Alessandro Machi

A member of the Philip Greenspun's Homepage community since November 6, 2003

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November 6, 2003, on Automobile Disputes:
I won my court case! I won a $2,300 dollar judgement even though my car's resale value is probably less than $500! Although I am happy with the verdict, I lost more than $2,300 when I factor in all the time I lost frugally repairing my car. By frugally repairing I mean I had the car repaired in steps. I didn't just hand the mechanic a blank check and say go for it. It took several months and many trial and error trips to get the car working the way it worked before the accident that was caused by my smog mechanic. This means that I missed phone calls as I have no secretary and most assuredly lost work as any repairs had to be tended to during the day. However, $2,300 is significant and I am happy with the judgement. The judge stated to the aggressor that just because my car was only worth $500.00 he still was responsible to put it back in working order, to put it back to the way it was before he crashed it. Since repairing my Subaru I have put an additional 13,000 miles...