friday night I was involved in my first accident in my 4 months of driving.
I had an unfortunate run in with a ditch, a soft ditch it was, but soft or
not, my right front wing is not exactly straight any more. That wing and
the back of the bumper (the spring part, the chrome is fine) is the only
damage. My friends dad pulled me out with his tractor. I could have
backed out if my left rear tire was on the ground....
The ditch was on the INSIDE of the corner, I downshifted to 2nd around the
corner and didn't do my normally excellent job of matching speeds, it broke
loose and woosh, instant oversteer.
I think i'm just going to take the fender off and take it to a body shop...
meanwhile, i'm grounded because my friends decided to show up at 12:30 PM
and see the car and talk to me, needless to say my mom wasn't to happy....
I'm sure there will be more to come later.
signed,
BARRY PALMER (27/16=1.69)
amesfolks@snovalley.com
72 MG Midget (Sparky)
http://members.xoom.com/mgboy
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