RC K9

Here is a couple pics. Also took a quick vid...sorry its chaky/crappy, I didn't want him seeing my filming his car, but if you pause at :14 you can see the damage to his car from where he hit me. Not witnesses, only us two. No one was cited and no report, but we were each given a driver's crash report, so not insurance companies will have to fight it out. I can't give up on DSM's man. Too much fun. Just wish people would stop hitting them as clean ones are getting hard to find. http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a461/RyanCorlew/IMAG0179_zps263db073.jpg http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a461/RyanCorlew/IMAG0178_zps492f9daf.jpg http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a461/RyanCorlew/IMAG0177_zps15c9987d.jpg http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a461/RyanCorlew/IMAG0176_zps0e1bfc5f.jpg http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a461/RyanCorlew/IMAG0175_zpse8fc467e.jpg http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a461/RyanCorlew/IMAG0180_zps9cadc563.jpg Sorry Haus of Powder Rim http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a461/RyanCorlew/IMAG0183_zps2bdc63c1.jpg http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a461/RyanCorlew/th_VIDEO0062_zpse9add006.jpg

Drove it home, but will most likely be totaled. We will see what insurance says. No one was cited, so insurance will have to duke it out. At this point I don't know if it's going to be his insurance company that pays or mine. Nope. Blue with chrome wheels. Yeah, the biggest thing is I was extremely blessed. Yup for all you who don't believe in God, he blessed me. I did hit a guard rail, didn't get hit by any other traffic (and there was a considerable amount) and I drove/walked away. Doing a 360 on the freeway is definitely scary, but not as scary as the last accident in my old talon when the lady ran the red light at t-boned me at 55mph spinning me around and sending me up a 6" high median and hitting the steel pole supporting a giant street sign for the airport over on steltzer. That was the #1 scariest experience of my life.

...on the freeway, made me do a 360. Smoke everywhere from my tires. 2nd scariest experience of my life. I was in far right lane, he was in far left lane, truck in the middle. I passed the truck, and as I passed the truck, he (vette) shot across two lanes and into mine as I was passing the truck and nailed my talon in the rear corner panel right in front of my rear driver's side tire with his passenger's side front fender/bumper/tire, sending me into a rather traumatizing 360. Said he was trying to get over to get to the upcoming exit and didn't know I was over there. Good times.

My brother showed this to me a couple weeks ago. That girl is on it. But ohh noessss...she gonna shoot up a school.

I did that as a senior prank. My brother's friend started dropping a turd before he had fully sat down, then obviously, he sat in it. Most awesome.

Peso's from the Saudi's will be somewhere in the mix too. Is Glen Beck that blonde hair guy with a radio show? I am pretty sure my old boss used to listen to him on 610 back in the day.

All this is assuming this world doesn't crash and burn which it very weel seems to be on course for. Just remember, all the "money" we "have", is fake, imaginary, and can disappear at the click of a button. This is why long term ish is hard for me to take that seriously because in 40yrs, we will be exchanging yen and speaking chinese.

Start a micro-brewery/restaurant. Kidding, as $100k would be nowhere near enough to do that, but a guy can't dream can't he? Seriously, 1st choice would be debt elimination. Pay off my truck and put the rest towards my house, but since that also is not an option: I would get a ton of professional training education/certificates from places like NK9, SMS, and a few less widely known schools. I would then slowly use the rest to start dog training business. (Technically I still have a dog training business, but I would make it a full time occupation.) I would try to gear it towards, or partially towards disadvantaged kids. I have thought a long time about if I were to start a legit full time business or maybe even nonprofit, incorporating disadvantaged kids into a program to learn about and train dogs. Basically something along the lines of kids who like dogs, who live in poverty, have one parent working 3 jobs, could come and essentially "work" for RC K9 and learn, and contribute after school, summers, etc. and in turn, if that was something they decided to do professionally in the future, I would have a sponsorship program for them to get their formal education/certificate(s) where my business would pay their tuition.

It's for some people, just not me, in retrospect. I would agree that I believe she is bluffing. I think that's why she came over to tell me about it. She is running out of options and getting desperate. I'm not going to complain to the HOA about it though for two reasons: 1.) They have a lawsuit against the HOA, so I highly doubt the HOA is going to send her a letter to leave me alone, or a letter for any reason for that matter. 2.) Harassment is a criminal offense, so the HOA has no power to do anything in that situation anyway as the HOA is not the law. This is pretty much how I envision it going. I agree with some people in some situations, such as yours, going that route, can, and did work. My personal point of view at this point is that I would rather not say anything and let things take their course than open my mouth and say something that seems innocent and harmless at the time, only to have it used against me down the road. "Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning if he holds his tongue."

I feel that informing the HOA about the situation will not help anything as when the HOA conceded that my activities were within my rights, they stated that any future issues would be between the two of us. The HOA can not tell another resident to stop harassing me, that would be a legal/criminal matter. If she tries to say anything to me or my wife again, I will get a restraining order. She was so mad when she left though I doubt she would waste her time coming over again. As for me trying to talk to her or her husband, not going to happen. Should this hit the legal system in the future, I do not see how me opening my mouth to her is going to help the situation at all. I'm just going to sit back and see what transpires, if anything at all.

You would be surprised at the # of HOA's down here. Nearly every neighborhood in the metroplex belongs to an HOA.

Her and her husband have met us, our new son, and had some short superficial interactions in the past. I just can't remember her name. As for coming to a compromise, i'm not closing my garage door unless I am using air tools or the compressor is running. I am doing nothing wrong, so I will work on my car when I want. I have recorded evidence in the form of letters and e-mails all with dates and times. I think you are right about her lawyers trying to get her to scare me, and I think they also don't really care weather they win or lose because they are getting paid anyway. The longer they have to interact with her on this matter, the more money they are making.

I have considered getting a restraining order should she say anything further to myself, or my wife. And if she(they) do sue me, I will most certainly be filing a counter suit to recoup my money for lawyer fees, lost time, emotional distress, etc. I am sick of this crap. She claims I have my car running for hours (not illegal), which I do not, she claims I am indeed violating HOA rules, (which the HOA has established I am not), etc. She is just a bitter old woman with nothing better to do as she doesn't work, and her husband is a wimp. Her husband works, her husband is the one that walks their dog, alone, awe only see her occasionally outside gardening. Some people just revel in their misery.

I have no intention of having any further interactions with her. That's what had me baffled. If I am going to go around someone and make complaints about them to an HOA, then sue the HOA, then consider suing the individual, I certainly am not going to go talk to them, complain to them, or harass them. I felt it was odd, and very foolish of her to come over yesterday. I think it was more out of desperation on her side as she realizes she is not getting anywhere currently, and thought she could scare me into compliance by mentioning the prospect of suing me. I think that is what she looked stunned when I told her to do whatever she felt she needed to do.

Trying to keep this out of the kitchen as I am looking for legit facts instead of just venting and complaining. A couple things, I know things may be different in TX than in OH, but I would imagine there can't be that many difs in laws in this situation, and also, I will try to keep it as short as I can so I don't get too many tl;dr's. I live in a neighborhood with an HOA. Shortly after I moved in, I got a letter from the Community Manager at SBB (management company that helps support/enforce HOA stuff), stating I responded back explaining how they are misinterpreting their own wording, and that I am actually not in violation of HOA rules pertaining to the work I have done on my car. Their response to that letter, All this was between April and June of 2012. Fast forward to December. I get another letter from the new Comm. Mgr who knew nothing of this situation, where she cites a complaint and refers to their rules about working on vehicle. I responded back to her with a packet of all the letters back and for between myself and the previous CM, showing the Board already determined I was within my rights. Her response back was an apology for the inconvenience this has caused me, she has put notes in several areas on my account about the situation, and the new board has been brought up to speed on the situation. She said I should receive no more letters from them. She also stated it's only been one person making the complaints and they have been advised I am within my rights under the HOA covenant, and any issues they have should be dealt with me directly. (Keep in mind, they can't disclose to me who is making the complaints). A week or so ago, my neighbor Randy came over while I was out in my garage and told me that he found out it was the old couple directly across from me that were making the complaints, and he found out because the old lady (I say old but they are probably young 60's), came over to talk to his wife and told her that they had a lawsuit against the HOA because of me. OK, so yesterday, I had my garage door open, started my Talon, let it run for about 3-4min to warm up, ran inside to get something, came back out to get in the car to run an errand, and the lady with the issue comes up my driveway and stands at the entrance to my garage and asked if I had received any letters from the HOA. I asked her in regards for what, and she said my car. I informed her I had received a letter a few months ago and I had politely informed the new Community Manager that the Board had already decided I was within my rights to work on my car, in my garage with the door open. The HOA's response to my last letter was an apology for the confusion on their end, the matter had indeed been resolved on their end, and I would no longer receive any letters from SBB concerning my vehicle. The lady then proceeded to inform me that they were in litigation with the HOA, however, two different lawyers had informed her she should sue me directly but that she didn't want to go that route as they don't believe in suing their neighbors. I asked her if they don't believe in suing their neighbors, why didn't she approach me with any issues she had long ago before goinging into litigation with the HOA as that would have been the neighborly thing to do. Her response was, "because I knew it would go like this." I informed her again that if she has an issue, she can take it up with the HOA, even though they already ruled in my favor. She stated again that they had, and currently are, however her lawyers have informed her it would be better to sue me directly. I told her my only advice to her was to do whatever she felt she needed to do. She then proceeded to vacate the premises. She came over annoyed and flustered, and left angry. I kept my cool, and pretty much laughed at her and I think that is what really set her off. Now, my interpretation of the situation is; she didn't like the HOA's response to her stating that I am operating withing the covenant of the HOA, so she is trying to sue them. She said they have had two lawyers advise her to sue me directly. I think they are telling her that as they know they will lose against the HOA. I also think that she came over to tell me that she was being advised to sue me directly to try to scare me. She looked absolutely shocked when she brought up suing me directly and I chuckled and told her the only advice I could offer is for her to do whatever she felt she needed to do. Now, I am withing my rights with the HOA, and I am not doing anything illegal, so my question is, can she actually sue me? If so, what can she sue me for/based on? And would she even have a case?

This, or a typo and and it should say 5th gear delete. I see no reason anyone would remove 4th gear.

Where is he supposed to plow the snow if there are cars in the street? You park in the street, your car gets covered in snow. That's how it goes.

Nope.

Saw this a few days ago. That chic showed up ready to party. Pre-gaming at its best.

I'll trade you my ecoboost for the '14 GT500 and $5000 on your end. Let me know when I can pick up the car and the $5K.

The sad truth.

There are some at Innis Park. You can hear/see them in the evening. There are also a lot of deer (big bucks too), foxes, and coyotes up there. I can't even imagine what it would be like to nail a 20lb turkey.

Probably much worse than it would be for European Americans, Asian Americans, South American Americans, Australian Americans, Antarctic Americans, and American Americans.

similar deal was down here. gave me a brown paper bag ans said anything I could fit in it was 20% off.