Posted on 09/24/2023 4:38:51 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
Poor actions always have poor consequences. Here’s an incident that revolves around similar plot!
A netizen recently asked, “Am I a jerk for suing my girlfriend after she had my 1967 Impala project taken to the scrapyard?”. We need you to find out!
The Original Poster (OP) had a 1967 Impala 4 door that he bought in Feb 2019. A couple of months ago he bought his first house that had a 2.5 acre car garage. OP moved the car in and started tearing it down for a complete restoration.
“I had the body in one bay and the chassis in another, plus the whole garage filled with parts.”, says OP.
About two months ago, OP’s girlfriend came to live with him during this whole crisis and the whole time has hated that car. She wants to park in the garage, but OP has 2 acres of land with a lot of nice places to park under shady trees or hell even in the barn if it has to be inside.
“I tell her tough luck it’s my house and it’s not like I can just throw it back together real quick.”, says OP.
Anyways, OP was out of town for a couple of days on a business trip for the small local company he works for.
When OP got back, his girlfriend was all smiles. Making him food all the time, doing all the chores, all that. OP thought maybe she was just happy to have him home but then he realized that he didn’t see her car in its usual spot.
OP asked her where she parked so he could make sure he mowed that area and keep it clean and she said not to worry because she parked in the garage. OP asked how and she told him to go check it out.
Turns out that while OP was gone, she hired some people to come over and move everything related to that car, including the drive-train, body, chassis and all parts, and take it to the local dump/scrapyard. OP was absolutely dumbfounded.
“I had spent over 11k on that car including new parts, services, and the car itself.”, says OP.
OP told her that he was going to be taking her to court for that and she brushed him off like he was being dramatic. OP told her that it was done between them and to pack her things and leave.
“I admit I was really angry but I did end up getting a lawyer. As I have all the receipts for all that money spent and I have her on my house’s security camera footage letting the guys in and watching them take it all I think I can win.”, says OP.
The girlfriend’s family and friends are absolutely blowing OP up saying it’s just a stupid old piece of junk that she cannot pay back all that money OP spent, and that he should just let it go.
“But I have been putting all my time, effort, and money into that car for a year and a half now and imagine now even getting justice for what she did. Am I a jerk?”, asks OP.
Not the jerk. Relationship-wise: this was a gross overstep on her part just to get her way on something minor. Ending the relationship immediately was the right thing to do.
Legal wise: Don’t destroy something you can’t afford to replace. Take her down, let her pay it off over the next few years.”
“Not the jerk. That is messed up and I can’t believe anyone is defending that behavior. I mean maybe if you were married for years and that stuff had been sitting around for like 10 years or something and it was also her house I could see an argument…but none of that is the case here. I would be livid. Wow just wow. Yeah unless she can get it all back somehow she owes you.”
I think the frame and body were separated at that point.
Yep, with the 390, 4 speed manual and tripower.
It was an easy choice.
My brother had the misfortune to marry two such women.
Wondering if there was a title involved with the transfer? Doesn’t sound like it but if she forged his signature that’s an addition to the charges of theft.
I understand what you’re talking about. I ain’t one of them. 🤣😂
Men generally are not known for thinking with the brain in their skulls when it comes to women.
Men and women both need to step back and not let hormones/emotions dictate relationships.
“The scrapyard has to purchase the vehicle with transfer of title. I’m guessing the scrapyard purchased the Impala but recognizing the value, saved it from the shredder.
If it is a case of theft, the boyfriend should be able to get his car back.”
Exactly. I think most if not all of this story is made up. As soon as the guy got home and saw his car was gone he would have insisted she tell him where she took the car and parts. Unless they immediately crushed the car (unlikely) he would have told them it was stolen and got it back.
What a beeyotch! I hope the guy wins that lawsuit, but he’ll still never get the labor-of-love hours and experience back that she stole from him.
What a nasty, evil, selfish thing for her to do. At least the guy found out what she was really like before he married her or had kids with her.
A 2.5 acre car garage, or is it a 2.5 car garage? If it was a 2.5 acre garage, the property tax would be crazy...
“A netizen recently asked, “Am I a jerk for suing my girlfriend after she had my 1967 Impala project taken to the scrapyard?”. We need you to find out!”
I forgot to mention, that another reason the story is fake is because if it were true, no man would need to ask if he was in the wrong for suing her.
Relationships take the responsible behavior of TWO people. It is not just for the convenience of the guy.
Men likewise, need to keep in mind that for women, sex is also an emotional thing. It is tied very closely to emotions.
Understanding each other from both parties goes a long way.
Four doors are nice for cars that big. You don’t have to climb in and out of them into the back seat through a door that is not quite big enough for the job.
And those are from my teenage years when I was very flexible and limber.
Nice, concise summary of action needed to be taken.
“I am married to the same problem. Looking for a book one day? Thrown out.”
You’re a Saint, or at least a Martyr. I would not have stood for that even once. Not to mention all the other things.
Fifty years? I will avoid any quips about being out of jail by now...
Years ago I had a marriage go sour on me. Unbeknownst to me, she not only anticipated the split, she engineered it. She served me with divorce papers and restraining orders at the same time.
I was barred from my own home and property and had to hire an attorney to try to reclaim them. Anyone who has been through an acrimonious divorce knows the drill.
I had been a car builder by hobby and one day discovered that she had called a towing outfit about “some abandoned cars” on her (our) property. Among the vehicles of mine that she had removed were 2 1936 Chev 2-door sedans, a 1937 Chev pickup, and 2 parts cars. I was given no warning.
I found out which company had towed them and visited them in an effort to reclaim them. I was told that I could get them out of hock but it would be prohibitively expensive due to the thousands of dollars in towing and accrued storage fees. The salvage yard also would not allow me to be selective in which cars I redeemed - it was an all or nothing requirement.
On the appointed day I returned to the yard to witness the sale of my vehicles at auction. I was high bidder on the pickup truck and able to save it. The rest were sold and I never saw them again.
Sadly, there is a dearth of real men out there these days.
Relationships take the responsible behavior of TWO people.
That was the point of my post one has nothing to do with the other know it and understand it.
If the man’s name is Dean Winchester, being sued is the least of her problems!
Sellng a vehicle that is not
hers (especially one that has
a clear title) equals jail time.
I would think the scrap dealer
may be on the shady side also.
Authorities are very stringent
where I live, on used vehicles
being bought and sold.
I’d have her arrested, and report
the scrap dealer. Who knows?,
if the guy acts fast enough
with help from the state
police, he could get his car
back.
Surprisingly enough, most people don’t know what an AMX is
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