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Offline 70burntorangeT/A

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worst birthday ever!!!!!!!
« on: May 24, 2009 - 08:28:40 PM »
i turned 18 years old yesterday and this is what i woke up to.    so here's the story. friday i was driving around, fixing to go pick up some ladies, when i realized that gas had gone up again. so i thought "well ill just fill up before i go pick up the girls and then i wont have to worry about it later". so im pumping my gas and i hear the pump click to shut its self off, well i turn around and its still pumping gas, so gas is running out of the gas neck all over the car as im trying to get the pump to shut off, well the handle on the pump got stuck and about 2 gallons of gas went all over the car and ground before i could get it shut off, so i paid for my gas and then washed all of the gas off my car. Well i ended up not taking the girls riding around so i just went straight home, which is about 1/4 of a mile from the station, i parked it outside for a while on a little bit of a hill and i forgot all about the gas neck being full, i also dont have a cap to go under the chrome car so the gas just trickled down the side of my car for a few hours. and i guess it somehow got under the paint and just blistered it all up. So i go to my car saturday morning to take it to a show and realize what had happened. Needless to say i was a little upset. And it happened on my birthday
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Re: worst birthday ever!!!!!!!
« Reply #1 on: May 24, 2009 - 08:30:21 PM »
bummer bro!!!!!
wow, that suxxxx  :eek4:

but, happy b-day anyway!!   :2thumbs:

did you have a decent coat of wax on there?

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Re: worst birthday ever!!!!!!!
« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2009 - 08:59:33 PM »
Ouch, I have never seen gas do that to paint before, brake fluid yes, gas no.

Sorry it happened on your birthday.



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« Reply #3 on: May 24, 2009 - 09:09:46 PM »
Well, that sucks. I wonder is someone used some rattle can primer on that quarter at some point?

If you think that sucks on your 18th BD, then just wait until you hit your 30's and wake up to ear & nose hair.  :2cents:

From where you are now, it just goes downhill.........

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« Reply #4 on: May 24, 2009 - 09:13:27 PM »
Well, that sucks. I wonder is someone used some rattle can primer on that quarter at some point?

If you think that sucks on your 18th BD, then just wait until you hit your 30's and wake up to ear & nose hair.  :2cents:

From where you are now, it just goes downhill.........

i didnt wanna scare the poor guy!!

sheesh, barry, go easy, you may traumatise him for life hahah   :smilielol:

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« Last Edit: May 24, 2009 - 09:15:24 PM by wagesofsin »

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« Reply #5 on: May 24, 2009 - 09:42:00 PM »
There are pills for THAT.

As far as I know, there is no pill to combat ear & nose hair.  :dunno:

For anyone wondering what to buy a guy turning thirty - tweezers.  Please?  :2cents:





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« Reply #6 on: May 24, 2009 - 09:54:17 PM »
If you think that sucks on your 18th BD, then just wait until you hit your 30's and wake up to ear & nose hair.  :2cents:


I just tell my wife to go to the beauty salon and get rid of that hair!!!  :roflsmiley:  :smilielol:

Seriously though, real bummer about the paint.   :swear:

If it's a problem with a malfunctioing gas pump, can the gas station be held partly responsible?  Did you report the pump problem to the gas station attendant?  Especially since the gas spilled, there is supposed to be procedures to clean up the gas spill so he/she might remember your car and can vouch for the gas pump issue with his/her boss.  :dunno:

Happy belated b-day.  Life is hitting you in the nuts unfortunately.  :(
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Re: worst birthday ever!!!!!!!
« Reply #7 on: May 24, 2009 - 10:23:59 PM »
Oh man THAT SUCKS!!!! Sorry to see that! I love the colour though!
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Re: worst birthday ever!!!!!!!
« Reply #8 on: May 24, 2009 - 10:35:28 PM »
Wow Brandon,
I know you and your dad spent a lot of time and effort on the car. I can't say I've ever seen gas do that as I've overflowed the tank before on a car or two. Happy birthday dude!! I can think of a whole lot worse, not that it would make you feel any better. I agree about checking the insurance angle with the gas station and your insurance. The day I graduated from my apprenticeship I got in a wreck in the rain with my Barracuda. Wasn't too bad. Could have been injuries. No one hurt. Just my pride!! Hope there's a sliver lining here. If someone can get a 100K for hot coffee, maybe you could get 10K for gas!! :bigsmile:

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Re: worst birthday ever!!!!!!!
« Reply #9 on: May 24, 2009 - 10:59:04 PM »
The reason that it did that to the paint was that we had the gas neck installed prior to painting the car and we masked it off, therefore leaving a very small section under the gas cap that didnt get painted so there is a paint line under the cap, the gas got all over that paint line and got under the paint, it blistered it from the inside, not the outside. thats why it has never done that to anyone else, if there hadnt been a paint line under the cap then it wouldnt have done that. But luckily for me my dad painted cars for over 20 years and he says that he will fix it up for me sometime next week, there was a spot on the quarter that needed touched up anyways so while he is doing it he is going to fix that spot too.   I was pretty mad for a while but after i calmed down i realized that it could have been worse. We have left over paint and clear so we wont be out any money at all, just some time.
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Re: worst birthday ever!!!!!!!
« Reply #10 on: May 24, 2009 - 11:01:22 PM »
Also i could probably get some money out of the gas station, but it was my fault too for not having a properly sealing cap on it, we will just fix it and go on, but i probably wont be buying gas there anytime soon.
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« Reply #11 on: May 25, 2009 - 12:02:17 AM »
That sucks dude! I know of an incident that happened a couple of weeks ago to a club members 70 Challenger conv. He must have had too much gas or the venting setup was installed wrong because with his car out in the sun the gas was pouring out all over his beautiful purple paint. We were able to catch it in time and stop the leak. As far as I know his paint didn't get ruined but it happened during a show and everyone was staring.

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Re: worst birthday ever!!!!!!!
« Reply #12 on: May 25, 2009 - 12:36:07 AM »
Sorry that happened to you dude. Happy Birthday anyway!
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« Reply #13 on: May 25, 2009 - 01:14:25 AM »
sorry to see this happen,

but tell the painter to use real paint that has hardener this time if you don't want to be fixing it again
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Re: worst birthday ever!!!!!!!
« Reply #14 on: May 25, 2009 - 03:22:27 AM »
..... Birthday Dude :ylsuper:










I was going to put the Happy in front of the Birthday but thought it was pretty pointless after seeing that paint and reading your story, sorry to hear but life goes on buddy, at least it did not effect the new T/A stripes :2thumbs:
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