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12/12/2002 Entry: "!! Accident !! (well, not really)"
Another first tonight - my first accident with the Insight ! For the past six months I've been wondering when some oversized tailgaiting gassnorter's was going to drive over me on the toll road, or if the car will go into toboggan mode in the snow, when I should have been paying more attention to the fools entering the apartment building garage.
Tonight's fool must have lost the little keychain widget you need to wave around to get the garage door to open, so there was a line of cars waiting behind him. There was a car directly behind him, then me, and then a car behind me. Eventually the fool pulled into the garage exit lane to look for his widget, which allowed everyone to move up one car length. The car in front of me waved his widget, and was waiting for the garage door to open. During this time the fool must of found his widget, because he started backing up, but he wasn't backing out straight, and he whacked right my front right bumper. The fool ! I had to sit there and watch him do it, since there was no place for me to go !
There really is no damage, except some scrapes on the bumper, which I guess I should eventully fix, but in all honesty, it's never gonna happen. Way too much of a hassle. Still it would have been nice if I could have kept the car scratch-free for at least the first six months...
Funniest part was after we exchanged insurance info, we went into the whole "Hey is this a hybrid ?" dance, and I did the 'I got 55.5 mpg on today's commute' bit , and the 'yes, It can go over 50 mph, I can keep up with the rest of traffic, I almost hit 80 mph once" bit. Blah, blah, blah. The novelty of peoples's questions is starting to wear off.
