I really was sad to give up my Camry, but we were having a fourth child and couldn't stick him in the trunk... so we bought our mini-van.
Remember my first car accident? I hit a parked car. We fixed the back end. What goes around comes around I guess. Mr. Man also hit a pole at one point and we fixed the back end yet again.
Remember my second car accident? I hit a deer. Mr. Man replaced the whole front end.
Remember when our engine died? So now it has new insides too.
Last week the battery died. Blew up really... acid leaking out. So she has a new battery too.
I guess the back end was feeling left out again, so ...

The "gentleman" who hit my car had been driving a jeep with a big tire on the back. (It was brand new too- still had the temporary license plate.) He must have just REALLY backed up hard. He did leave a note with his information and DID have insurance, and we had two witnesses, one who left her information and another who stuck around until the police officer came. The police officer was the SAME one who had been there when I hit the deer and commented on whether a deer had hit ME this time. I should mention that he is also good friends with Mr. Man and so he rushed to the scene when he saw our familiar name and number. He really lightened the load, as did my friend who stayed the entire time and took care of The Toddler while I silently freaked out. There was glass all the way up to the dashboard and front seats. The officer took his flashlight to break the rest so that I could "safely" drive the vehicle home to park it in the garage. Now we wait to hear where we are "approved" to take it in to get fixed. Should be good. I'm pretty sure I will be driving this vehicle for the rest of my life. Not much more to replace. Can you believe it?!
5 comments:
Oh, goodness--what a mess! May everything be fixed and back to "new" again soon. Glad you had helpers around to get you through!
sounds like our first night pulling into Amarillo - only ours was our old van that we don't have anymore, and it was broken into and andy got his computer and other things stolen - so a little different. Quite traumatic actually. Good luck to and your poor van in the future!:)
wow, just wow!
Good grief! That van is just bad luck. :)
That's crazy! My, when it rains it pours...even for vans I guess! Call me if you need a ride anywhere. Hope it all gets fixed quickly :)
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