The worse part about caring your car so much is that one day, a silly mistake could happen and it can break your heart (and wallet!) much worse than being dumped by your dream girl. So this happened to me recently on a fine weekend. It was a sunny day so I decided to give Black Mamba some TLC. Washed the car inside out and gave it a final touch with Meguiars tire shine. When the cleaning session was done, I reversed my car to re-park under the porch. Everything was normal during reversing until I heard ...cracking sound. Shitznel! I've hit my housemate's car parked at the entrance! I jumped out of my car with a mountain high hope that the cracking sound didn't come from the rear lights...and thank god it was only the plate number. But the damage was there on the bumper and a slight ding on the bonnet. Although not severe, it totally killed my good weekend mood that day.
And to make me feel shittier than ever is that....I was the one who moved my housemate's car to the entrance to make way for Black Mamba. *Puts a gun on my head*
Being restless about this, I made up my mind not to wait so I send the car to a nearby workshop for the fix. Painter need to torch the dented part and spray the entire bumper and bonnet. Gonna costs me at least RM300-400.....Wasted...... Oh well, shit happened aite? At least the workshop's signboard below made me chuckle. "Vtec & Turbo only" Hahahaha! I hope the unconvincing-looking bee will not interfere with the repair work....
Photo was taken an hour ago, bumper has already been taken out and sanded. Check out the thick rear beam that sets the Type-R at a higher level than the other DC5. But then again...The incident is one of the downside of having so called 'road legal track car' as your daily beater. No conventional amenities such as the reverse sensors, interior passanger grip handle etc were present....
5 comments:
Bummer dude!
I know the feeling. You feel sick in the pit of your somatch, the sky comes crashing down and your weekend is totally ruined.
Luckily you had the option of a quick fix rather than having to wait till Monday - the pain of the damage ever present in your mind!
Meor,
No reverse sensor?? Susah nak reverse nih...
Loki,
You have expressed my feelings thru your words. Haha. Plus the rattling noise from the back after the hit was really bothering me.
Just picked up the car. Looks good as new although needs to be polished tomorrow :). Lucky enough no clips and brackets were broken otherwise it'll be another tiring day looking for those.
Firdaus,
Yes bro. No reverse sensor and cannot sangkut baju in the car. Imagine myself planted in the full bucket seat and struggling to estimate the distance from the tiny side mirror during reverse. It's not fun but have to live that way..Hahah.
Found out the rear bumper is quite lightweight probably at 2-3kgs. Way lighter than my EF's.
i feel u bro, hahaha
the last pix. noticed the bumper bar? wonder if type-s has em. you can blog "how to spot a type-r" ..ha ha ha ha
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