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quote:Originally posted by Jimbo
Went down town yesterday.I did something I never do .I parked
in a parking lot by other cars.Anyway Now I have a nice 2 inch
scar in my front fender.when I came out there was no car or truck
by me and I seen this scar right away.That's what I get. Live and learn.
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The first one is always the worst.
Back in the 70s I spent some time working in the 'automotive recycling industry' (back then we called it 'Junk Cars')
My job was stripping the valuable bits out....relatively new parts, tires, and anything (like copper radiators) that could be sold for more than its weight as 'mixed light-steel', and anything interesting or saleable in the trunk, glovebox, etc. This process sometimes required some barbaric butchery by using big blunt objects like a big crowbar and a sledgehammer as a substitute for 'keys' or 'working hood releases'.
Often while committing these atrocities, I would reflect that once upon a time this grimey, smelly, corroded hulk was somebodys Brand Spanking New Pride and Joy.
Eventually I realized that I was just helping the poor thing go home to the steel mill, where it would soon be reborn as a new car (or maybe some other useful thing, but it was steel, and steel believes in reincarnation.)
So enjoy the first dent.... and don't dwell on the fact that your car, my car, almost every car has an appointment with a blast furnace some day.