FC
07-21-2007, 09:55 AM
It was late last night, I was tired, it is a dark car and he had moved it to another spot. So I backed out of the garage and as I am turning the wheel to the right, bam.
All things considered, it is not bad at all. Well, I was going very slowly. My ZHP has no damage except the rear bumper and even that is very minor. Just a hairline-thin, 6" long "wrinkle" in the paint of the back right of the bumper (just below the black strip), and a very slightly wider gap where it meets the passenger rear wheel well. If I didn't tell you you would have to look very closely to know anything happened. Granted, I've yet to see it in daylight.
My in-law's civic, has far more visible damage as I hit it square on the passeneger side rear door. It has a very large dent, the bump strip on that door is a goner. But still, that is it. Only the door was touched. So absolute worst case, he needs a new rear door. Glad he only drives a Civic.:eeps:
Naturally, I offered to pay for the damamge, but he refuses and says they will just pop it out, no big deal, etc. That would fix most of the damage, but I dunno that it will fix it all. I think it will need to be tweaked some more and likely be repainted. But he may not completely care since his car is ~5 years old and it's a civic in so-so shape. He propably will replace it soon anyhow.
I still feel like a dick, because had I had my head completely turned around (as I usually do), I would have seen it.
Well, lesson learned. That fact that I never have guest cars is no excuse, and the crap lighting is no excuse. I just feel lucky it was as minor as it was.
Pictures to come later.
All things considered, it is not bad at all. Well, I was going very slowly. My ZHP has no damage except the rear bumper and even that is very minor. Just a hairline-thin, 6" long "wrinkle" in the paint of the back right of the bumper (just below the black strip), and a very slightly wider gap where it meets the passenger rear wheel well. If I didn't tell you you would have to look very closely to know anything happened. Granted, I've yet to see it in daylight.
My in-law's civic, has far more visible damage as I hit it square on the passeneger side rear door. It has a very large dent, the bump strip on that door is a goner. But still, that is it. Only the door was touched. So absolute worst case, he needs a new rear door. Glad he only drives a Civic.:eeps:
Naturally, I offered to pay for the damamge, but he refuses and says they will just pop it out, no big deal, etc. That would fix most of the damage, but I dunno that it will fix it all. I think it will need to be tweaked some more and likely be repainted. But he may not completely care since his car is ~5 years old and it's a civic in so-so shape. He propably will replace it soon anyhow.
I still feel like a dick, because had I had my head completely turned around (as I usually do), I would have seen it.
Well, lesson learned. That fact that I never have guest cars is no excuse, and the crap lighting is no excuse. I just feel lucky it was as minor as it was.
Pictures to come later.