2 posts tagged “accident”

McElwain's got my car done in less than a week! (I had told them I had to have it back by Thursday so I could drive to NYC on Friday - I refuse to drive a not-hybrid vehicle all that way)

When I went to pick it up, Wayne (yes, I'm now on a first-name basis with the collision repair guy) said the bill was $1650. I'm sure I looked very sad and said I had hoped since I was paying for it myself (too many accidents to turn it in to insurance), that it would be less than the $1575 estimate, not more. "Don't I get a frequent-crasher discount?" So he went back in the back and talked to someone about it, and they agreed to knock it down to $1500, so I was happy with that (as happy as one can be when paying that much). The car looked great, and I said No offense, but I hoped I didn't see them again any time soon.

Bah.

Honda v guardrail

You know it's bad when the guy at the body shop recognizes your voice over the phone...

This is accident #6 for my poor little car (to whom I apologized after grazing the guardrail this morning on the snowy roads).

1.  Deer (I've hit one with every car I've ever owned)

2.  I rear-ended someone

3.  Another deer, harder, with guts and all

4.  Someone rear-ended me

5.  Again, much harder (neck still hurts from that one)

6.  Today

It's no wonder he recognizes my voice... heck, I've put his kid through college.

But, on the bright side (and in my world, there's always a bright side)... better the guardrail than a) another car, or b) over the hill.