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    The weirdest thing just happened to me, and it's a good thing!

    So I got up, and said "I need a car, I'm just going to get one today and let them reimburse. I was looking up numbers and wrote down them for the 2 closest Enterprise rental agencies. I picked up my phone - and it started ringing before I could dial. I answered and they asked for James, I said this is.

    Hi, this is Enterprise rental in Mamaroneck. WTF? I was just looking up your numbers! They approved the rental and called and set everything up, and as I was on the phone with Enterprise, Liberty called me to tell me, and left me a message telling me I could go to any agency to pick it up of Enterprise. I guess the closest saw it and called me up proactively.

    Believe it or not they offered me a Jaguar!! I seriously turned it down, I just know something would happen, plus, they are lower to the ground. I took a Sante Fe small SUV even though I said I wouldn't take a Hyundai, but this is a small truck. It's nice inside and big enough to get in and out. Has bluetooth voice, disc player, USB for stereo and all the extras. Only thing I will miss is my tinted windows. They are paying for the duration until my truck is handed back to me.

    Yay, finally some good news!

    And truth? The woman said that while my story and their insured story was the same, which makes it so much easier, the dash cam placed the "responsibility" of liability 100% on him when they saw it and that put it over the edge and "approved".

    Get one folks!!
    “You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named "Bush", "Dick", and "Colin." Need I say more?” - Chris Rock

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    I can't believe you turned down a Jag.

    Wtf man! Free rental, fully covered!

    Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum Europae vincendarum

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    Quote Originally Posted by NightTrain View Post
    I can't believe you turned down a Jag.

    Wtf man! Free rental, fully covered!

    Not fully.... They wanted higher insurance on that one that apparently I would have paid out of pocket, an extra $12 per day in addition. I likely could have pushed and had Liberty cover that too, but wanted to be fair about this as I know Karma LOVES me already and has me on speed dial!!

    They had an expedition which I really wanted, but as the guy grabbed the keys, the woman in back said it was reserved already. So it was premium cars, all lower to the ground, or SUV's, of which was the expedition, a few Ford Explorers which were all out & a few Santa Fe's. That, or cruise on my own dime to another Enterprise. And with no wheels yet, the choice was easy! LOL My ass wasn't walking 5 miles, and I was already there....

    I know, I know, an extra 2-300, even if out of pocket, would have been cool to have a Jag! But damn, those suckers are very low to the ground too. And my ass? I'd be out on the highway within 5 minutes to "see what she can do..."
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    I'm bombing around Barrow in an Expedition... it's a pretty nice rig.
    Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum Europae vincendarum

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    Quote Originally Posted by NightTrain View Post
    I'm bombing around Barrow in an Expedition... it's a pretty nice rig.
    What year? Regular or EL?

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    I had an expy a few years ago

    “… the greatest detractor from high performance is fear: fear that you are not prepared, fear that you are in over your head, fear that you are not worthy, and ultimately, fear of failure. If you can eliminate that fear—not through arrogance or just wishing difficulties away, but through hard work and preparation—you will put yourself in an incredibly powerful position to take on the challenges you face" - Pete Carroll.

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    So when I called this guy on the 27th, it was to get his insurance company and policy #. His response was "I ain't got time for this shit, it happens all the time, go through your own damn insurance company or get the damn insurance info off the police report".

    It's a good thing I explained the lawsuit and some threats and got a headstart with the old name, and I figured the rest on my own.

    I got the police report finally, for a dang $10 download. It SUCKS. It's got our names, addresses & drivers license info. Then a version of events, in which he at least writes that even the driver of the truck admitted guilt and the same story as mine.

    But there is NO insurance info anywhere at all on this report, not even a place for them to have put it! Next time, which I hope there never is, I am taking photos of those documents on the spot, which I should have done.

    So I gave the report to the woman handling the claim and that much more that can help speed up the process. My truck is sitting there right now damaged, waiting for the insurance and the garage to get on the same page and make a determination. Who knows how long.
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    Quote Originally Posted by NightTrain View Post
    I'm bombing around Barrow in an Expedition... it's a pretty nice rig.
    Holy CRAPOOLA Batman... the dang TIP of Alaska.

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    Well, it just came in the mail. Looks very cool. Guess I'll read the book and get it fired up, set it up and see how it works...








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    Quote Originally Posted by High_Plains_Drifter View Post
    Holy CRAPOOLA Batman... the dang TIP of Alaska.
    Probably where many northerners want to be right now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Black Diamond View Post
    Probably where many northerners want to be right now.
    Yeah it felt like a BLAST FURNACE here today, and going to be just as bad if not worse tomorrow. 94 degrees with a 73 degree dew point means it's extremely humid, so we have a heat index of feels like 108. Just stifling.

    We have severe thunder storm warning for tomorrow night, Sunday morning.
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    Well wouldn't ya know... the dashcam is a POS... yeah... lightening buy my ass, no wonder. I just got a brand new Sandisk Ultra 128G SD card, installed it, powered it up and the fuckers says "NO CARD INSTALLED." OK... did I put it in upside down? No, it'll only go in one way. Took it out, check the card on my computer and it's fine. Put it back in the cam, tried to set it up and it went through the menu at a snails pace, and at the end said once again, "NO CARD INSTALLED." So fuck this, BACK IT GOES... rotten chinese PIECE OF CRAP. The instructions are also printed so fine that I had to use a MAGNIFYING GLASS to READ the damn thing. I'm surprised they sell crap like this. The 5 star rating it got was either for a different camera and this one is a knock off or something, but that rating is going to get it's first ONE star review.

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    YA... NOW LOOK AT THIS... UNREAL... these LOW LIFE SONS A BITCHES... I bet others that took advantage of this "LIGHTENING DEAL" are all wanting to leave ONE STAR RATINGS TOO, so they're NOT LETTING ANYONE ELSE LEAVE A RATING... SON OF A BITCH... maaaaaaaaaan.... these's FILTHY rotten CROOKED bastards... Amazon is getting as bad as EBAY!


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    Since I firmly believe Amazon is not above being a bunch of shysters and pulled a fast one on me for that POS, no name dashcam above, even though I returned that one I got it set in my head that I should have one now. I honestly think it would be a good idea. So I did a little internet search of the top ten dashcams for 2018, did some reading and comparing and settled on this one...

    https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

    $100 more than I previously paid but this one is name brand and comes highly rated by experts.

    Funny how you can put "dashcams" into the search window on Amazon and all that will come up is all their little POS chinese crap cameras, even if you click on 4+ stars ratings. In order to find the GOOD stuff on Amazon, you have to enter it BY NAME, specifically... isn't that weird. They have it, but they don't like to show it in a search for that type product.
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