Re: Morning Commute $$$$$$$$$$

["George Turner, Jr." <getone@mediaone.net>]

yo man....sorry to hear that..8(
George
----- Original Message -----
From: chris collier <collier@iglou.com>
To: Digest, jetta glx <jettaglx@igtc.com>; Listserver, gti-vr6
<gti-vr6@ccsi.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 1999 7:19 AM
Subject: Morning Commute $$$$$$$$$$


> Dear Lists,
>
> Yesterday morning, and what is turning out to be an expensive morning to
> get to work, a foreign object decided it would like to meet the front
> end of my car.
>
> I am not going to go into the blow-by-blow of what happen, I think that
> i will go straight to the facts.
>
> A piece of "X" came flying off the highway in front of me and hit the
> front of my car. BIB BIG thud!!!!!!!!!
>
> First thought.....................HEADLIGHT!!!!!!!! $$$
> Second thought.................Front lip of hood $$$$
> Third thought.....................Just loud,  no damage (fingers crossed
> at this point)
>
> I was going to wait until I was out of traffic to asses the damage.
> While continuing to drive I noticed the reflection of BOTH of my
> headlights on the Explorer in front of me.  COOL rule out my first
> thought.................-$$$
>
> As I pulled to the side of the road, I walked around the front of my
> car, and low and behold, rule out Second Thought (and there was much
> rejoicing, but wait..............)
>
> Rule out Third Thought,(and a hush comes over the crowd)
>
> Fourth Thought, which has become the First Realization: worse than any
> of the previous thoughts.................
>
> Piece of "X" hit the front bumper, cracked the paint in several places,
> gouged the plastic bumper cover, then went through the grill (destroying
> it), then went through the AC condenser(destroying it), then stopped at
> the radiator.............................
>
> OOPS, the scenario just got worse, quick................
>
> So what now was a morning commute, has become very
> expensive......................
>
> Now to my question, does anyone have any experience with replacing the
> AC condenser core on our cars?
> Is the AC condenser core on our cars the same as on ALL A3's?
>
> I now have to replace my front bumper cover, the front grill, and the AC
> condenser core
>
> Grand Total $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
>
> thanks,
>
> chris
> collier@iglou.com
>
>