- Dec 26, 1999
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So I'm out on a parts run yesterday and the wife calls and asks me to pick up a 3 way light bulb. I swing by the new Lowes which is in a strip center type of complex that has a 4 lane main "road" that cuts through it with stop lights and each end and a few stop signs along the way. There's a black pickup (Pred'ese) in the right lane and I am in the left as we come to a stop sign before the 3 lane exit at the stop light. I need to turn left and since there is a dedicated left turn lane that's where I'm headed. Well Billy-Bob is in the stratigh thru lane and as I come up behind him I see reverse lights so I make a quick dive to the left to avoid him. As I do the folding mirror hits his tail light and I think "Great." and proceed through the light and pull in to the parking lot of a church with him flying up Dukes of Hazard style behind me. I totally expected a teenager or twenty something to get out of the vehicle as it was one of those over done every piece of plastic add-on from Pep Boys rigs with an Earl Schibe paint job in all it's orange peeled glory showing each and every dent on the body that they were too cheap or stuipid not to fix before paint. Turns out to be a guy and woman late 40's early 50's and they are freaking out. He's going on how the bumper of my vehicle hit the side of his full size Chevy 4x4 blah, blah, blah..... and I jumped the curb to get around him, and he knew I was going to try and cut him off at the light... So I asked him to find the area on my bumper that hit his tail light. He points to a general area so I suggest we look at the relative heights of things. There's about 18" of difference from the top of the bumper to the area on the light cover that was scuffed. He then points out that my tires are dirty "prooving" I jumped the curb. I tell him that I live down a dirt road and it had raind in the last week which makes dirt in to mud and perhaps he should look at all four tires since they are equally dirty. They rant on... I then asked how he figured I was going to cut him off when he was in the straight lane and I was in the left lane. They both continue their rant so I suggest since they seem to be over reacting we call the police. He stopped dead for a few seconds and then started up again on his rant. Just then I see a local police car and flag him down. The guy starts in on the officer as soon as he gets out to which he is asked several times to calm down. The guy and woman continue as I stand there and shrug and smile at the officer. He then tells them to stop bickering about the situation as he will investigate things. He looks at the "damage" on their vehicle then checks out mine and suggests he'll provide a "blue form" for use to exchange as there doesn't appear to be more than a smudge on the painted tail light cover. The guys goes on how he maintains his vehicles so well and his truck is "pristine" blah, blah, blah. So we get through the paperwork and I ask the officer to stick around a bit while I see what they would like to do. He smiles and says that might be a good idea. I then ask them how they would like to resolve the "issue" (I'm ready to turn it in to my insurance and let them laugh at the $100 buff and polish job) and the guy says "I'll take it home and try to buff it out." :think:
Interestingly the big bad vehicle I was driving was my wife's Honda CR-V :laugh: . I get home and and wash it to see any damage and there is not a scratch. I guess Japan has finally found the chemical composition of "Chucktanium", either that or maybe the mirror really did hit since it was at the same height as the plastic cover on the tail light. :coocoo:
Interestingly the big bad vehicle I was driving was my wife's Honda CR-V :laugh: . I get home and and wash it to see any damage and there is not a scratch. I guess Japan has finally found the chemical composition of "Chucktanium", either that or maybe the mirror really did hit since it was at the same height as the plastic cover on the tail light. :coocoo:
