Great way to start the holiday weekend....not really....

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This wasn't how I was supposed to start the weekend.....

So I'm on my way to work this morning. I work out in the middle of nowhere, so I drive some backroads to get there. I'm listening to some music, coming up on a bend, going the speed limit of course (50MPH). As I exit the bend, some animal (raccoon, possum) comes into the road from the left. I swerved to miss the animal and ended up in a creek.

Not a ditch. A creek. Fortunately the water was only about 6" deep so I could get out ok and the car didn't get any water damage. According to the Trooper, the car was 113ft from the road. Luckily, I didn't get cited.

Here's a few pics:








There's more pics here.

I went to the body shop to grab a couple things out of the car. The insurance adjuster was there and said the damage was at about $5500 so far and he wasn't done. He also said they won't know how much more its damaged until the shop starts tearing it down. The airbag did deploy and it looked like the radiator was bent. And of course all the cosmetic damage. One thing I noticed is that the trunk seemed "bent". All the doors & trunk open ok, but the inside of the trunk looked bent.

Any idea on whether or not I would be able to use some aftermarket parts (ie exhaust) for the repairs? Not sure if that's allowed or how that would work. Though I think others have done that.

Argh..... This car has some bad karma attached to it I think. :( Maybe I just need to get rid of it....