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by **azphotomac** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 1:45 am

It had to happen sooner or later :shock:

... Wednesday morning on my way to work a very large dog ran out in the street and slammed it's self into the right side of my new MINI. $1200.00 worth of damage on a car I haven't even made a payment on yet :evil:

So I dropped the car off at Elwood's today and now I'm driving a Chevy Aveo

... Power nothing included... Do people actually buy these things of their own accord :?:

The Aveo is "Chili Red" and it's actually bigger than the MINI as I saw several MINI's on the way home... makes me want mine back real soon

by **It Works** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 2:14 am

So sorry to hear about that Hugh! That really sucks.

Elwood will take good care of it though. Jack's (my SB mini) middle name is Elwood since he's been there so many times...

by **OPC** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 3:35 am

That sucks, Hugh. Patty's right, though, it's in good hands with Elwood. Here's hoping for a speedy return.

by **deemotored** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 4:58 am

Most def the best place to be if you are an injured MINI. Have no fear!

by **azphotomac** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 11:57 pm

Thank you everyone for your advice on Elwood's... looks like they have done a lot of MINI's... I was the third one there on Monday!

Fast forward to Tuesday morning... TPI goes off for the RR tire... didn't know the Aveo even had one of these high tech items. Anyway after the second gas station I found one that actually had an air line... filled up the offending tire and continued on to work.

Should have known something was amiss when I was told they were putting air in the tire when I picked up the rental car on Monday.

Checked the tire again at lunch time and it looked fine, but when it was time to go home I noticed a screw head protruding from the RR tire. A phone call to Enterprise produced an exchange vehicle after about an hour of messing about. This time it's a Kia Rio... A little bit better than the Aveo as it has a place to plug in my iPod and actually does have a bit of power under the hood... no I didn't say it was a "GP"

by **phxsteele** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 1:32 am

anyone know if elwoods is state farm certified? I need some work done and would prefer to take my baby to a place that knows minis.

by **OPC** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 1:53 am

azphotomac wrote:...and actually does have a bit of power under the hood... no I didn't say it was a "GP"

phxsteele wrote:anyone know if elwoods is state farm certified? I need some work done and would prefer to take my baby to a place that knows minis.

They used to be, yes. Not sure if that's changed since late '08.

by **deemotored** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 4:25 pm

Sure why not! Call em!!!

by **Mr. Incredible** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 10:42 pm

Did the dog fair better than the mini? :shock:

by **azphotomac** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 11:04 pm

Mr. Incredible wrote:Did the dog fair better than the mini?

I believe it did... Continued on it's way northbound after slamming into my MINI's right side...

I think I'm having MINI withdrawal syndrome... Just called Ellwood's and it's baking in the oven...

by **azphotomac** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 12:32 am

My MINI is back home where it belongs

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Body work looks GREAT, Ellwood's does EXCELLENT work and I will recommend them to anyone :thumbs-up:

Now, where was I with the mod schedule :?:

I have to get ready for AMVIV also :drive2

by **danjmcs** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 1:17 am

Yeahhh!

by **deemotored** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 5:06 am

Yay!!!

by **Mrono** » Tue May 18, 2010 8:48 am

dee, I love your avatar

by **deemotored** » Tue May 18, 2010 1:54 pm

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