The rental car...

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I  know you guys are probably tired of hearing about my poor mashed up car, so I thought I would tell you about the rental car I got today.

Yes, it took until today, 4 days after my car got mashed up, to get a rental!  Oh, the joys of being on the losing end of a hit and run...

I got to the car rental place and as I waited for the little hottie behind the counter to get my paperwork ready I told him about my car and why I needed a rental for the next two weeks.  He couldn't help himself---he fell madly in love with me!  It's understandable, I mean, even though I'm old enough to be.....his mother's friend...I'm hot and I have a great personality.

He was so taken by my beauty and grace that he gave me a free upgrade from the "economy" car that the insurance was willing to pay for.  Now, for the next two weeks I'll be driving around in a Nissan Altima.  Road trip, anyone?

Well, as soon as I got the rental, I had to drive to the collision shop that is fixing my car to sign off on some paperwork promising them that I would be coughing up 500 of my hard earned dollars.

That took all of three minutes which was all the time the weather needed to turn on me and start pouring.  Seriously, I mean POURING!!!!! Oh, the joys of living in Florida this time of year...

I consider waiting for the storm to pass, but decide that's a waste of time and make dash out to the car.  I get in, put on the seat belt and push the button to start the car.  The lights come on and I think I'm all good to go so I put the car in reverse.  It started to roll down the incline I was parked on, but I didn't really have control.  I quickly put on the brakes.  Then I tried putting the car in drive to move back into the parking place, but all I did was roll back further.

I guess this is where I should point out that I am a POOR Kindergarten teacher and have never had a push button start car!

I pushed the button to turn the car off with no problem.  I push it to restart the car and the lights come on again.  Once again, I put the car in reverse and roll a little further out of the parking place.  That's right, once again the car wasn't actually on.

At this point I'm sticking half out of the parking space in the pouring rain with a van an another car waiting for me to decide what I'm going to do so they can get out of the parking lot too.

I looked at the driver of the van and though my hands up in the "I give up" way frustrated people do.  I was hoping he would come over to see if he could help me, but it was raining way too hard for that.  He just went around me and the car that was behind him followed.

I sat there and thought about going back into the repair shop and and asking the lady at the desk if she would send one of the guys out to help me get this car started, but it was also raining way too hard for that.

I sat there looked around at where I was parked and at the rain pouring down and thought, "This is not going to end well for me!"  Then I thought, "Well, at least I'm at the place that will be able to fix the car when someone comes along and hits me."

Suddenly, it hits me!  I know what to do!  I pull out my cell phone and call the young hottie at the rental place.

No, seriously, that's what I did!

I tell him that I've pushed the button and all the lights came on , but the car won't actually start.  Without laughing at me, he informs me that I need to put my foot on the brake THEN push the button.

They never show that part on the TV commercials!

He very nicely tells me how to turn the car off too.  Obviously, I had already figured that out or I wouldn't be needing help getting the thing to start.  It was all right though.  He was pretty...he didn't need to be smart.  lol!

And...well, I hope I'm pretty enough that I don't have to be smart either because I need help to start a stupid car.  LOL!

So, what do you think?  Think he's still in love with me?

$500!

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The insurance company isn't going to total out my car after all.  That means I'm only out the $500 deductible.

$500 I shouldn't have to spend, but because of that loser hitting my car and taking off, I'm spending money that I had planned to use for better more fun things.

Anyone want to give me an early $500 cash Christmas present?

I also talked to the police today.  Officer Lopez of the MBPD said that he would be mailing a letter to the registered owner of the Lincoln and hopes that she'll respond.

Seriously?!?  A letter in the mail!  Is this really how detective work is done?

I asked why a letter?  Why not go to her house or call her on the phone? 

He reminded me that she lives in Port St. Lucie.  

I offered to pay for the long distance call if they needed me too.  I mean, I'm already out $500 why not pay for the long distance call if this will help speed things up a bit.

He told me that's not how this works.

I'm pretty sure a letter going out in the mail 4 days after everything happened is proof that nobody is actually "working" this case.

Bitter, party of one!  lol!

What a pain!

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So, the police don't seem too concerned about my poor car.  I called the number I was given today and asked if they could give me some sort of update.  I was told that they would have the investigator assigned to the case give me a call tomorrow to let me know when he could start investigating the incident.

I guess they figure that no one was hurt and insurance will take care of the car.  Meanwhile, who ever did it gets away.

A year ago I get pulled over because my tag was similar to one that was reported stolen.  Six months ago I got a ticket because of the Esserman International frame that was around my tag.  BUT, whoever hit my parked car and took off just gets away with it.

Where is the fairness in all of this?

I knew it!

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I got a call earlier today from one of my friends telling me that my VW emblem was still in the road, but the military police vanity tag from the car that hit mine was gone.

I knew it!!!

I told the cop to bag it as evidence!  I bet the loser who hit my parked car and took off sneaked back in the  middle of the night and took it so it couldn't be used against him in a court of law.

Seriously, had that cop never seen a single episode of CSI Miami?

You bag everything cause it's always the stupid thing that breaks the case.  There were probably fingerprints on that stupid tag!

Anybody want to buy me a new car?

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***Come back tomorrow for the "his" version of this word art!***

So, I was having a great day!  Great weather, great friends, great food and lots of fun-----then this happened...

I go walking out to my car that was parked on the street and before I see my car I see a police car.  I start walking a little faster cause I don't want a ticket or a tow or whatever he has planned for me.  I'm already to point out that it's my car and I  didn't steal it.  That issue was resolved over a year ago.  My tag is just similar to someone else's and it's not the one that was reported stolen.

 Then I remember the parking ticket for the frame around my tag and I'm ready to point out that I took it off a long time ago and even mailed in pictures with a very rude letter as proof I had taken it off.

Then I think that maybe I should just slow down and let the guy give me a ticket or tow it or whatever he was doing. lol!

That's when I notice that my pretty car doesn't look so pretty anymore!

I knew that parking space was too good to be true!  Something bad always happens when I find a good parking space!
  
 Like a dummy, I ignore the policeman sitting in his car and hit the little beeper thingy to unlock mine.  It worked!  The policeman heard the beep, looked up and while pointing I said, "That's my car!"

He gets out of his car and I ask, "What happened?"  In a very wise and authoritative voice he answers, "Someone hit it."

Seriously!?!?  

Great detective skills on that one!

He then tells me that there was a witness and according to him it was an older car with a young guy driving.  He was driving pretty fast and decided to make a right turn.  While making the turn, he crossed over the lanes in the road and hit my parked car that was on the opposite side of the street and kept going.  

I have no idea who the witness was, but he was nice enough to try to make the guy stop and when he wouldn't the witness got his tag number and called the police.  The witness was already gone by the time I stumbled onto the whole thing.

I was told that the car that hit mine was registered to an older lady from Port St. Lucie and that no report had been made about the car being stolen.  So, they don't know if the car was stolen and just not reported yet or if maybe she had a son who was driving her car.  

I was also told that because it was a hit and run the investigation alone would probably take about two weeks.  

My car was hit so hard that it was pushed over against the curb and back into the truck that was parked behind me. 

Lucky me!  I have damage on the front and back of my car. 

I asked how the other car was able to drive away after causing so much damage to mine and was told that it was an older model Lincoln and those things are like tanks.

The VW emblem  that used to be on the front of my car ended up on the road beside my passenger side door along with this lovely "Military Police" vanity tag from the front of the Lincoln that hit me.  Apparently, I wouldn't make a very good police detective because I though the police should take that tag and bag it for evidence.  The cop tried not to laugh at me when I suggested it.

That's not rain water in the street!  That's from all the fluids that were leaking out of my car.


Underneath the Military Police tag was this one...

I googled it and the Savanna Club is a retirement community.  Maybe I could be a police detective after all!

So, if you guys happen to see someone driving a messed up red Lincoln that's registered to some lady in Port St. Lucie, Florida...PLEASE call the police for me!

Also, if you would like to buy me a new car...that would be awesome!




 

 




 

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Happy 4th Everyone!

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Have a fun and safe holiday!