My car burned today
10-01-2007, 06:07 PM
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Dave : Glad nobody got hurt....i'm sure it is heart breaking, but hopefully you will at least have an opportunity to get another.
I'm assuming we are talking about the power steering oil reservoir tank...right. Symptom is a high piching whining noise eminating from the engine compartment. Had mine replaced a couple of weeks ago.
I'm assuming we are talking about the power steering oil reservoir tank...right. Symptom is a high piching whining noise eminating from the engine compartment. Had mine replaced a couple of weeks ago.
10-06-2007, 12:15 AM
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Dave : Glad nobody got hurt....i'm sure it is heart breaking, but hopefully you will at least have an opportunity to get another.
I'm assuming we are talking about the power steering oil reservoir tank...right. Symptom is a high piching whining noise eminating from the engine compartment. Had mine replaced a couple of weeks ago.
I'm assuming we are talking about the power steering oil reservoir tank...right. Symptom is a high piching whining noise eminating from the engine compartment. Had mine replaced a couple of weeks ago.
Im pretty bummed. Ive lost alot this week, more than the car, she called our wedding off , and a few other things as well this week (business related)
I think Im going to stay off here for a while. Its a bit much to handle all at once.
Thanks for all the kind comments. Ill be back when I know the cause.
Dave
10-06-2007, 11:53 AM
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Dave: hang in there buddy...everything happens for a reason eventhough we may not understand why....i'm sure everything will fall in its place in due time.
good luck..
good luck..
10-06-2007, 05:25 PM
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ins co said they are having an expert pin down the cause. They are being pretty nice about it so far.
Im pretty bummed. Ive lost alot this week, more than the car, she called our wedding off , and a few other things as well this week (business related)
I think Im going to stay off here for a while. Its a bit much to handle all at once.
Thanks for all the kind comments. Ill be back when I know the cause.
Dave
Im pretty bummed. Ive lost alot this week, more than the car, she called our wedding off , and a few other things as well this week (business related)
I think Im going to stay off here for a while. Its a bit much to handle all at once.
Thanks for all the kind comments. Ill be back when I know the cause.
Dave
10-06-2007, 06:28 PM
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My car had a real strong smell of VP109 today. I was driving aroung with my 3 year old buckeled into the child seat in the back and started thinking about how long it would take me to get him unbuckled and out before we both burned!
Would be very helpful to hear the cause of the fire. Good Luck.
Would be very helpful to hear the cause of the fire. Good Luck.
10-12-2007, 11:57 AM
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Thank you! I can hear mine in the morning when starting from cold... I have the 60K service coming up but I don't think I will wait until then... I will make an appointment to get this checked out.
10-12-2007, 12:32 PM
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Car burned today
Dave buy plenty of LUBE as I feel you are about to get screwed. I had a friend that was hit and their car was a total loss and Nationwide was not on their side. JMO
10-13-2007, 09:15 AM
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Why should ther be anything but a normal "buy retail-sell wholsale" hit? Property loss thru fire involves no reassignment of fault. Seems that the policy will dictate terms, which typically would be replacement cost minus deductible. Won't the only question will be determination of replacement cost? AS
10-13-2007, 11:41 AM
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best of luck to you in all your dealings of the week!
although i confess that i don't understand why some are coming to the conclusion that insurance is trying to screw you. Sure we've all had our run-ins with insurance companies, but in this case i can't see a problem. You were driving a car and it caught on fire, burned and you have a loss. You may have some valuation debate wih the insurance co. but we are talking about perhaps a 4-5k spread (worst case).
in any case - hang in there!
cheers,
boris
although i confess that i don't understand why some are coming to the conclusion that insurance is trying to screw you. Sure we've all had our run-ins with insurance companies, but in this case i can't see a problem. You were driving a car and it caught on fire, burned and you have a loss. You may have some valuation debate wih the insurance co. but we are talking about perhaps a 4-5k spread (worst case).
in any case - hang in there!
cheers,
boris
10-15-2007, 10:40 PM
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R.I.P.
Time to start to shopping for a new one !
R.I.P.
Time to start to shopping for a new one !