"McMike" (mcmike)
02/04/2014 at 14:13 • Filed to: vanagon, tutu153
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"McMike" (mcmike)
02/04/2014 at 14:13 • Filed to: vanagon, tutu153 | 1
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Me.
(For some reason the) Parking meters were on the traffic end of the divider lines on top of concrete posts. The last post had a cone
instead of a meter. Cone didn't matter, since I didn't see it while
circling the parking lot. I was focused on the street light, and all
of a sudden at 5mph BAM! Car stopped. I mean it STOPPED.
I got out of the van wondering what the hell I hit. There was no
median, no nothing. I circled the car and didn't see anything, so I
started to wonder if the engine had seized. When I went to get back in
the car, I noticed that the door handle was a little higher than
normal... Then I looked down and noticed that the front wheels were off
the ground.
Shit!
As I sat there waiting for a tow truck, all the cabbies started lining
up for fares (it was at a rail station). They were looking, pointing,
giggling. One came up to me and said, "That happened to my cousin last
week, look." and he pointed at another cab with a big dent in the
fender. Apparently a few of them had hit it that year, so I didn't feel
AS stupid.
Tow truck driver got a laugh out of it, and had to use the crane part of the truck to lift me off before hooking me up.
Brian, The Life of
> McMike
02/04/2014 at 14:16 |
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AW, CRAP!
Damage? I assume so since you had to be towed.
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McMike
> Brian, The Life of
02/04/2014 at 14:20 |
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Not much, if I recall.
Shifter had to be reset and adjusted (since it had been knocked up into the car), spare tire holder had to be bent back to place, and I had to buy a new front bumper.
The post was low enough to miss a bunch of pricy bits.