I posted a lot about my car search and purchase. It was a really big deal for me. It was a lot of money.
4 days later thieves stole the wheels off in the middle of the day while I was at work. I bought new wheels and tires ($3700) and had it towed to the closest dealer. Their estimate of the damages is another $3500.
I had called my insurance company from the parking lot of the dealer before I drove it off the lot. Somehow because of a mistake at the insurance the car wasn’t added to my policy. They are looking over their phone records and say that if I honestly did call that I should be covered. But it’s all a bit up in the air. Plus they want to inspect the car before the authorize any repairs and they certainly aren’t going to reimburse the wheels at this point. The car is therefore stuck in limbo at the dealer. So now I’m looking at likely several weeks without my car that had less than 200 miles on it, and possibly being out $7500-$8000 in repairs.
I know things could be worse and it’s just a car and all (please don’t tell me that). I’m driving my fathers car and I’m lucky my parents don’t generally need both their cars.
But I am so depressed. I can’t get over the feeling that my car is ruined and I just threw all this money down the drain. I can’t eat and I can’t sleep. I can’t really see a situation where I will enjoy driving this car again. I know this is irrational but It just sucks.