After putting a $1000 into my 1997 Honda Accord with 160,000 miles on it to get it to Texas, after it running like a freaking champ the whole 1500 miles down here, two days after it was full of expensive electronics, Ikea furniture, and my life — after all that, some asshole stole it out of our parking lot last night. The police officer I talked to said that 3 late-90s Hondas were stolen in the area last night, so most likely my beloved car is being chopped into a hundred pieces. We were having such great luck so far, too. Damn.
So sorry about your car! Don’t let it color your new experience too much. It happens to the best of us. Let insurance do its job. And for your next car, get something nobody wants — and put a big alarm system in it! Good thoughts to you and Meg. Sorry some asshole in Austin had to wreck your first few days in Texas’ nicest city. Good vibes to you, man. Watch, some great karmic gift is about to land on your doorstep.
D’oh!! That’s waaay too bad, man. We had a similar thing happen to us (while we were on vacation!) a few years ago. But hey, like you said, it could have been much worse — e.g. stolen with electronics inside while you were on the way down here.
And *something* had to go wrong at some point, right? Better this than something else. Plus you’ll get early use of the Capital Metro system!
(Too much silver-lining talk, maybe? I can tone it down . . .)
Austin, I’m really sorry to hear about that. Is there anything you need in the interim? You have a lot of friends and readers out here. I know that insurance won’t really do justice to a great car and losing you life’s worth of things. Dang, you;d wish they would have at least left that stuff behind. Sick bastards.
Dang….let us know what we can do to help. Seriously.
Oh no!
So sorry to hear that. Dang. Give the Internet a holler if we can help.
Think of it as purging the last vestiges of your former life…(or maybe you’ll be extra lucky and get your car back)!
Try a hybrid…like the Insight. Most would-be thieves think either 1) they’ll need to charge it up, or 2) it will electrocute them if they’re not careful…and you’ll get great gas mileage.
Good luck with your new digs and work in TX!