Driving home from dinner last night with my wife when another car passed us going the other way. Suddenly something hit the driver's side headlight area. It was dark and I couldn't tell what it was. It didn't make much noise though. Got home to find the headlight lens cracked right at the top near the headlight ring and the car covered in red taco sauce. The worse part is when the lens cracked, it allowed taco sauce to get into the lens cover. I don't suppose just the lens cover can be R&R'd can it? I have HID's so the entire assembly is gonna run around $580 plus shipping (pelicanparts.com). People are idiots...any there any such thing as trying to have a nice car anymore?

 

eBay.

 

some people...sorry to hear.... but yes, look on ebay. you can get those headlamps used, a lot cheaper than 500+ I bought my set of 05+ hids that way.

 

Sorry to hear about your miss fortune!

 

Hey mini B, that sucks,,, there are lots of people out there who really have no respect for anybody's property. I wonder, do you think there was something hard in the middle of the accused burrito? It is hard to imagine a burrito(taco) cracking a headlamp??

 

I thought the same thing, but at 50+ mph on me and who knows what on the idiot that threw it, I guess anything's possible.

 

I guess that is true,, any luck with ebay?

 

That sucks, man. Why don't you file a comp claim with your insurance?

 

so sorry abt it.....ppl are just jeaousl abt yr hot car...

 

you can dissasemble the headlights, it involves heating them in the oven to soften the adhesive, it also requires a little skill re applying the adhesive. to much and the headlights will not sit rite. to little and you can get moisture inside the lense.

 

That must have been one badass burrito to break a headlamp. Good luck on the replacement!

 

Maybe it was a still partially frozen "Quickie-Mart" burrito.

 

i cant believe that anyone hasnt said this

"this burrito is good but it is filling"

i cant get anchorman out of my head now!

 

That sucks. Burritos are good too!

 

bummer,
good luck with the repair

 

That brought back memories. My best friend from my first squadron used to throw a still-frozen burrito into the leg pocket of his flight suit before each mission and pull it out as a snack halfway through the flight.

I guess you can acquire a taste for anything, but all I can remember is the "crunching" sound when he ate them too early in the flight and the middle was still frozen solid. He called them "burrito pops".

 

Sorry, but I'm still all wtf?! A burrito?! Of all the things to through out the window. Maybe it was some accident. Perhaps some guy threw his buddy's burrito out the window as some kind of cruel retribution for something...and it just happened to hit your car.

At any rate, for your next headlight, get a set of clear protective film.

 

I was just thinking that lol

 

LoL GREAT TITLE!!

 

I really wonder what goes through people's heads when they decide they need to throw soemthing at somebody's car. I was leaving a Diner one night, and a group of teens that had left at the same time we did wound up throwing hash browns at my car. Made a big thud, but I couldn't figure out what on earth it was. I wish I had though, I would have followed them home and really scared the crap out of them...

-Chase

 

No Rattles

No cold start engine noise

no clutch problems

no problems at all

---- I guess I have a bunch of trouble to look forward to.------------

--------------------------BUT---------------------------------------

---------I gotta say "I STILL LIKE MY JUNK MINI COOPER"-------------

 

Sorry about your bad luck, but I think I may have a lead on the culprit:

Ron Burgundy [driving in car, speaking to Baxter]
Oh, Baxter, you are my little gentleman. I'll take you to foggy London town 'cause you are my little gentleman. Wow, this burrito is delicious, but it is filling.
[throws burrito out the window]

 

hey, at least it wasn't one of those Chipotle burritos then you'd be replacing the whole front end!

 

Holy..oops wrong thread/unintended revival post.

Nice one...

 

I guess you have to be glad it was not a large rock tossed at the windscreen;
it could be you with the broken head or worse !

I would check with your insurance as it sounds like a comp claim as you did not hit anything; something ( the flying burrito ) hit you and I bet it was frozen !

It may be cheaper to have the insurance take care of it; how many years have you been paying and never had a claim ???? Time for alittle payback ?

Good Luck Fellow NAM Member !