No less than 25 minutes after departing JT Motoring, en route home, surprisingly remarking to myself that I noticed no unfavorable change in ride quality as a result of the spacer install, I was impressed. Driving the G for the first time in months was nice, to say the least. Nearing my exit, I moved from the left lane to the middle lane when the car in front of me swerved. The bud of that swerve was a discarded blown tire resting contemptuously in the middle lane of the expressway. As swiftly as I was able, I swerved, as well. Needless to say, I was unsuccessful in my attempt to avoid the remains of someone's discarded rubber and, thus, it claimed roughly one third of my Zele Performance front bumper, one of my First Molding underwings, the lining of my wheel well, and a number of other parts...
A few shots of the carnage:
Yes, it could have been worse. Yes, I did not get hurt. I am thankful for that. At the same time, I am quite confident in my suggestion that there may have been a bit of smoke slowly exiting my ears after this incident. I remember an ear-piercing expletive that only I could have yelled, and then, moments later, thinking this could not have actually happened. Mad, sad, frustrated, annoyed, and shocked are but a few of the emotions that came to me all at once. Minutes prior to this I was contemplating what shop to contact for a detail before the weekend meet I have been trying to put together since January. Now I am left combing through receipts and praying that insurance will cover the thousands of dollars in damaged JDM parts. Fingers crossed. I will update JDMphasis as I wade my way through this unfortunate situation.
oh damn.. that's terrible. But I'm glad you're fine. Parts can always be replaced.
ReplyDeleteThank you. You're right. Things could have been worse both to the car and to me or another driver. In that sense, I was fortunate. Hopefully I can get the damaged parts replaced in time to enjoy this car season and continue moving forward with the project. Thanks for following JDMphasis...
DeleteUGH. So sorry about that. I would've lost it, personally.
ReplyDeleteThanks, man. Pretty bummed and I kept thinking I would wake up, as if it was all just a bad dream. Ha... But things could certainly be worse. I'll get through it.
DeleteDamn Bill... I can only imagine the frustration with the situation but I'm a firm believer of everything happens for a reason and some good will come out of this. Glad you didn't get hurt in this incident.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Tevi... We'll see. I have some plans in store for the car. The parts were already on the way before this incident. I guess things will have to be put on the back burner while I deal with all the insurance headaches. It just figures this happened the first time driving the car in months... Oh well.
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