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We can't wrap them in cotton wool...
Mar. 4th, 2004 09:36 amGah. It hasn't been a fantastic week, but I managed to ice the cake yesterday by scratching Missy's sill on the low wall outside our house. I keep removing bits of it because I know I can't get past, but I just wasn't paying attention this time.
I wasn't as upset as I thought I would be; I just carried on what I was doing and I'll take it to the garage to get it fixed later on. I decided to try and remember if any new car I or my parents have had has remained perfect for any length of time.
My first car - a Chevette in mint condition - within two months someone reversed into it in our own driveway, denting the rear panel and smashing the foglight.
The first new vehicle I drove regularly, a Seat van - when it was about 4 months old, someone ran into the side and it needed extensive repairs.
My dad's Mitsubishi - someone walked over it.
The Porsche - someone tried to break in and did £2,500 damage trying to pry the door open (they could have smashed a window, the idiots).
My first new car, a Fiat Punto - I hit a pheasant and smashed a foglight, then when I took it for a new one, the garage got primer from their paintshop all over the back (I've also hit a pheasant with Missy, damn thing didn't run out into the road, but flew up and hit the windscreen).
The replacement car, I scraped the bumper on a low wall.
When I got my first air-cooled Beetle, I had smashed the wing, bumper, jacking point and one wheel within two weeks - though that was due to gas getting into the car.
My dad's Subaru got hit in the back end when parked a couple of months ago.
My Peugeot - oh, that's a good one. I got a scratch on the bootlid within a week, then a couple of years ago I turned one of the non-removeable rear 1/4 panels inside out almost hitting the garage door frame. Dentmasters fixed it, and you'd never know now.
I managed to tear the front arch off my Golf GTI trying to avoid a Police car on a tight turn.
I guess cars are destined to get damaged, either by the owner or by other people. The fact that I've driven most of my cars without incident, and it's invariably the nice ones that get damaged, is just sod's law.
I wasn't as upset as I thought I would be; I just carried on what I was doing and I'll take it to the garage to get it fixed later on. I decided to try and remember if any new car I or my parents have had has remained perfect for any length of time.
My first car - a Chevette in mint condition - within two months someone reversed into it in our own driveway, denting the rear panel and smashing the foglight.
The first new vehicle I drove regularly, a Seat van - when it was about 4 months old, someone ran into the side and it needed extensive repairs.
My dad's Mitsubishi - someone walked over it.
The Porsche - someone tried to break in and did £2,500 damage trying to pry the door open (they could have smashed a window, the idiots).
My first new car, a Fiat Punto - I hit a pheasant and smashed a foglight, then when I took it for a new one, the garage got primer from their paintshop all over the back (I've also hit a pheasant with Missy, damn thing didn't run out into the road, but flew up and hit the windscreen).
The replacement car, I scraped the bumper on a low wall.
When I got my first air-cooled Beetle, I had smashed the wing, bumper, jacking point and one wheel within two weeks - though that was due to gas getting into the car.
My dad's Subaru got hit in the back end when parked a couple of months ago.
My Peugeot - oh, that's a good one. I got a scratch on the bootlid within a week, then a couple of years ago I turned one of the non-removeable rear 1/4 panels inside out almost hitting the garage door frame. Dentmasters fixed it, and you'd never know now.
I managed to tear the front arch off my Golf GTI trying to avoid a Police car on a tight turn.
I guess cars are destined to get damaged, either by the owner or by other people. The fact that I've driven most of my cars without incident, and it's invariably the nice ones that get damaged, is just sod's law.
