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Bad start to day----fender bender----

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Old 06-01-05, 05:18 AM
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Default Bad start to day----fender bender----

Yup I am a complete a$$. I am hung over and tired so i go to the donut shop get my coffee and head off to work everything good other than me feeling like crap. I stop at the stop light put my phone down and take a sip ahhhh coffee. This is where it gets interesting. The light turns green I hit the gas the phone goes flying and the lady in front of me stops short to let someone turm. Yup good ol me not paying attn and looking for my phone bang right into her toyota rav4!

So now I get out and look, nothing to her car but some damage to mine. Her trailer hitch punctured my front bumper and also scuffed it pretty bad. I hope it can just be fixed and repainted. Let me know.
Pics from my crappy camera phone:

Old 06-01-05, 05:30 AM
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That's terrible Jeff. Sorry to hear about that. Man I would have stayed home and called in sick if I were feeling crap when I wake up
Old 06-01-05, 06:28 AM
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Dang brother!! Sorry to see that. But, it's not that serious. That's absolutely nothing at all for a good body shop to patch. Glad the damage was not too bad to one of my favorite GSs!!
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Ya hopefully my paint guy can fix me up and get me back quickly. I am going to that supra/cl meet sat and Idont wanna go with a damn scratch front bumper.
Old 06-01-05, 06:42 AM
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Man that is horrible!! Hopefully everything can be fixed.

-Fernando
Old 06-01-05, 06:51 AM
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Dam J.....its those dam red sox, starting to win games again and you are starting to drink hard again as such.. be careful man...
Old 06-01-05, 07:09 AM
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Dam J.....its those dam red sox, starting to win games again and you are starting to drink hard again as such.. be careful man...
A, do you beleive this huh?
As for the Sox yup I was at the game last night and had a couple to many drafts.
Old 06-01-05, 07:38 AM
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sorry to hear about the mishap, but fortunately it was a just the bumper, and not you entering into a busy intersection while not paying attention....glad to hear it was minor and that you're okay (and hopefully over the hangover!)
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Nothing $500 bucks wont fix to re-paint that front bumper what an expensive way to start the day sorry about the loss At least your RED SOX won
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Is it in the middle? You could paint it into a gun sight, intimidate other drivers:
"Get out of my way, or I'll ram you like I did the last guy..."
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Sorry to hear that bro.

Thats sweet-*** ride and its a shame when something like that happens.

Hope it doesn't run too much to fix.

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oh man ..thats it ..no more phone when you drive

damn perfect outline of the tow hitch
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wow, your lucky that was it. Trust me, when you look at accident pics, or what COULD of happened if someone rammed you from the rear, it makes this little scuff seem like orange juice.

Just clean up well, and it should be easy to repair. Glad it wasn’t major.
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sorry to hear about that man.... but maybe it's a good time to get something for teh car too, maybe a new paint job (as long as internal stuff are ok)
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damn that sucks man. hope you get that fixed up soon.


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