幾鬼秘的部落格

As a result of my parking mishap 2 weeks ago, the front left fender of my car was left
with some major scratches, chipped paint and paint left on from the wooden frame with which it made contact.  From the "before" and "after" photos, perhaps you’d agree that I’ve done a pretty darn good job of undoing my own damage.  I felt pretty hopeless at first when I couldn’t even remove the paint left on from the wooden frame of the garage.  In desperation I used a few drops of Vim to remove the paint.  Most of the scratches were removed using a polishing compound that costs $4.99 from crappy tire.  While I did use touch-up paint as the final step, the operation was far from "touching up".  I was practically painting the fender with the tiny brush.

If you look hard enough you can see a minor dent.  But hey, for $4.99 + tax I can live with that

Last month I made a $300-mistake by ripping apart Chris’ Lancer bumper in a snow bank while backing out of my driveway.  I blamed it on the cars that filled my small street.  But of course, I also could’ve shoveled my driveway more cleanly

Well today, I got no one to blame.  Through pure inattention, I rammed my Miata against one side of my garage.  I’ve always bragged about the width of my garage.  So to do this, especially with a tiny car like mine, is embarrassing.  And of the four corners, I did this to the front driver side, arguably the easiest corner to judge.  Arrggghhh… I am pissed!