The road to recovery

Thanks to Rocky and Butch over at Gillman Southwest Subaru, here’s my car on the road to recovery. Good news; after tearing the car down, they concluded there was actually no frame damage at all! Bad news is my rear driver’s side axle boot is torn. The axle itself appears to be fine, but no idea if the grease was contaminated.

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It’ll buff right out

Some jerk ran into my car while I was at a party, then took off. Since everyone was inside or in the backyard, no one actually saw who did it. My insurance doesn’t have uninsured motorist collision coverage, so it’s all going to be out-of-pocket.

Edit: Just got a call back from the body shop. The estimated bill is going to be $6200 for the repairs. 🙁 🙁 Minor frame damage, but the body shop says this kind of frame damage is easily repairable and shouldn’t be a concern, once fixed properly.

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