Posts filed under 'Cars'
December 23rd, 2008
1 Local Cy-Fair girl dies from a drunk driver who hits the school bus and her
2 Houston judge’s daughter sues driver she ran into while driving drunk
What the hell is the world coming to?!! If there are more things that make me madder than stupid politicians and hungry rich execs, it’s the stupid drunk drivers! Link one shows about how a drunk driver sideswipes a school bus and then hits a girl and then speeds off! He had to be pursued for miles before being caught!
And then there’s Elizabeth Shelton, whose father is a juvenile judge(?!), who got into an accident last year and ran into a pickup truck in front of her which ended up KILLING her boyfriend! Now, she’s SUING the driver that was in the front?! This is some crazy and stupid things I have seen and heard but it’s just un-freakin’-believable!
If we continue to let DWI/DUI-convicts to go around so carelessly, I shall feel obligated to move elsewhere (like Japan) where such thing will pretty much ruin your life for good! If you are drunk, WALK home or take a cab!! I hope that guy gets life in prison, and that girl gets COUNTER-SUED! And what is her father, the “venerable” judge, even thinking?!! 
December 4th, 2008
I need to vent… so here I am again.
I got the call from State Farm that our beloved ‘99 Lincoln is officially considered totaled. :( While I have been wanting to do that, the sudden reality hit harder than expected. After all, it’s never an equal trade when you try to find its replacement. And on top of that, the Admiral went out completing its duty to the end protecting its owner even though it meant taking itself out. Sniff…
So here’s where it gets somewhat worse… They valued it at roughly $4600 retail through NADA.com prices. When they re-add on taxes and other stuff, it was at $5100. But it still came back to $4600 because of our $500 deductible. State Farm rep told me that I can get the deductible back from the other party’s insurance so I call them (also ambulance cost was over $500!) only to find out … that it was never filed!
So I had to spend half hour talking to the other insurance company giving them all the info! Erg… Now I have to wait till next Monday before they assign an adjuster. What a pain. To make things more irritating, now that the car is considered totaled, they will cut the car rental short! :mad: I have to probably get the other party’s insurance to pay for the rental to be extended. So much hassle…
November 25th, 2008
So as many of you know by now, Soojin was in an accident on the way to BSF leaders’ meeting. Usually, JJ would be riding with her but since it was a holiday week for Anna, Soojin asked her co-worker to watch them in the morning. Thus we are so thankful that neither of the kids were in the car.
Though I do not know the entire details, here are what is known about the accident. Soojin was on Pineloch left lane and a landscaping truck was on the right and there was a contact that made her veer off the road into the median and hit the big lamp post. The car was totaled in my opinion. The entire front was gone along with radiator, the wheels, and both of the airbags that went off. The other vehicle and 3 people were fine. I only saw a dent on the side of the drivers door. They didn’t seem to speak English or worse, didn’t have insurance and thus didn’t say anything. I felt bad for them but at the same time mad.
Soojin was bleeding badly in the eye but turned out to be due to a small gash between the eyes. My current hero(ine) is a woman named Ginger. She is the good Samaritan who saw Soojin crash and pulled over to help her get out of the car and stayed with her until I got there. Ginger is now my current favorite name of the decade!
Soojin complained of large pain in the right abdominal side and was rushed to ER. I had asked Pastor Shawn to pray for Soojin but he ended up coming out to the hospital (after I gave him the wrong hospital name! - Southwest Memorial Hermann when it should’ve been Southeast). Her CAT scan came back negative for internal damages, so we are thankful for that as well.
And Younhe with her two kids came by to see Soojin at home. This does not include all the family and friends that prayed for Soojin and gave all the kind words. So I wanted to thank everyone who took part in caring for Soojin in this difficult times.
Please pray for the car that the insurance would file it as totaled and not try to have it fixed, and that the amount for the car would be favorable. After that, we will have to shop for a replacement car. That Lincoln Continental was named as “admiral” since it felt like a boat. It served faithfully to the end protecting the driver to its end. 
Now that I have to say goodbye to it, it’s a bit saddening having developed “정” (jung that means emotional bond) for it.
I don’t know why the accident happened nor will I likely find out, but since God was with her, we are trying not to question it, and just being thankful for all that came out of it… 1) no kids were involved and 2) Soojin didn’t incur any serious damage. “God is good all the time. All the time, God is good.”
August 21st, 2008
* Picutre belongs to Iacoski Design
I’ve always been a fan of Datsun 240Z and Nissan 280Z/300ZX series… Now, Nissan brought awesome GTR (though controversial with unfair horsepower reporting) to the fans…
Then I found these mouth-watering awesome concept designs on Datsun 240Z/Fairlady! If you recall, 240Z had long hood and was fairly quick to its feet in its time. I really hope that they bring this to reality… ’cause I’d buy one in a heartbeat! This is also reminiscing of 240SX, also known in Japan as Fairlady. Click the picture or head to Autoblog for more pictures!
January 30th, 2008
So I was brave enough to decide to take the kids this year to the Houston Auto Show 2008! I knew JJ would love it but wasn’t so sure about Anna… well, they both loved it really! And the unexpected part was that they both wanted to get in all the cars and take pictures! :D That was so cute…
We did total of about 2 and 1/2 hours of walking around and seeing all kinds of cars… my favorite was seeing the Audi R8! That car was suh-wheat! Here are the pictures of it… Enjoy! I know I did.
Oh yeah… Buick had a water fountain to show…
January 10th, 2008
Daily Tech Source
Wow… $2500 for a new car? :eek: India unveiled the smallest and cheapest car on the planet! Not only does it manage to fit 5 people in (forget comfortable!), it also gets freakin’ 54 mpg!! This has to be the ultimate city car!! But what’s America (and the rest of the world, for that matter) doing?!! Zip in and zip out!!
