Damn- that sucks. Sorry to hear it, I offer my condolences. I've had similar situations, been screwed by un-insured motorists every time, and fixed my cars myself. Two out of three of them were damaged far worse than that- and none of my cars were anywhere near as worth fixing as yours is. The thought of abandoning it at this point- over this- is beyond my comprehension. I guess everyone really is different after all. Thanks for the link though, it's too bad.
ON other matters- I don't, however, offer apologies for my behavior. I was responding to a nasty post by someone who has barely been productively active, and I responded to it in kind. I did not come in here unprovoked with both guns blazing. I was attacked and flamed right back, thank you very much. No I didn't search, I'm subscribed to the thread that has had continual updating on this project since back in the days when I was here all the time. Every disaster, every accomplishment, was somewhere in this thread. If something relevant happened three weeks ago, it shouldn't seem unusual for it to show up here- and long before now. And it was distinctly implied that I just jumped to the end of THIS thread without reading every goddamn post first, not that I wasn't hanging out in 5.0 talk- which I'm not and never was. I have way too much of my life invested in this site to disappear entirely, so if something happens in a thread I was involved in I want to see it- but I'm not surfing the boards for new info anymore and can't start. I'm far to busy these days and don't have the time for life on stangnet like I used to. I didn't put up with any un-warranted crap from noobs when I was here everyday trying to help people, I have even less patience for it now when I'm just trying to stay in touch.