Sturdy car!

[rorqual]

I had to wait for one of the cars surrounding me to be moved before I could move my car today (since I was touching the bumper of the one in front, and there were only a couple inches between me and the one behind). When that finally happened, I took a good look at my car in the daylight. Both bumpers are indeed cracked and scratched up, but I think the car itself is fine. It got hit pretty hard; my iRiver, which was sitting in the console well right in front of the shift, was thrown onto the floor - and a little peice of plastic from the vent right by the windshield got knocked all the way back into the passenger seat. Most disturbing, there's sort of a long double-hooked spring, one of those very rigid ones like on a hinge, which was lying in the driver's side wheel well. No idea where that fell out of!

But, it drove fine. I took it out around the neighborhood, some right and left turns, no funny noises, brakes seem to be fine. I almost had a fit when I slowed down at a stop sign and heard a horrible grating noise from my back tire, but I had just driven over a long stick in the road and it got into my tire well. So I pulled it out and that was fine. Trunk opens, hood probably does too, no big frame damage. Of the three cars that got hit together, mine is probably the best off - the one in front of me can't open his trunk and has a flat tire. The one behind me is probably totaled, poor guy. Of the four cars that got hit, two were of folks visiting friends overnight - they are usually never there, but they were in the wrong place last night.

I parked on the side street, in the nice neighborhood, when I was done with the test drive. Ironically, if I had been parked there I would not have been hit (and some folks park there because of that) - but last night, three cars parked on that side street were broken into. There was glass all over the place. So I guess last night, there was no good place to be.

I am proud of my good car!

Comments

[meepkitty.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear things worked out as well as possible!

:)

[rorqual.livejournal.com]

Thanks, me too! For a shocking wake-up call, it worked out pretty well...:)

[jeffxandra.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear it, just like meepkitty.

Any news on the bastard who left his license plate behind?

[rorqual.livejournal.com]

No, nothing yet. I think they caught him (as I suspect he couldn't get far); some passer-by pulled over and told the cops that while they were there, but it could just be a rumor. If I get actual news, I will share.