Ok, so I deployed last year in June. I had my stepdad move to the area and he needed a car to get around since he moved and had no transpo. So I told him to take care of my car and pay the insurance and he could drive it.
It all started when the car overheated and had to get towed. The towing company cracked a small portion of my front bumper. so I ask him to claim it and later found out he signed a damage waiver so my loss!! later..... driving down the road near a construction he hits a spike on the road. cracks it even more this time. now its almost in 2 pieces so what does he do? he takes the front bumper off and drives the car like that for a whole month til my wife sees the car and tell me all about it. So I call and he explains how it happened. so I tell him to put it back on. he puts it back together and the car was drivable.
3 months or so later he is parking at his job where they have this HUGE parking blocks. so what does he do. He challenges it to a duel! needless to say the parking block was victorious. Now the bumper is in 2 pieces. LITERALLY!!!
so when I get back in less than 50 days I got my work cut out for me. he is going to be one broke, grinding, sanding, wrenching, and most importantly Paying SOB. I just needed to vent since I paid over 4,000 for that paint job in August 2005.
Now that I vented, I have my flame suit on. here's a few pics
On a happier note this gives me a whole new opportunity to redo the entire car. I'm going to have it painted Cosmo black. This time I'm going all OEM M upgrades. Here's a few of the parts that I have gathered.
M3 front from DDM
M3 Side skirts from DDM
M3 mirrors from private seller on BFC
M- Rear from member on Ti.org ( thanks for the help Jeff318)
Apexcone Head lights w/ Angel Eyes, HID 35w 6000k ballast, Black grill inserts, gauge rings, fogs w/ 35W HID 6000.
Style 5 wheels: locally purchased
I was going to do a swap but in view of the fuel prices I changed my mind. I rather keep it like this. for now! I learned a valuable lesson. Family will cost you more at the end than a total stranger. Last time I do something like this to help someone out.
What say you Org?