Found out yesterday the putz was 1/2 way out of his car when it started moving.......instead of hitting the brake, he bailed out the drivers door watching his car head for the street.....and my truck......

 

Oooooh

 

So is now the time when you go across the street and in your best John Wayne "hello pilgrim,I'm your neighbor and am going to be keeping an eye on you"!

 

I already have the reputation as the neighborhood "Biker", and the guy everyone calls when something goes 'bump' in the night.

Those that know me, know I'm a softie, the guy that will always lend a hand, and the neighborhood Snow-blower-guy who clears the walks on both sides of my block and the driveways of the elderly residents.
But I also have a 'don't screw with me' side.

He only knows I ride a Harley.

 

I'm not as patient or understanding as you... he'd have known my shoe size as soon as I found out he bailed!

 

In Homer we watched a guy backing a boat trailer into the water. He stopped at the bottom, put it into reverse instead of park. Started getting out and when the truck moved he freaked out and jumped the rest of the way out instead of hitting the brake.
We saw that truck for sale a few months later. The guy was selling it without telling buyers that it had been submerged in salt water.

 

I'm about to kick someone's tail.

State Farm calls while I'm on the road back North with the new truck......
State Farm: "We've got the estimate on your '99 Dodge.
We see $5,500 in damage, your truck's value is $10,100.
We're going to fix your truck.........

My face =

Me: OK, how do YOU (MY insurance Co) find $5 grand in damage, when THEIR estimator found $8,700 in damage?

S.F.: I'm not sure, I'll have to check with the agent who wrote the estimate.

Me: OK Now I have a NEW truck, after you told me a week ago that it was totaled......and you're telling me a week later that you're going to fix my '99,.... what is going on?

S.F.: I'll have to call you back.

20 minutes later......

S.F.: The agent called back and said he found additional damages......we're forwarding the claim to the Total Loss agents..........

Me: "I'm glad you don't practice medicine.....you'd call me and tell me i have a year to live, then call back 10 minutes later to tell me I only have 15 minutes, then call me back 20 minutes later to tell me I'm cured"..........

 

Is this the part where they write you a big fat check so you come out ahead with a new truck for all your troubles?

Because if that wasn't happening I'd be in a bad mood for while.

 

Gawd I hope so.........

The new 1500.....

 

Nice truck! Sooooo you gonna put a tuner on it??

 

I'm thinking of adding a handful of steel shot to the oil so I can get it to 'rattle'.

Tuner?, maybe later, looks like ~18-19 mpg highway right now.

I hear 2 mpg or so can be found with a cold air intake and swapping mufflers to Magnaflows.

The REAL deal will be when I hook it up to the trailer.

 

lol you're gonna miss the rattle for sure.

I was mostly joking about the programmer. I was hoping to sound like a fanboy, you know, that's the first thing they do to any vehicle. It won't do beans for your mpg though, not on a gasser.

 

Looks like a PERFECT truck to swap a 4BT in.........

 

I don't get it. The way it should work is if someone kills your ride, their insurance rents you a comparable vehicle till they get your ride back on the rode or replaced.

Case in point. Going into the sun on a 4 lane. Old lady in her cattlerack going the wrong way. Last minute, I see the impending head on and manage to riccochet the LUV off her car, a snow bank, and roll it on it's lid, totalling it and losing a bunch of tools. Managed to avoid serious injury to anybody. Wrecked her pants, though.

Insurance company paid for a rental, and within a week delivered a comparable vehicle and a check for the tools.

You should never have to buy while waiting. You ride on their dime.

 

That is a nice looking new toy (er, truck).
It will be interesting to see how it looks in 177k miles.