

I took it to Petro Canada, on 56th and 200th.. filled up with gas, and bought a carwash.( 42.99) i entered the carwash... not expecting anything horrible to happen. If I could have only forseen the future ...... I never would have gone in.....

Near the end of the car wash.... my car... if you can believe this, gets stuck. The machinery in the carwash, doesn't eject my car like it is supposed to. It attempts to... but instead of going forward, and out of the carwash, i go a little bit forward, and then roll back. This happens about 5 or 6 times. I"m totally freaking by this time.......have you ever heard of anyone being 'stuck" in a car wash? Anyway, I somehow got out of it...... but in the process, My side mirror, gets ripped off, and all along the passenger side of the car, it is scraped, scratched, dented..... It is painful to look at !

Before this happened, there was nary a scratch. I was pretty proud of myself. I"ve had my car for more than a year now... and I've taken pretty good care of it. Till now........

Everytime I look at my car now, it makes me really *sad*

and to make matter worse, I had to go into work right after this happened. I was a basket case... I was crying all the way in... I know I know that sounds really stupid, ........ and then at work everyone was like whats wrong? so I attempted to tell them, and I started crying again....( I think I was still in shock or something who knows)

Granted, it is just a car ( that cost me alot of hard earned money) and it didn't involve anyone else, No one was hurt (except my feelings) Good thing I have comprehensive.... here's hoping ICBC covers it, and hopefully Petro Canada, will chip in something. There is no way that this should have happened !

but happen it did............... for reasons that are way beyond my comprehension at this point !!

touchless car washes, and coin operated do it yourself carwashes are the thing for me from now on... I've learned my lesson!

Another Win

Kesler breaks out :

well if you call scoring a goal breaking out :) It was great to see the kid finally score. He hadn't done much for a while, so it was nice to see. Not only did he score, it was the game winning goal. The canucks win, 3- 1 .

I was at work, unfortunately, so i couldn't give the game the attention it so deserved. But I did my best. It sounded like it was an exciting game, hardly any penalties, lots of flow. must have been nice. A nice change from the last couple games where there was a penalty called every minute and a half, or it sure felt like it anyway :)

Auld played well, Naslund, Kesler and Henrik Sedin scored.... and the canucks record at home is now 9 - 1 . Not to shabby !

Its great to see the Canucks win. Not that I expected them to do anything else, against the Hawks. But you know how this team is sometimes :)

GO CANUCKS GO