Automotive

The CSX: November 2, 2005

Some dude switched lanes right in front of me while I was accelerating to merge into traffic and checking my blind spot.  I hit the brakes and swerved too hard to avoid him, came around and ended up in the guard rail while going backwards.  These cars are way too tail-happy when you are really on the hooks.  The car hit the front corner first, so the front fender and the door took the brunt of the damage.  They are a loss, but the rear quarter is definately fixable...it didn't even touch the tail light.  All four of my new tires have flat spots on them now, especially the fronts.  Grr....

I pushed the front-end underbody out with the Porta-Power, gave the fender some foot-stomping action out in the yard.  Also used the Porta-Power to push the door back out by the hinges.  Doesn't look half-bad, considering how little time I spent on it.  The Daytona is nowhere near being done, so the CSX still needs to put out.