When a headache mutates into a migraine…
So...
Just when I thought it could not get worse... Waterbury Police found my car.
They found it on a dead end street in one of the "less then savory" parts of Waterbury. They found it on Thursday, but the Police didn't get around to calling me until Sunday night. So it has sat for the last three days in on a Auto Body lot, and who knows what has been done to it, or what's left of it since I saw it last.
I called the Auto Body shop and confirmed that they had my car, and asked what kind of condition it was in. All he could tell me was that they stole the leather seats out of it, and (you guessed it) the tires and rims were stolen as well.
Considering that my tires and rims were stolen off another car I owned six years ago, I found that morbidly humorous. Just can't seem to keep the tires on my car...
I also find it a little ironic that at first I just wanted my car back, and now I want nothing to do with my stolen car. Who can really tell me what has been done to the car? Did they just drive it down to some shady street, strip out the parts they wanted, and leave it for the police to find? Was it beat on mercilessly for almost a week straight, and then left? What problems seen or unseen could there be with my car?
It would have been so much easier for me just to have considered it a total loss, and resign myself to another car. In truth, I was halfway there, and was already considering options for my next car. But my insurance company needs to determine how much repair work is needed; and if it falls below 80% of the cars total value; then the car is mine to keep.
Assuming the tires and the seats are all that is missing / damaged...then parlaying with the insurance company officially begins. I predict extended phone conversations with my adjuster on who gets to pay for what. Then comes the struggle to get the car restored to what it was before this all happened; and will continue for months to come. And it could take weeks or months to get my car working again...
And they insurance company will stop paying on my rental shortly, so I will need to get my car working; or find another way to get to work.
I am dreading going to the garage tonight, and I am not looking forward to the weeks to come.
Just when I thought it could not get worse... Waterbury Police found my car.
They found it on a dead end street in one of the "less then savory" parts of Waterbury. They found it on Thursday, but the Police didn't get around to calling me until Sunday night. So it has sat for the last three days in on a Auto Body lot, and who knows what has been done to it, or what's left of it since I saw it last.
I called the Auto Body shop and confirmed that they had my car, and asked what kind of condition it was in. All he could tell me was that they stole the leather seats out of it, and (you guessed it) the tires and rims were stolen as well.
Considering that my tires and rims were stolen off another car I owned six years ago, I found that morbidly humorous. Just can't seem to keep the tires on my car...
I also find it a little ironic that at first I just wanted my car back, and now I want nothing to do with my stolen car. Who can really tell me what has been done to the car? Did they just drive it down to some shady street, strip out the parts they wanted, and leave it for the police to find? Was it beat on mercilessly for almost a week straight, and then left? What problems seen or unseen could there be with my car?
It would have been so much easier for me just to have considered it a total loss, and resign myself to another car. In truth, I was halfway there, and was already considering options for my next car. But my insurance company needs to determine how much repair work is needed; and if it falls below 80% of the cars total value; then the car is mine to keep.
Assuming the tires and the seats are all that is missing / damaged...then parlaying with the insurance company officially begins. I predict extended phone conversations with my adjuster on who gets to pay for what. Then comes the struggle to get the car restored to what it was before this all happened; and will continue for months to come. And it could take weeks or months to get my car working again...
And they insurance company will stop paying on my rental shortly, so I will need to get my car working; or find another way to get to work.
I am dreading going to the garage tonight, and I am not looking forward to the weeks to come.