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- 2010 Mazda CX-9 GT Dolphin Gray
!$@&%!(pissed)
Coming home I pulled into my driveway which has a 30 degree incline at the entrance and a right turn at the bottom of the incline. Took it slow (< 5mph)but the freshly fallen snow was hiding a sheet of ice. I turned but the car kept going straight right into a 4 foot showbank. The bank was a mix of old hard snow and newly fallen snow. I felt like I hit pretty hard, snow flew everywhere. I went in far enough where the car bottomed out and prevented the front wheel from getting any traction. Traction control was on constantly. Glad it was because I took my anger out on the clutch for a minute.
Took a solid half hour to shovel out all the snow that was packed below the car. My driveway boarders lawn that has a 10 degree drop, which complicated the extraction.
When I finally backed out I surveyed the damage and compared spacing between the hood and the bumper, lights, and the seam between the front fender and bumper. It looked like the bumper got bent down a hair, probably within the tolerances of what is acceptable in manufacturing but enough to aggravate the hell out of me. And all of us with OCD know how our minds make problems look bigger than they actually are.
I pulled up on the bumper a bit and it seems to be fine. Provided the touchless car wash is open in the am, I'm going to give it a rinse and see if there is any scratches hiding below the dirt.
All in all a pretty aggravating evening. The thing that upsets me most was that I nicked the inside edge of the bumper along the wheel well- right below the seam between the fender- with the shovel. It's barley a nick, but I know it's there! I've already gone down to the garage twice to recheck the damage. In a way I'm surpised there wasn't more damage considering how hard I hit. It was defintely over 5mph, when you consider I picked up speed on the slide. No doubt the snow absorbed most of the impact. I know though that there was a layer of old solid snow that made contact with the car.
We'll see what the morning brings...I'm crossing my fingers. My baby defintely isn't new anymore. (shrug)
This stuff certainly screws with your mind.
Coming home I pulled into my driveway which has a 30 degree incline at the entrance and a right turn at the bottom of the incline. Took it slow (< 5mph)but the freshly fallen snow was hiding a sheet of ice. I turned but the car kept going straight right into a 4 foot showbank. The bank was a mix of old hard snow and newly fallen snow. I felt like I hit pretty hard, snow flew everywhere. I went in far enough where the car bottomed out and prevented the front wheel from getting any traction. Traction control was on constantly. Glad it was because I took my anger out on the clutch for a minute.
Took a solid half hour to shovel out all the snow that was packed below the car. My driveway boarders lawn that has a 10 degree drop, which complicated the extraction.
When I finally backed out I surveyed the damage and compared spacing between the hood and the bumper, lights, and the seam between the front fender and bumper. It looked like the bumper got bent down a hair, probably within the tolerances of what is acceptable in manufacturing but enough to aggravate the hell out of me. And all of us with OCD know how our minds make problems look bigger than they actually are.
I pulled up on the bumper a bit and it seems to be fine. Provided the touchless car wash is open in the am, I'm going to give it a rinse and see if there is any scratches hiding below the dirt.
All in all a pretty aggravating evening. The thing that upsets me most was that I nicked the inside edge of the bumper along the wheel well- right below the seam between the fender- with the shovel. It's barley a nick, but I know it's there! I've already gone down to the garage twice to recheck the damage. In a way I'm surpised there wasn't more damage considering how hard I hit. It was defintely over 5mph, when you consider I picked up speed on the slide. No doubt the snow absorbed most of the impact. I know though that there was a layer of old solid snow that made contact with the car.
We'll see what the morning brings...I'm crossing my fingers. My baby defintely isn't new anymore. (shrug)
This stuff certainly screws with your mind.
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