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car is ready to pick up. thank god. a lotus elise is fun to drive and great on track, but an awful daily.
no progress on the house. fired the contractor.
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Man would this whole story make a great Episode on Judge Judy. The "Firing the contractor" just adds more interest. Only thing missing is an injured Pet.
Hope the car is back to normal.... Mike
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I looked for issues. It's perfect. 👏 So nice…
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House is almost fixed. I've had my
Lotus parked in the front of the neighbors house while the work is being done. I noticed today there is drivers side damage and at first thought someone hit it. After a better look, I think someone jacked it up to steel the catalytic converter, missed the jack point, and mangled the fiberglass rockers. People really do suck. I'm hoping the frame is not damaged, but it looks like all the damage is outboard of the jacking point.
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My brother-in-law has a E39 540. We were chatting about it recently. He hasn't driven it since it started smoking profusely several years ago. Has various other problems. No money to fix, so it sits on his driveway. Then he tells me that last weekend he wakes up to hear a Sawzall going for about a minute. Then it starts up again for another minute. Then he realizes his catalytic converter will soon be leaving his property. It was off his Honda Element sitting next to his 540, but still......
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5 months later, today I parked in my garage. The little things in life…
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No idea.
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Noob,
Can you please post pics of your car fixed.
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Oh absolutely, I'm just saying money is a free pass to get anything you want in our current society. The fact that you can be a decent human being at the same time doesn't change the fact you can do whatever you want.
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See previous post 👍
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Fixed car, fixed house.
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