His and Hers New Rides

[Yukon6.2]

Hi All
Got a new to me work truck a couple of weeks ago.
It's a 2004 GMC 7500 Topkick with a C7 Cat and a 7 speed trany.Air ride 22 ft deck.
It involved a 1800 km road trip back with the truck.I had one brake down on a Sunday,but found a shop that would call out a wrench.Between the two of us i was back on the road 3PM Sunday.My permit was good till midnight Monday,i pulled into our yard at 11:45 PM Monday.
I picked up a newer Sunfire for my wife on the same trip.She's driven her old one for 14 yrs through anything Mother nature has tossed us over the yrs.It's never been towed out of the ditch or home because it broke down.So she wasn't looking at anything else.I found a 05 with 49,000 Kms on Vancouver Island and bought it.Then i drove the car to the truck
Then bought the container in Kamloops,where the truck was.Put the car in the container,container on the truck and headed for home.

[DieselDavy]

That was quite a complicated ordeal!
Glad you made it home ok.

[Yukon6.2]

It was a bit complicated,i just shared the short version.
I picked up a Tig welder as well,plus a few tools that were advertised on Kijiji Kamloops.
I spent a few days getting everything ready for the trip home,other than the oil leak it was uneventful,just a long drive.The last day i had to drive 750 miles,which was done in 14 hrs.No meal breaks i had a bunch of fruit and juice.Pee breaks at the same spots as brake checks,good tunes and i made it through the last scale 100 miles from home with 2 hrs left on the permit.Once past the scale i didn't care when i got home.
Thomas

[Robyn]

One helluva road trip.

Glad all is well.

[Yukon6.2]

It had it's moments.
But now i have a handy truck to make a bunch of road trips easier.
One thing about the new truck, it's one of the most comfortable trucks that I've had to drive.It's a tossup between my KW tanker and this truck.Both have air ride and enough power for their intended loads.The Topkick stays on the road a little better.You can let go of the wheel of the Topkick and remove your jacket,fold it and place it on the passenger seat without having to worry about it heading towards the ditch or other lane.The view out of the cab is great,plus the cab is quite a bit wider than a KW cab.
Thomas

[Yukon6.2]

So my wife's new to her car got backed into on Sunday.Hers was the only car in the parking lot.She came out of the store with groceries just to see and hear the crash.
She freaked,this was the nicest car she ever had,no dents low mileage,on some days you can almost smell the new car.
My guess is a $4000 estimate.
I told her after looking at some cars up for bid that they may total it.She is worried about losing her new baby.

[Robyn]

Gotta wonder about that huh ???

Sort of like the clown that runs off the road into an open field and smacks the only tree within a mile.

[snarl]

Is the damage to the door only?

[hoarder]

Can you repost the pics I can't see them. Thanks!

[arveetek]

So my wife's new to her car got backed into on Sunday.Hers was the only car in the parking lot.She came out of the store with groceries just to see and hear the crash.
She freaked,this was the nicest car she ever had,no dents low mileage,on some days you can almost smell the new car.
My guess is a $4000 estimate.
I told her after looking at some cars up for bid that they may total it.She is worried about losing her new baby.

I feel your pain. We bought a 2003 Honda Pilot this past summer, and after a few months of ownership, smacked a deer at night. It smashed the hood, grille, bumper cover, right fender, right passenger door, etc. Body shop estimate was over $7,000 for a vehicle we paid $6,300 for.

Insurance totaled it, but I kept it and am planning to fix it myself as soon I save some funds for the parts.

Casey

[Yukon6.2]

So the saga gets more interesting.
The driver of the other car was a German,who had Saskatchewan plates and insurance. We hadn't heard anything from them so i called Monday.Seems like a very real possibility that he isn't insured for the Yukon,even thought they took his money for insurance so he could drive the SUV.
My wife is getting pissed,the door wouldn't open or close so she had to park the car because of the PITA factor of climbing in and out of the Passenger side,she is now driving my Sunfire.I don't want to mess with the door till we know whats happening.
I have no plans on letting them total the car and buying us out.I will keep it if we get covered,and fix it myself.
Apparently the file has been transferred to a out of province specialist,in other words someone who is good at getting the Insurance company out of paying for claims.Wife is getting even more pissed,she will be filing claims against the Sask Insurance Company and the RCMP in small claims court if she doesn't get her car fixed.
It may be a waste of time but maybe she will get some publicity and get it in the news.If the Insurance doesn't cover him for outside of Sask,then the RCMP should have charged the driver for no insurance and impounded the vehicle.Imagine if he caused an accident where someone was injured or worse,and the the Sask Insurance saying he had no coverage.
What a pain in the ass,and a colossal waste of our time.She is totally not at fault and yet it is a battle to get someone to cover the damage.
Thomas