Around 1 PM today I got a call from the body shop over at Brondes Ford. The current estimate is $2600, without even knowing how the suspension looks. The car's only worth $3500, so it's not worth fixing. This means I have pulled my Crown Vic from eBay and I guess I'll be back to driving it around.
As if to add insult to injury, I couldn't find my phone about an hour ago. Fast forward to just a few minutes ago when I went to check on my laundry. As you've probably guessed, I heard a nice thumping inside the dryer which was my T610 flopping around. At this point it appears to be dead, bit I'm going to let it dry overnight before condemning it.
The worst thing is I can't even fathom how it ended up in there. I was making calls all morning, I've been wearing the same shorts all day with the exception of a food run where I left the phone behind, and I could have sworn I called someone while the washing machine was running.
Oh well, the T610 was nearing the end of its useful life anyways, the SIM card retention issues I had before are back and not as easily fixable as last time. It just hurts to have to buy a new phone when I've already got the upcoming bills of re-registering and repairing the Crown Vic to make it legal again.