Well, the meeting with the professors at NC State yesterday netted me a big ol’ bag of nothing. Well, maybe that’s overstating things. If nothing else, it’s contacts, and networking is always a Good Thing. Plus, one of them might have some small projects (10 hours total?) in a month or so. I’m dreadfully overqualified for them, but that just means he’s sure the finished product will be good. And I’d get paid – hey, that’s always a nice thing.
Stopped by to look at the Saturn as it sits in the repair shop’s parking lot. You know, it doesn’t look like $4,300 worth of damage, but what do I know?
There’s a full set of pictures available in our gallery.
Oh yeah, $4300 easy. Needs a new quarter panel, new hood, new bumper, probably some lights, and there’s likely a bit of frame damage that will need to be fixed around the wheel well.
That looks like an ouch, for sure.
But most importantly, it’s their ouch – this shouldn’t cost us a dime.
and I thought Saturns were dent proof 😛 Call it a work of art and get 6k for it or something…
and since no one was really injured in the accident I can mock the crap out of it…
Oh, yeah!
I remember when a little, three-inch scrape in the rubber coating on the bumper (and the steel underneath), and what we thought was just a mis-aligned headlight turned into $1900…
Well, lots of little things there, plus they’re probably reaming you (or the other guy, in this case) on labour.