@ just after 11:47pm est I was the first person in all of michigan to have a car accident.
Leaving my friends house after watching Versus (which was awful) and a game or two of halo, I headed for home. I knew it was really really icey and I was taking it slow (under 10mph) in his subdivision.
Go around the turns no problems...see that the road is clear and appears to have been salted so I pick it up to 15mph after a little brake test and think "I'll make it home before midnight..."
At that exact second I hit a patch of black ice just before the apex of a mild turn and slide right into a small tree (which is absolutely fine by the way)
I sat there for a second thinking "Fuck...ok fender is dead...no worries"
I walk out and check it out...yep fender is d-e-d dead. Not a problem. I pull the 2 stabilizing wires that I could see out from behind the fender and bumper and get back in to back out. At that same time a car creeps by staring at me...think they stopped? Hell no...why should they?
So I put it into reverse and the other wire that was behind the fender (that I couldnt see...ALL the other trees had 3 wires for stabilizing, I did check) ripped off the front bumper and my oh-so-hard-to-find lip. Total fried city.
Drove back to my friends place, called the police to file a report. Lots of squeaks happening and I couldnt tell if it was just the weather guard rubbing the tire or if everything is fucked. Its too cold to play with it and I shouldnt really mess w/ it anyways...insurance and all.
So yeah...the whole ordeal took over 2hrs because the of issues w/ the subdivision streets and all (thats another story that Im not getting into). I cant drive my baby
Fuck michigan snow...We were supposed to get 1-2" and we got 5" and ICE...clearly.
Im sad and pissed at the same time.....I know she'll be alright eventually.
Oh, and right as the cop was leaving...guess who showed up to work? Thats right, the road commission w/ their plows and salt....bastards.
(oh and dont tell me I shouldnt have moved the car...cop said it was fine and probably best that I did get it off the road......it was only a few hundred yards from my friends place anyway)