Sometimes you gotta hit the rock
Dec. 5th, 2006 11:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thewayneSunday sucked. I needed to go to the darkroom and crank out prints, so I leave the house at 11:30. And just below mile 13 I hit a rock.
$1400 worth of damage, probably a bit more.
Fortunately the rock shattered when I hit it. It took out the oil pan, a structural brace, and a motor mount that happened to be at pretty much the point where the rock hit. We had it towed down to the Toyota dealer where it will sit until a minimum of the end of the week, though I expect it to be early/mid next week. They don't have the oil pan in stock, and there's no telling if their warehouse has it.
We've started an insurance claim, so we won't be out that full $1400. Still, not a pleasant hit to take at the end of the year. My laptop is slowly dying, we need to put new tires on the Matrix, etcetera, etcetera. *sigh*
About the only good thing about this is that Russet is on her every other night Apollo schedule, so it hasn't been a huge deal for me to take her car. And therein lies another post...
$1400 worth of damage, probably a bit more.
Fortunately the rock shattered when I hit it. It took out the oil pan, a structural brace, and a motor mount that happened to be at pretty much the point where the rock hit. We had it towed down to the Toyota dealer where it will sit until a minimum of the end of the week, though I expect it to be early/mid next week. They don't have the oil pan in stock, and there's no telling if their warehouse has it.
We've started an insurance claim, so we won't be out that full $1400. Still, not a pleasant hit to take at the end of the year. My laptop is slowly dying, we need to put new tires on the Matrix, etcetera, etcetera. *sigh*
About the only good thing about this is that Russet is on her every other night Apollo schedule, so it hasn't been a huge deal for me to take her car. And therein lies another post...
