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then proceeds to tell me that he had the car on the upper level of the
car hauler and that at some point in the trip the hood of the car has
blown off.  So now I am being delivered a damaged vehicle and I am not>

Sorry to hear about your bad luck, and I hope you get it resolved with the shipping company. It could be worse, though. Think about some poor slob following this car carrier when XX pounds of car hood comes sailing at him/her! Hopefully that didn't happen. I know not to follow large trucks too closely in winter due to ice chunks, but never thought about flying car parts!       Jeff