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"and 100 more" (nth256) 08/14/2017 at 11:16 • Filed to: None

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What AM I gonna do with myself?

“Be more aware of your surroundings” is probably the best answer.

PartyPooper2012 > and 100 more 08/14/2017 at 11:23

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I Hate those poles. So hard to see. They should paint them bright color.

oh... wait.

No, but seriously, they need to be taller. Above eye level.

Sovande > and 100 more 08/14/2017 at 11:23

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Every panel? Nice. Somehow missed the mirror though, which is impressive.

and 100 more > Sovande 08/14/2017 at 11:26

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I’m no magician, I just do my best.

benjrblant > and 100 more 08/14/2017 at 11:27

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Some rubbing compound or scratch remover will take the yellow paint off. As far as the missing paint and dents, you’re on your own.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > and 100 more 08/14/2017 at 11:28

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Jeeps need trail scars, Mall Jeeps need Mall scars.

and 100 more > PartyPooper2012 08/14/2017 at 11:32

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But seriously, it was such a stupid mistake...

Sovande > and 100 more 08/14/2017 at 11:32

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Don’t sell yourself short!

and 100 more > Sovande 08/14/2017 at 11:34

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Commitment is the key. If you’re gonna do something, never half-ass it.

and 100 more > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 08/14/2017 at 11:35

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It adds character, I must admit.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > and 100 more 08/14/2017 at 11:36

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Just add a “It’s a Jeep thing, you wouldn’t understand” sticker and your good

and 100 more > benjrblant 08/14/2017 at 11:37

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No, its pretty bad. Like, I’m not sure the front door is salvagable.

and 100 more > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 08/14/2017 at 11:38

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DULY NOTED.

TheRealBicycleBuck > and 100 more 08/14/2017 at 11:41

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I ran the side of my mom’s car down a bollard protecting the pumps at a gas station. The dang thing was just low enough to be below the windows, just high enough to wreck all the panels on that side.

I backed into one just like you hit while driving my mother-in-law’s G-35 coupe. She was really mad about it, thinking that I was hot-dogging her car or something. I was just backing out of a parking space. She cooled off a few weeks later when she tore the front bumper loose on a high curb in a parking lot. Then she realized that it really is hard to see anything out of her car.

It happens. Don’t sweat it.

Milky > and 100 more 08/14/2017 at 11:42

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Time to go full Jeep. Probably not worth the insurance rate hike so just commit to the look.

Rico > and 100 more 08/14/2017 at 11:44

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Damn how?? I hope you were getting a blow job and got distracted.

scoob > and 100 more 08/14/2017 at 11:48

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Eric @ opposite-lock.com > and 100 more 08/14/2017 at 11:51

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How did you get it all the way down the side? Moving that fast? Somehow missed the sound of that grinding the side of your car?

If moving fast, you’re probably lucky that you didn’t run directly into it with all the drama of airbag inflation and other excitement (up to and including the potential for death).

Since this is an FCA product and depending on the age/mileage, you may just want to call your insurance company as there’s a pretty good chance they’ll total it.

and 100 more > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 08/14/2017 at 12:05

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Wasn’t going fast at all, but i did have momentum... I just somehow managed to nail it at the apex of my turn.

I was in one aisle, with the parking spaces faced away from the store entrance, and decided to turn into the other aisle, facing toward the store entrance (and a slightly shorter walk). I have done the same thing in the same lot about a dozen times, but for some reason i put the pole in my blind spot (and the painted yellow concrete portion below my passenger-side window sill) and since it was on the inside of my turn, I managed to drag the side along the pole.

It wasn’t dramatic, though the initial hit was pretty loud. Otherwise, it wasn’t a dramatic crash, so much as a sad grind.

Honestly not sure what my insurance is gonna think about this one.

and 100 more > scoob 08/14/2017 at 12:08

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R. Saldana, take it away!

and 100 more > Rico 08/14/2017 at 12:12

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I was texting while eating a taco and turning up my stereo as my cigarette fell into the open book propped up on the laptop that my unrestrained toddler was balancing on the dog.

Nope, sadly, it was just plain inattentiveness and lack of awareness. I wasn’t even tired.

Just really wanted some fudgsicles.

and 100 more > Milky 08/14/2017 at 12:13

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Doors off! No good anymore anyway!

and 100 more > TheRealBicycleBuck 08/14/2017 at 12:18

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That first incident you noted... the yellow-painted concrete portion was below the edge of the passenger window, and i wasn’t specifically looking for the black light pole against the black sky, so I didn’t see it in my blind spot.

I’m only sweating it because its my daily, and its my only. The damage is done, whatever... but whatever the outcome is - body shop or totaled by insurance - I’m looking at a rental for a week or so, and then emergency car shopping. Which I have been putting off because nobody hands out free cars anymore, howboutda?

Or drive it as is and stick to the plan.

wpudvah: GTI, Super Beetle, now with more 80-Series > and 100 more 08/14/2017 at 12:27

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Two words: RUBBING COMPOUND.

Seriously - it works. Takes the top layer of paint (from the scratch, in this case yellow) off without damaging your paint underneath. Trust me, I know... sideswiped MY OWN OTHER CAR a couple weeks back trying to get in to a tight parking spot on the street. Unbelievable.

I used some ~15 year old TurtleWax rubbing compound and you can’t even tell anything happened, at least paint wise - obviously it won’t repair and panel damage/deep gouges; it’s more cosmetic. Give it a shot!

TheRealBicycleBuck > and 100 more 08/14/2017 at 12:28

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“That first incident you noted... the yellow-painted concrete portion was below the edge of the passenger window, and i wasn’t specifically looking for the black light pole against the black sky, so I didn’t see it in my blind spot.”

Exactly. The height of the concrete portion is never high enough.

I watched another guy do the same thing in his Tacoma. He was fortunate to have a tube step which took most of the blow. The bollard he hit was barely taller than his tire and didn’t have a pole on top.

and 100 more > wpudvah: GTI, Super Beetle, now with more 80-Series 08/14/2017 at 12:48

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I guess the picture doesn’t do it justice; it’s not just paint, I have some structural damage. I don’t think the door is salvagable. It won’t open or close without some considerable force. I think the frame damage is manageable, but the door is toast, I’m almost certain.

Chariotoflove > and 100 more 08/14/2017 at 12:52

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I’ve done this before, and had no one else to blame. I felt stupid, stupid, stupid. I won’t judge you. You have my sympathies.

and 100 more > Chariotoflove 08/14/2017 at 12:59

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Thanks, i appreciate that.

Nobody seems terribly judgmental about this; I honestly expected to get some flak. I’m pleasantly surprised that everyone seems pretty sympathetic.

I feel like a bonehead, for sure, but it was truly an accident, and at least nobody was hurt. And depending on who you ask and their opinions about the Jeep Patriot, some would claim that nothing of value was lost.

I walked the store manager out there to survey the damage, and he shrugged it off, said he felt sorry for me though. He stood there a bit to kinda take it in, seemed a bit surprised at how much damage my car sustained while the pole was just missing some paint.

Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief > and 100 more 08/14/2017 at 13:08

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I know a guy who did that with his work vehicle, which happened to be a police cruiser. Shit happens.

Die-Trying > and 100 more 08/14/2017 at 13:08

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i imagine it happened something like this..........

“might wanna get new plates before taking it out again, people might be looking for you”

and 100 more > Die-Trying 08/14/2017 at 13:14

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O, that I were as skilled... and had nearly as much hair.

and 100 more > Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief 08/14/2017 at 13:16

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Oof! Yeah, spend time in a car, something will eventually happen.

Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief > and 100 more 08/14/2017 at 13:38

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It’s a fact of life. I backed into an empty parking space in a crowded restaurant lot one time trying to get out of the spot I was in only to find that someone left a boat trailer in that space. No boat. Just a trailer. At night. At a restaurant.

I was looking where I was going and had really good visibility too (it was a VW Scirocco, with a big glass hatch window). I got a nice dent exactly where a hitch would have been had I had one. You just can’t win sometimes.

PartyPooper2012 > and 100 more 08/14/2017 at 14:17

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It happens. I was pulling into my own fucking driveway and scuffed my rims. cant even blame a pole or a russian.

Chariotoflove > and 100 more 08/14/2017 at 14:34

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This is why I hang out on Oppo. We’re here to help each other up, not cut each other down.

I have a pretty meh opinion of the Jeep Patriot based on a rental I had, but that’s why there is a diversity of cars for diverse people. The loss of your car is a loss to you, and that’s what’s important.