Friday, August 25, 2006

Another Canadian Tire story

As if I needed to here yet another person's tale of Canadian Tire woe to convince me to never.... EVER take my car there..

This is from the newsgroup at work. Poor bastard.

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I recently took my car to the Canadian Tire store on 119 Richmond Road in Ottawa, Ontario, K1Z 6W1. I took the car there to have some electrical work done. While the car was in the possession of the Canadian Tire Auto Service Centre, my car was hit by another vehicle that left the scene without a trace. The incident occurred on Thursday August 24th between 7:35am and 7:55am, shortly after I had dropped it off that morning. Although I found the service for my electrical work to be good, I was shocked to find that my car had been greatly damaged while in the possession of the Auto Service Centre. I immediately contacted the police and my insurance company who consider this to be a hit and run. The damage to my car is in excess of $3500. From the explanation the collision company I took my car to, my car was hit by a large tired vehicle, probably a transport truck. After I dropped my car off at Canadian Tire Auto Service Centre, I walked to the customer shuttle that was driving me to work located at the rear of the building close to where my car was parked. I noticed a Canadian Tire transport truck preparing to pull into the loading dock. My car was parked beside the entrance of the driveway to the loading dock. My shuttle driver pointed the female truck driver to the entrance, and she looked frustrated that she had to pull into such a tight entrance. I believe that the Canadian Tire transport truck hit my car, and left the scene. Unfortunately I cannot find any surveillance cameras that were pointed in the direction of my car so I cannot prove what actually happened. Because of this, my insurance company is covering the cost of the car except for my $300 deductible. This entire experience has cost my hours of time to deal with the police, insurance company, rental car agency, collision company and time away from my job.

Do you think that Canadian Tire owes me any compensation for the damage? Should they have to at least cover my deductible? Do you think my insurance company will go after Canadian Tire over $3500+my rental car + whatever other costs?

My car is a 1997 Honda Civic CX (hatchback) with 150k km on it. Do you think they will write off my car or fix it? The car is in great condition with no rust. Do I have any choice whether the insurance company writes off my car or fixes it. If they pay me off, will they just take my car, give me $$$$, and leave me without a car?

Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Quiz fun - What kind of Kisser Are You?

So I came along this silly little quiz and decided to fill it out (I usually avoid them, but this one was really short and I was curious ;) ). I have to say, I get a laugh out of it... especially the 'trouble' part. :p

You're an Passionate Kisser

For you, kissing is about all about following your urges
If someone's hot, you'll go in for the kiss - end of story
You can keep any relationship hot with your steamy kisses
A total spark plug - your kisses are bound to get you in trouble