| After obtaining a 93 TT from Bernie at the end of April this year, roughly one month later June 4th this had happened to me as a result of an accident where I was not at fault...(f-bird guy that cant drive in the rain, hit my parked car in our office parking lot, wtf) La-Z-Link This is my first TT, as at the time I also had a 1996 NA(my first Z) that I got in Nov 2006 shortly after graduating college, z32's been my favorite car for as long as I can remember. Well I sold the '96 NA to a guy in Lebanon, PA about two weeks ago and have had a Mazda 3 rental car since then. Then I got the notification on Friday, August 5th from Bernie that the car was good to go..again..as this car has been in a few accidents now with the 2 previous owners. I think a Jason from MD and some other guy. I was the happiest person alive when I got the news about the car being ready. I've only had the CRP for 1 month and Bernie has had it on his premises fixing it up off and on for almost what..3 years now, including me giving it back to him for the last couple months. I've never felt so excited to pick up a car. It does stink because I didnt get to thank him in person, he said that when I came to pick the car up on the evening of the 5th he wasnt sure if he would be there or not. I even brought some Modelos for him over to drink while we talked. Well, Laurie, his wife was nice enough to be there and let me in, at first I didnt think she would answer because it was like 8:30, dark and pouring with rain outside. After a couple eager knocks, she opened the door, walked me over to the garage to get the keys and thats when the smile Ive had on my face for the past few days first started. I did have a little issue with getting the car down the driveway because of the crazy rain Hanna brought and it being dark, but Laurie was awesome and came outside to wave me down the driveway. Ive noticed that since I started driving it to work again yesterday, I find myself going outside to check on it like every hour to make sure everythings kosher. This morning I actually parked in the same spot it was hit at my work, I know prolly not a good idea, then it started raining, this is how it got hit last time, rain+f-bird guy speeding around a turn.
I didnt hesitate, I moved it and will now keep it on the side of our office building away from the main road from here on. The extra walk to our office front door is definitely worth the peace of mind. Anyways, before I end up writing a novel here. I just want to say THANK YOU SO MUCH BERNIE! I am very grateful to have someone 15 minutes away from me that is a beast with regards to Z knowledge. You deserve a shirt that says "World's Greatest Z32 Mechanic" in cobalt green. Without B I wouldnt even have my CRP TT. He is the best..period. My car was sitting at a body shop waiting to be ordered parts and to be fixed and painted shortly after the accident. Bernie was like screw it Im going to fix this myself and drove with me to the body shop and we went in and after Bernie pulled the ds fender off, because it rubbed the wheel we took it to his place. He got everything up front for me, all the parts, etc and Ashley and him even picked it up from getting painted at the nissan dealership. I understand he didnt have to do any of this but he went out of his way for me to take care of everything, while doing an excellent job. I also want to thank (The Devil's Z) Dee because he had a parts car and let me drive up to Delaware to get a CRP hood from him that just needed to be painted. Also, thank you to Glenn Gardner because it is my understanding that he came over to Bernie's to help shape and fit the hood, prepped, jdm front bumper, ds fender, headlight bucket and maybe a few others. He also took the car to get painted for me on his own time. And last but not least (TT XTZ) Ashley, she had helped Bernie pick my car up from where he stored it after it was painted. Also I'm sure she might have been involved in assisting Bernie during the tranny drop, to replace the rear main seal, pan seal and retainer gasket (Thanks again to Bernie as well!) and whatever else you may have done Ash! List of things that were done: Accident related:
Front Lower Arm
Tension Rod
camber kit
suspension arms
JDM Fascia w. all accessories
JDM turn signals
DS head light & assembly
DS Fender
DS fog light lens
Hood-TY Dee!
Non-accident related:
Rear main seal and pan seal
retainer gasket
4 New Bridgestone S03 tires
set of clean and better looking wheels
This is what the car looks like now(pics courtesy of Bernie):
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The last 7 pics are redundant from the top link above, the day the accident happened. The front bumper, hood, ds fender and ds door were all painted. I am just glad everything is finally over and I got the car back. It was in good hands all along, probably the hardest part was the wait. Thanks for letting me share and yeah I will change the sig someday as the APW NA is on to its new owner in PA. Later all, -Mike
 
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