August 25, 2003
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What was your last car related mishap?

I deliver pizza for Domino's, and I was backing out of a customer's driveway, and I hit the pole to the basketball hoop.

Melodi, 19
Gahanna, OH USA

I took my van in for an oil change. Three hours and $200 later, I had new brake pads as well as new oil.

Cathie, 53
Novi, MI USA

Five years ago my husband and I were returning from a day of birding in Delaware. Here in Maryland it was a dark, dreary, rainy day and we were glad to be nearly home. While driving through a busy intersection, a car ran through the light and hit us broadside. Except for a few bumps and bruises, no one was hurt but the car was totaled.

Reba, 57
Gaithersburg, MD USA

If you mean like things breaking, that'd be just a few weeks ago. If you mean like things going crunch, my previous car got totalled june of 02.

Cristin, 25
Frisco, TX USA

A couple weeks ago a shock absorber snapped, and in the process totally destroyed a tire. Luckily I was on the way to the mechanic for an oil change.

Reba, 57
Gaithersburg, MD USA

Having a poor sense of direction, I get lost frequently. Having a healthy ego, I forget the ignominious details as quickly as possible.

Jill, 61
Saylorsburg, PA USA

I bought a new car in April so I have been mishap free for awhile. Jeep Liberty. I haven't named her yet... I'm pretty sure it's a she, though.

Cindy, 41
VA USA

Can't remember, I've been a decent driver for a while, at least by Boston standards.

Alias Irrelevante

This summer I was parked outside my friend's condo on a city street. When I came out early in the morning, someone had smashed the tail lights and side view mirror.

Laura, 38
Lowell, MA USA

My husband got the convertible top of his Mustang slashed by some dumb ass at our old apt complex.

Stephanie, 27
TX USA

Being stuck at some shopping mall about an hour away from home and my car wouldn't start and having to get towed home. I had a friend and my sister Janet with me and we didn't get home till one in the morning. It was such a fun time!!

KarenNJ, 45
Milltown, NJ USA

I dinged my front fender while trying to back out of my narrow garage and evade a moving van taking up most of the street.

Jane, 63
West Linn, OR USA

Got an unrepairable flat and bought four new tires. Out a ton of cash now.

Felicia, 37
Lowell, MA USA

Three years ago, when I was living in Maine, I pulled out of my driveway and was plowed into by a tourist. Two thousand dollars worth of damage on a new car I had bought less than a month before this happened!

Tam

There was a fender bender back in the 70s. I was at a stop light and this woman came barreling down the hill behind me. She tried to stop in time but ended up hitting my left rear and quarter panel... so much for the crap in my trunk. Could have been much worse.

Fisch, 47
Preston, CT USA

My husband says my Jeep might be leaking differential fluid.

Karen, 23
Ames, IA USA

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