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Nothing money can't fix

I'm going to try not to do this again. Luckily, unlike a lot of things in life, fixing a wrecked car is just money.

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Old 08-15-2019, 06:59 AM
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What did that?
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Doesn’t seem catastrophic.
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What did that?
The red truck in the pic, I backed right into the 993, it's low and the truck is high, bad combo. Very slight hit but enough to ruin my day. My wife said she was glad I did it, figured I could forgive myself a lot faster than I would forgive anyone else.

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That sucks man. But it looks very fixable so don't be too hard on yourself.
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That sucks man. But it looks very fixable so don't be too hard on yourself.
Luckily, the top pic is the car fixed, so problem solved, drove it to work today, loved it!

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Give you $5,000 for it if you throw a tree in.....
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Give you $5,000 for it if you throw a tree in.....
Only if you give me a few of your snazzy blazers!

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Said tree....


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It will buff right out.
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My wife said she was glad I did it


Man that sucks adam, i have 2 993's and would be sick if that happened.
I hate when people (especially the wife) say that but they are 100 % correct
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Why did you post this in Marketplace ?
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Why did you post this in Marketplace ?
More important, why do you care?

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Why did you post this in Marketplace ?
Why did you post in Marketplace?
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Have you even recognized the nonsense you post?

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The red truck in the pic, I backed right into the 993, it's low and the truck is high, bad combo. Very slight hit but enough to ruin my day. My wife said she was glad I did it, figured I could forgive myself a lot faster than I would forgive anyone else.

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My guess was something along those lines
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Why did you post this in Marketplace ?
Why do you post at all?
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Luckily, the top pic is the car fixed, so problem solved, drove it to work today, loved it!

---Adam
Nice! I thought that was the before picture.
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Had that been Adam's 356 that got popped, I would have ASSumed that he lost control of the thing while racing it against his lawn tractor!
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Had that been Adam's 356 that got popped, I would have ASSumed that he lost control of the thing while racing it against his lawn tractor!
Nope, just picked up the 356 today in Philly, new top is on! And the tractor doesn't run, so it would be a short race.

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