Hi Ray,
Sorry to hear about it. I hope everybody is fine.
You can take it anywhere you want in DE. The Insurance Co. adjuster has to
look at it. He will either come to you or to the shop you take it to. What
Insurance Co does he have?
My Dak is at a good friend of mines shop in Felton recovering from a major
rearender.
They are a good bunch of car guys. The owner Ray is a street roder and all
around car guy. Not really a Mopar guy but I'm working on him.
The name of the shop is Finish Line and there # is 302-284-8177
He is the guy that was a major part of getting my truck to a 2nd place finish
@ Carlisle. And it will look even better when it comes out of the shop this
time.
If you have any questions feel free to contact me off list.
DodgeDe @ cs.com
Bill
00 Dakota R/T
In a message dated 9/27/2004 8:18:41 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
rirons@doverde.net writes:
>
>
> Hi All,
> Been awhile since I've posted anything to the list but here goes.
> This
> past week has been one of ups and downs, so overall; I'm still a fairly
> happy camper. Last Tuesday, I became the proud owner of a slightly used
> 1997 Suzuki GFS1200 Bandit. I found a sweetheart of a deal on it, only $3500
> and less than 6000 miles on the clock. I picked up the bike at 1130 Tuesday
> morning and after coming home, to drop off the associated paperwork, I
> wanted to go out for a quick ride. Went to start the bike, and the motor
> wouldn't turn. The starter was spinning but wasn't engaging the engine. A
> quick call to my dealer and they sent a truck out to pick up the bike. Got
> it back to the shop and found a bolt in the starter clutch backed out. The
> applied loctite and re-installed and torqued the bolt to spec. Started the
> bike several times and pulled off the side cover to check the torque. Torque
> checked fine, but the repeated starts had run the battery down, had to put
> it on the battery charger. Once the battery was charged up, the got the bike
> running and took it out for a spin, let it cool and pulled the side cover
> one more time to check torque on the bolt. All checked good so they
> delivered my bike back to me at about 6:30 that evening. Now for the bad
> news.
>
> Wednesday afternoon, after work, I jumped in the Dak and went to my
> ex-wife's house to pick up my sons for supper. On the way home, I got rear
> ended by a guy in an 87 Chevy Caprice. I got a bent bumper, a dented
> tailgate, and a softball-sized dent in the quarter panel below the driver's
> side taillight. His car faired less well. His front bumper submarined under
> mine and my bumper crushed his grille and radiator. As soon as the cops got
> there, (you bet I called them right away) he asked me if I could move my
> vehicle to the side of the road. I told him I believe the bumpers are locked
> but I was willing to try. I started the truck and tried to pull away and
> started to drag the Chevy. The cop asked what happened and the other driver
> spoke right up and said it was his fault. He looked away for a moment and
> when he looked back I was right in front of him with the brakes on, and he
> just couldn't get stopped in time. I almost had to laugh when he told the
> cop he wasn't going that fast. The cop looked at me, looked at him, looked
> at the fifty foot long skid marks on the road and said "It looks like you
> were going a bit fast to me." After the tow truck got there and lifted up
> his rear end, I was able to get loose and drive away. His insurance company
> has contacted me, but they want me to take it to a Chevy dealer for
> estimates and repairs. There's just something about taking a Dodge to a GM
> dealer for repairs that just don't sit right will me.
>
> Well that's about all for now, I did have an enjoyable weekend
> riding on
> my bike and trying not to look at the rear end of my truck. I'll keep you
> all posted on the repairs and how it comes out.
>
>
>
>
> Later,
>
>
> Ray Irons
> Dover, DE
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