Mike,
First this,
"Viper stripes are for immature brain-dead MTV-impaired
macho-wanna be show-offs."
and then your comments below, you have REALLY hurt my feelings....
Frank
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Crumley [SMTP:mcrumley@airmail.net]
> Sent: Friday, August 21, 1998 11:31 AM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: Re: DML: Wrecked by rice burner
>
> At 11:46 PM 8/20/98 , you wrote:
>
> >On August the 18th at 8:00 am I was rear ended by a woman in a Toyota
> sedan who
> >did not want to stop at the stop sign where I was already stopped
> waiting for
> >traffic to clear.
>
> Bummer.
>
> >She not only knocked my truck 20 feet ahead but came back and
> >hit me a second time.
>
> How did that happen?
>
> >Should I sue for a new truck
>
> Since I am not a lawyer, the following should not be taken as legal
> advice.
> I know everyone else is telling you to go for it (and it never hurts
> to
> try) but I think you will not be very successful. From everything I
> have
> ever heard in that regard, you no longer had a "new" truck the instant
> you
> drove it off the dealers lot. The value of the truck instantly
> depreciated
> by several thousand dollars in the space of a few feet. Perhaps if the
> damage had been more extensive and the truck were closer to being
> totaled
> you might have some luck getting a whole new truck. I understand how
> you
> feel, it's perfectly normal. If I were you, I'd feel the same. I
> sympathize, but I'm also trying to be realistic. If the situation were
> reversed, would you want someone suing you for a new truck over a few
> thousand dollars worth of damage? I hope I'm proven wrong about this,
> but I
> think you would be better off searching for the best body shop.
>
> Mike (Full of bad news) Crumley
>
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