[Spridgets] Glad I have spare fenders - niece backed into my Midget

Hal Faulkner frog.aye at gmail.com
Sun Mar 22 19:26:56 MST 2009


Couldn't possibly have backed into a Corvair in 1958:  produced between '59
and '69.  <G>
Hal

On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 10:35 AM, <corvallis at peoplepc.com> wrote:

> Have to admit that I did that back about 1958; I was 16 ...or was it 17??
> Walked out to the street and backed my mom's 55 Chevy into a smaller
> Corvair. I walked back towards my home as my father was walking out with
> his
> checkbook. I don't remember saying anything. I mean, what are you gonna
> say?
> ...bill in oregon
> ==============================================================
> -----Original Message-----
> From: spridgets-bounces at autox.team.net
> [mailto:spridgets-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Bud Osbourne
> Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 11:10 AM
> To: rbastedo at gmail.com; spridgets at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Glad I have spare fenders - niece backed into my
> Midget
>
> It's "generation clueless".  These kids just won't do anything that is not
> convenient for them......in this case, making SURE there is nothing behind
> their car before they back up.  Most of them just don't get it.
> Went through the same thing with my youngest son.  Although acknowledging
> that it was probably his fault, his mitigating statement was that he'd
> checked all his rear view mirrors first.  I explained that, since it was
> dark and he was driving a comparatively large vehicle (VW Vanagon), it was
> his responsibility to walk back and look behind, before he got in and
> backed
>
> up.  He admitted that, "yeah, that's a good plan, Dad".  That was the last
> time he bent anything with that Vanagon and my insurance didn't go up as a
> result (there was about $900 in damage to the other car, which belonged to
> a
>
> good friend of his), so, I guess I got away cheaply.
> Bud Osbourne
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