T-bone

 I like to go out for a nice beef steak dinner every once in a while.

While some prefer the top sirloin, T-Bone, porterhouse, hanger, tenderloin, its sub cut, the filet mignon or the "Queen of steaks" the picanha, I personally prefer the rib eye with it's longissimus dorsi, complexus and spinalis muscles.

Nothing is better than the hard-to-find 30 to 45 day dry-aged prime bone in rib eye steak cooked medium rare with all the trimmings!!!!! MMMMMMMM

Regrettably this article is NOT about any of that.

While driving from the family campground on Kirtland Air Force Base to my brother's house in North East Albuquerque, NM we were "T-Boned" at an intersection.  Nobody was hurt, and none of our airbags deployed.

Both doors bashed in.

We filed a claim with our insurance company, and they had us take our Jeep to Caliber Collison here in Albuquerque NM.  Forethought paid off, as we opted for rental car coverage and we were provided with a rental the same size as our Jeep for the entire time the repair took.

The estimator at the shop provided some photos of the process

B pillar damage

On the frame machine pulling on the B Pillar frame.

B pillar fascia installed, before paint

From the drivers door before paint

After paint, note the door on in front of the Jeep

We were reminded that we are not in control of our situation as our original plans had us leaving Albuquerque on 02 December. However our Jeep did not get out of the shop until 23 December. 

What a wonderful present. We enjoyed the extra time with my brother and his family as well.