First Blood...

[mpcripps <mpcripps@mediaone.net>]

Sorry to rant, but I need to vent:

Came home tonight and while pulling into the garage, the @#$% door came 
down on the roof!
Sounded like I had been hit by another car. Of course, once the damage 
was done, the opener
reversed and retracted the door off my wounded mount. Aaaarrrrgghhhh!!!

The antenna was snapped clean off, the roof has a dimple, and the cell 
antenna
(on the rear windshield) is history. I filled the remnant of the antenna 
with rtv to keep 
it from leaking for now. Now I face a day of acquiring the antenna, 
(can't wait to see how much VW wants for it) pulling the interior apart 
and installing the replacement. Hopefully I can smooth the dimple from 
the inside of the roof. Grr! The door remote is going to be a .38 target 
tomorrow. That or maybe the sledge. Neither is harsh enough. All while my 
Bilsteins sit in their boxes waiting to be installed. Delayed another 
week!!

I could scream! I would prefer to have had the damn door hit me. People 
heal, cars don't.
A few stitches would leave a smaller mark on me than on my baby. D*mn!! I 
go through all kinds of machinations to protect her from the idiots and 
harsh elements and now this! SH*T! 

Has anyone else had to do this? How much of a PITA is it to replace the 
antenna?

Mike

'99 Jetta WE - wounded edition