Does this make me....
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Laughing Gas
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From: New Braunfels, Texas
Does this make me....
A really good driver, or a really bad one?
I had no idea I was that close until I got out and decided to check - holy crap, I scared myself with this one! I'd have cried if I'd hit it.
I choose to believe it was skillfull handling and superior parking skills that came into play that day - how about you?
I had no idea I was that close until I got out and decided to check - holy crap, I scared myself with this one! I'd have cried if I'd hit it.
I choose to believe it was skillfull handling and superior parking skills that came into play that day - how about you?
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Joined: Oct 2002
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The bad thing is - forgetting you are that close when u get ready to leave and crank the wheel to the left to back up and it SSCCRRAAPPSS along while backing up !
I did that with my Ex
That's part of the reason our company car policy is to back into parking spots...
I did that with my Ex
That's part of the reason our company car policy is to back into parking spots...
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From: Great Falls, Montana
A really good driver, or a really bad one?
I had no idea I was that close until I got out and decided to check - holy crap, I scared myself with this one! I'd have cried if I'd hit it.
I choose to believe it was skillfull handling and superior parking skills that came into play that day - how about you?
I had no idea I was that close until I got out and decided to check - holy crap, I scared myself with this one! I'd have cried if I'd hit it.
I choose to believe it was skillfull handling and superior parking skills that came into play that day - how about you?
.... I have done it too
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Joined: Jun 2007
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From: The Sunshine State
My truck is over two years old and hasn't recieved it's first scratch yet. I can't say as much for my previous F250 6.4 though. 3 weeks after recieving it we went to a barbecue joint for dinner. When I was backing out of a crowded parking lot I hit a concrete covered light pole making an ugly crease in the back bumper. I checked into a new bumper, but was told that the truck was too new and replacements were not available yet. I couldn't stand to look at the dent so I put a Harley bumper sticker over the spot. After a while I kinda forgot about it and damn sure wasn't going to spend 400.00 for a new back bumper. So the end of this story is 3 years later I traded the squeeky clean 08 for a new 11 and clean forgot about the dented bumper. Boy I bet they were pi$$ed when they pulled off that bumper sticker.
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Nothing wrong with being lucky. Park like that again and you could call yourself a Professional!
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First scratch
THis past weekend driving from N Illinois to N Wisconsin on Interstate 90, I was in the inside/passing lane going slowly (cruise control) past a newer white GMC Sierra and all was fine when I noticed him move, looked over and realized his mirror was inside my mirror. I quickly moved over to the left onto shoulder, he moved back over and all was good.
Until I got to the cabin and my buddy asked me how i got the scratch on my front wheel well. I seriously thought he was yanking my chain until I saw a white 4 inch long scrape on the plastic part of my wheel well - the extended part. It's a small scrape and one that is jsut paint and luckily should pilish out. But still -that was a close call - I was towing a SeaDoo at the time.
I had no idea the guy actually hit me.
Crazy.
Until I got to the cabin and my buddy asked me how i got the scratch on my front wheel well. I seriously thought he was yanking my chain until I saw a white 4 inch long scrape on the plastic part of my wheel well - the extended part. It's a small scrape and one that is jsut paint and luckily should pilish out. But still -that was a close call - I was towing a SeaDoo at the time.
I had no idea the guy actually hit me.
Crazy.
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Laughing Gas
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From: New Braunfels, Texas
That being said, my 2000 F-150 that I drove the tires off of did not fare so well - it had so many whiskey dents in the front bumper it wasn't even funny! Mostly from me hitting stuff with it, but not ever really hard - just enough to put yet another little dent! I know this one's time is coming soon, just hoping later rather than sooner.
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....... Maybe 