Finally brought her home today
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hi all again,
First of all, to Rudy, you are absolutely right about me loving the sport tranny. Although my previous car had SMG which I did not appreciate...this transmission is truly awesome. The trip home from the dealer is about 80 miles through mountain canyons, so i really enjoyed the drive. Only sad thing about this trip...see photo below. About 20 miles before reaching my home, there have been high way repaving for a couple of weeks. Worst part, the entire 20 miles is all covered with loose gravel. I took every precaution not to get stone chips or rock chips. I made sure that there was no one in front me or behind me. I was driving only 35-40 mph. About 2 miles before reaching home town, a red mustang comes over the hill at a about 65mph going the opposite direction...way too fast. Half of his car was in my lane, as we got close he corrected...not before throwing up a stone that left a star crack on the upper drivers side. That really screwed my day. I took as much precaution to avoid this, even telling myself after i left the dealership to drive slow around the construction. Gonna take the car to a glass repair shop tomorrow to see what they can to repair it. I will share my experience with car as time progress. A real rotten ending to a great day... I guess its life...sometimes.
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g131/lee...69/DSC00162.jpg
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g131/lee...69/DSC00148.jpg
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g131/lee...69/DSC00145.jpg
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g131/lee.../DSC00151-1.jpg
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g131/lee...69/DSC00174.jpg
First of all, to Rudy, you are absolutely right about me loving the sport tranny. Although my previous car had SMG which I did not appreciate...this transmission is truly awesome. The trip home from the dealer is about 80 miles through mountain canyons, so i really enjoyed the drive. Only sad thing about this trip...see photo below. About 20 miles before reaching my home, there have been high way repaving for a couple of weeks. Worst part, the entire 20 miles is all covered with loose gravel. I took every precaution not to get stone chips or rock chips. I made sure that there was no one in front me or behind me. I was driving only 35-40 mph. About 2 miles before reaching home town, a red mustang comes over the hill at a about 65mph going the opposite direction...way too fast. Half of his car was in my lane, as we got close he corrected...not before throwing up a stone that left a star crack on the upper drivers side. That really screwed my day. I took as much precaution to avoid this, even telling myself after i left the dealership to drive slow around the construction. Gonna take the car to a glass repair shop tomorrow to see what they can to repair it. I will share my experience with car as time progress. A real rotten ending to a great day... I guess its life...sometimes.
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g131/lee...69/DSC00162.jpg
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g131/lee...69/DSC00148.jpg
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g131/lee...69/DSC00145.jpg
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g131/lee.../DSC00151-1.jpg
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g131/lee...69/DSC00174.jpg
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Congrats on the car. Sorry to have read about what happened. Don't worry, a simple change over will fix it. Just enjoy the drive ![Big Grin](https://5series.net/forums/images/smilies/imported/biggrin.gif)
PS....I want that steering wheel!!!
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PS....I want that steering wheel!!!
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Nice car, sorry about the ending well " always look on the bright side of live".
In HK we can claim the insurus company from this for free, as long as itis under about $450us.
In HK we can claim the insurus company from this for free, as long as itis under about $450us.
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Originally Posted by pinguhk' post='451683' date='Jul 25 2007, 06:30 PM
Nice car, sorry about the ending well " always look on the bright side of live".
In HK we can claim the insurus company from this for free, as long as itis under about $450us.
In HK we can claim the insurus company from this for free, as long as itis under about $450us.
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Ouch!
One of those unavoidable occasions in life. Lets go hunting for that red Mustang!
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I bet you were gutted, still be freshing the dealers...
Looks great though on those rims.
Looks great though on those rims.
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Originally Posted by KnIgHtCoM' post='451701' date='Jul 25 2007, 03:00 AM
Lets go hunting for that red Mustang! ![Devil](https://5series.net/forums/images/smilies/imported/devil.gif)
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Car looks great. Glad you like the SAT as I predicted you would.
I'd be thankful it was the windshield that took the hit and not the body -- you'll get that fixed up good as new in no time.
Note: If you have the HUD option, you need a special windshield...
I'd be thankful it was the windshield that took the hit and not the body -- you'll get that fixed up good as new in no time.
Note: If you have the HUD option, you need a special windshield...
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Congrats for the fine new car lee1224,
I'm really sorry for the stone, but s**t happens,
but why so often to new, really fine cars?
I'm really sorry for the stone, but s**t happens,
but why so often to new, really fine cars?
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Originally Posted by lee1224' post='451673' date='Jul 25 2007, 02:06 AM
hi all again,
First of all, to Rudy, you are absolutely right about me loving the sport tranny. Although my previous car had SMG which I did not appreciate...this transmission is truly awesome. The trip home from the dealer is about 80 miles through mountain canyons, so i really enjoyed the drive. Only sad thing about this trip...see photo below. About 20 miles before reaching my home, there have been high way repaving for a couple of weeks. Worst part, the entire 20 miles is all covered with loose gravel. I took every precaution not to get stone chips or rock chips. I made sure that there was no one in front me or behind me. I was driving only 35-40 mph. About 2 miles before reaching home town, a red mustang comes over the hill at a about 65mph going the opposite direction...way too fast. Half of his car was in my lane, as we got close he corrected...not before throwing up a stone that left a star crack on the upper drivers side. That really screwed my day. I took as much precaution to avoid this, even telling myself after i left the dealership to drive slow around the construction. Gonna take the car to a glass repair shop tomorrow to see what they can to repair it. I will share my experience with car as time progress. A real rotten ending to a great day... I guess its life...sometimes.
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g131/lee...69/DSC00162.jpg
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g131/lee...69/DSC00148.jpg
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g131/lee...69/DSC00145.jpg
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g131/lee.../DSC00151-1.jpg
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g131/lee...69/DSC00174.jpg
First of all, to Rudy, you are absolutely right about me loving the sport tranny. Although my previous car had SMG which I did not appreciate...this transmission is truly awesome. The trip home from the dealer is about 80 miles through mountain canyons, so i really enjoyed the drive. Only sad thing about this trip...see photo below. About 20 miles before reaching my home, there have been high way repaving for a couple of weeks. Worst part, the entire 20 miles is all covered with loose gravel. I took every precaution not to get stone chips or rock chips. I made sure that there was no one in front me or behind me. I was driving only 35-40 mph. About 2 miles before reaching home town, a red mustang comes over the hill at a about 65mph going the opposite direction...way too fast. Half of his car was in my lane, as we got close he corrected...not before throwing up a stone that left a star crack on the upper drivers side. That really screwed my day. I took as much precaution to avoid this, even telling myself after i left the dealership to drive slow around the construction. Gonna take the car to a glass repair shop tomorrow to see what they can to repair it. I will share my experience with car as time progress. A real rotten ending to a great day... I guess its life...sometimes.
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g131/lee...69/DSC00162.jpg
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g131/lee...69/DSC00148.jpg
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g131/lee...69/DSC00145.jpg
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g131/lee.../DSC00151-1.jpg
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g131/lee...69/DSC00174.jpg