She faught a concrete wall and lost.
Turned sharp to avoid some prick coming in my lane and spun into the wall. mashed up the front drivers side, guts and all. It's been in the shop since early Nov. The good news is, the body work is all done and she is all painted up. The bad news is, it's been in the mechanical shop for 2 weeks now awaiting a new steering box. APPARENTLY, steering boxes for the VX are as rare as a $2 Ferrari.
My rental has already hit the $600 mark and it's been so long that I now have to go in tomorrow to negotiate a new rental contract since my insurance stopped paying their share for it. I tell ya, if I don't get the VX back by this Friday, I am going ahead and getting it back and doing the steering box on my own. I have been all over the shop for it, but all they can do is finger point. They blame the dealer they go through for parts, the dealer blames a major distributor for their parts, and the distributor blames the postal service. At this point, I say they are ALL arseholes. I just want my VX back. It's become a coffee coaster for mechanics these past 2 weeks.
Gary Noonan
'01 S/C VX / '18 Forester XT