a sad day for metro
i wish i would have taken a picture of this when it was happening!!!
first of all our driveway (if you dont already know) is extremely steep and narrow. also justin has been filling the inside of the garage (in awkward places) with boxes that i have packed. oh and the side mirror on the passenger side is broken.
ok with that said.... i was leaving to go pick up a pizza from dominoes and was cautiously exiting the garage trying to avoid junk along the way.... just as i looked awkwardly into my side mirrow i see CONCRETE!! i slam on the brakes and shifted into first and layed in the gas.... well that didnt work very well since our driveway is at least at a 45 degree angle! so all the progress i made was CRUNCH,SCREECH,EEK! the car just slid along the concrete wall smashing it further into an inconvenient location. so i put on the E brake and ran into the house and got justin to fix my mess. i dont think anyone could have done anything differently than we did. unless of course you used a truck with a wench. it was just too steep to get out of. so he cranked the wheels as much as possible and slid the car along the cement, scraping up the side really bad! i so wish i would have taken a pictureso you could have seen the mess i was in!! but i thought it would be there for a while, i didnt think we would get the car out so fast. it was actually pretty funny!
at least the metro isnt a snazzy sparkling freshly painted porsche!
first of all our driveway (if you dont already know) is extremely steep and narrow. also justin has been filling the inside of the garage (in awkward places) with boxes that i have packed. oh and the side mirror on the passenger side is broken.
ok with that said.... i was leaving to go pick up a pizza from dominoes and was cautiously exiting the garage trying to avoid junk along the way.... just as i looked awkwardly into my side mirrow i see CONCRETE!! i slam on the brakes and shifted into first and layed in the gas.... well that didnt work very well since our driveway is at least at a 45 degree angle! so all the progress i made was CRUNCH,SCREECH,EEK! the car just slid along the concrete wall smashing it further into an inconvenient location. so i put on the E brake and ran into the house and got justin to fix my mess. i dont think anyone could have done anything differently than we did. unless of course you used a truck with a wench. it was just too steep to get out of. so he cranked the wheels as much as possible and slid the car along the cement, scraping up the side really bad! i so wish i would have taken a pictureso you could have seen the mess i was in!! but i thought it would be there for a while, i didnt think we would get the car out so fast. it was actually pretty funny!
at least the metro isnt a snazzy sparkling freshly painted porsche!
Jerika on Aug 10, 2006 5:00pm
I am sorry, that is not fun. poor car!
gwen on Aug 10, 2006 5:00pm
it actually doesnt look as bad as it sounded! good thing the car is gray.
g bodeutsch on Aug 10, 2006 5:00pm
sorry about the collision. I once (and only once) bought a car that was only two years old. And sure, enough ended up getting it slammed against a pole denting in the whole door. It was parked on a steep hill and . . . oh well it got a big dent.
Uncle Cal on Aug 10, 2006 5:00pm
G. Bodeutsch should tell you about all the dents he put into the '50 Chev.