Justifiable Homicide Tuesday-cars

pretty much the same model, same color too. I can always find it in a lot.



Yeah I know I'm a day late week early for this post but it's crazy in VL land these days, as you will see below.

I drive a 2008 Subaru Forrester. I love it. It has an auxiliary port for my ipod, air conditioning and power locks and windows. It has all-wheel drive so it gets me up and down my steep driveway and to work in the worst of weather. What more can I want? Since you asked a sun roof would have been awesome but husband didn't want one. Don't know why I listened, I drive it, but that's a different post..

The car hasn't needed any work aside from the routine oil changes, tires etc. so I have been very pleased with it.... until now. Even now it isn't the cars fault but I'm going to bitch anyway. I was picking my daughter up from school a couple of weeks ago and the car got rear ended. Smacked hard. I couldn't believe how loud it was. My daughter and I were both jolted and hit our heads hard on the head rest. I thought I had hit something until I looked in my rear view mirror and saw the car behind me leaving it's grill all over the road. Crap, I could only imagine what my car looked like. What a surprise when I saw what appeared to be no damage to my bumper or tail gate. Phew....



As luck would have it the accident happened right across from the police station. The response was amazing. A rescue truck, ambulance and policeman were there in seconds. The traffic was now at a stand stop, thanks to us and the fact that school had just let out. Opps. The girl who hit me, all of 17, said she had been driving a whole year and hadn't been in an accident yet.... I thought that was funny.  She managed to kill her car and it was bleeding fluid all over the road. The policeman took care of exchanging our info, and things progressed well.

My daughter complained about her neck and light-headedness which is apparently cause to be taken to the nearest hospital and when they asked me which one I thought they were kidding. Nope, off she went without her mummy and I followed a few minutes later when Mr. Policeman deemed my car safe to drive and had all my deets. At the hospital my daughter had an xray and was declared fine and home we went.

The car however did not fair as well. I had it looked at to be safe and it seems I do need a new bumper, exhaust and who knows what else. They won't know it all til they get it up on a lift. Meanwhile the tailgate no longer opens and the air bag light is on. All this after driving to the appraisers and body shop and the numerous phone calls.

I now have a rental Jeep [silver too, which is the color of the Jeep I flipped. Yikes] The other drivers insurance now needs to speak to me about said rental. They best pay. An accident which wasn't my fault and has caused me endless hassle better not cost me anything. My car is unsafe with the air bag light on and goes into the hospital repair shop on Thursday.

My oldest daughter and I depend on this one car. The poor thing is never  home, being driven to work[s], school, gym and Starbucks.

I hate cars, they are a necessary evil...but since I have to have one. I want mine back. I wonder if I send flowers coffee to the hospital repair shop,  it will get fixed faster?

So how was your day?