The good news is that another one is in the process of being junked, and as soon as Bill and Ted (pictured below) are done with it on their excellent adventure, he'll have a new project to start.
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.”
“that had a 2.5 acre car garage”
Now, By God! That is a garage big enough for me
108,900 square foot garage with a 1000 square foot house.
Heaven on earth
I hope he adds to the 11K one hundred dollars an hour for each hour he worked on the car. Then add pain and suffering.
Sue her for a million dollars.
In the film “Winter’s Bone” set in the Missouri Ozark’s, you see nearly EVERY house has junk cars strewn around all over the property.
It’s like this in many areas of Southwest Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, etc. It’s called the Redneck country of the USA. Those women know enough to ignore the auto blight because as soon as the yard is cleaned up, another Junker is brought in. It’s a way of life.
not a jerk. Leave my stuff alone. Get your own place to live and visit often.
you had me until “mom did not like her” awwwww.
A project car is a lot like a woman’s shoe collection. It’s a hobby, it costs too much, and it causes marital grief.
Try telling your lady that you got rid of half of her shoe collection......the left ones. Then duck.
EC
Let it go, she did you a favor showing her crazy self. Run from her, save yourself and cut all ties immediately.
Not saying I gave a 💩 that mom didn’t like her. Mom didn’t like ANYONE her son’s dated. None of us cared.
Things a man has that women just shouldn’t mess with: his cars, motorcycles, tools, dog, liquor, cigars, record collection and in my case, my ham radio gear.
So the man chooses to live in cohabiting fornication, contrary to God's owner's manual, and thus has his discernment clouded by the physical relationship, does not like a result of his morals and poor judgement on a women, if not a car - which apparently actually warranted the most commitment in this case.
The girlfriend’s family and friends are absolutely blowing OP up saying it’s just a stupid old piece of junk
Thus illustrating a normal difference btwn males and females.
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That's a big clue that he's dealing with a crazy bitch. She felt entitled to the garage, dumped his property, and now feels he's silly for being angry.
Sue her, get a restraining order,and watch your back because she will go psychotic and accuse you of abuse.
Never mess with a man’s car or his dog.
I know a state trooper who was out of town.
His wife took his fully marked patrol car to her work because her car would not start.
That went over really well also.
The good news is that another one is in the process of being junked, and as soon as Bill and Ted (pictured below) are done with it on their excellent adventure, he'll have a new project to start.
I got stuck somewhere watching “Pimp My Ride”. At the time Sheryl Crow and Lance Armstrong were a thing going so far as to get engaged. I just looked it up - 2005 into early 2006.
Lance had a car he was working to restore and behind his back Crow grabbed it and sent it to the Pimp My Ride people. At the big reveal where they showed him what had been done to his car you could tell he was not errrr overjoyed. It ended shortly after.
Regardless of who owns what, many women somehow think that everything on the domestic scene belongs to them and that the man is just a guest the the woman’s house.
Not just cats, any hobby.
Not just cars, any hobby.
Um, I think he needs to evict first, then worry about suing.
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