The big hail storm of 2012!! Well April 3, 2012 we knew there was going to be some storms coming threw DFW but we all had no idea it was going to be so bad. There were 11 tornadoes that touched down and a ton of damage to homes and cars. And my work parking lot was no different! We were told to evacuate and go into a safe place, so I hide inside the women’s locker room in our gym. If I was going to be stuck somewhere, you better be sure I was going to have a bathroom, towels, a radio, and a fan! It was not as scary as I thought it would have been.. the hardest part was not being able to get through to anyone on the phone. I had texted Zach and Alex and they were still in class, luckily Keller did not get hit. I called Mrs. Ann’s house to check on Pierce and she said all the kids were napping, and no signs of storms.
So after 2 hail storms had passed we all went outside to asess the damage. Most of the cars in our parking lot had huge holes through the back windshields, and of course tons of hail damage. As I approached my car, it seemed to all be in tact.. lots of hail damage of course and then my sun roof was broken. Compared to some of the other cars in the parking lot, mine didn’t seem so bad!
Well a week later USAA came out to appraise the car and within 2 minutes of being at the house he said, “your car is totaled”. I did not have much time to process all of this since we were getting ready to leave for a wedding. He said the hail damage alone was over $10,000 plus the water damage that was done inside the car. Well at that point we had 7 days to find a new car until my rental car was due back. Since I was about $6K from paying off the Accord and only having one car payment, I was a little upset. I did not want to start over! Well everythign happens for a reason, and this storm for me ended up being a blessing. We got the money back from the insurance company and decided to buy a older car and pay cash for it, we also decided to trade in the Tahoe (since we pay over $100 in gas) and get another 4 dorr sedan. After many hours of searching, shopping, and looking at CarFax.. we found my car!
We went to Park Place Lexus, and Hasan not only sold us one car, but ended up selling us 2 cars! As we were signing the papers on my car, there was an elderly couple sitting next to us buying a newer car. We saw teh car they were trading in and inquired about it. It is a 2002 Lexus ES 300 with 70K miles! That is about 7,ooo miles per year put on that car! It was in mint condition and had been taken care of! So Jake bought it, and we bought the same car but a newer addition for me! We love our new cars and we LOVE only having 1 car payment, and we LOVE not having to spend over $100 to fill a tank of gas!
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