Steve! look at the bright side! Being a Dakota it could of collapsed the
Pillar and caused structural damage to the RESTAURANT. You are not alone!
I've damaged vehicles, myself to blame! Don't change the bumper till after
the 2004 DML barbeque!
Jim Knox, 91 Dak :-)
----- Original Message -----
From: "steve preston" <steves287dak@yahoo.com>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 10:05 PM
Subject: DML: Back bumper loses to concrete pillar,0-1
>
> Let`s just say I overdrove my backup lights. :>)
>
> Here`s how it happened:
>
> I decided to take my wife to one of the more upscale
> restaurants in town last night (where you don`t have
> to unwrap your hamburger first,and THEY bring the
> ketchup.) And so we arrived at 5:41. Now,it may have
> been my nerves that caused me to lose control of the
> vehicle,because I knew this little jaunt was going to
> be pricey. I normally like to spend about $3-8 for two
> people,including the Cokes(tm),but I had specific
> foreknowledge that this menu had items costing four or
> five dollars PER PLATE!! So my mind was going to be
> elsewhere,regardless. Well,the small parking area
> directly in front of the restaurant has a large canopy
> over it,which is not totally surprising,considering it
> used to be a Chevron station,and there are several
> large pillars supporting it in the middle. But the way
> the spaces are marked,the pillars are located between
> the cars lengthwise. So if a person pulled in and
> happened to find the first two spaces closest to the
> diner empty, with the rest of the lot full,it could
> rationally be assumed that the circumstance would lend
> itself to providing a certain degree of satisfaction
> to the prospective patron. And if the first space
> encountered happened to be marked with a blue
> wheelchair,then theoretically it should be a simple
> task to just pull forward past both spaces,then back
> into the second space until the vehicle is positioned
> squarely within the orange lines,yet not so far as to
> come into abrupt contact with the concrete pillar
> located to the immediate rear of the vehicle.
>
> Unfortunately,reality and intention do not always
> dovetail,and this is the point where my judgment
> became skewed to some degree. I do remember my wife
> looking at me,cautioning me about the pillar
> behind,and my throwing the truck into reverse with a
> confident "I got this" kind of attitude that would
> very quickly fade into feelings of remorse and
> shame,predicated only by a loud BANG and a jarring
> sensation. Well,my heart fell to my a** as I realized
> what had happened. I got out and looked,and sure
> enough,a dimple. I had dimpled my bumper,bigger than
> whale excretion. The only bright spot,if there is
> one,is that you can hardly see the damage. It`s fairly
> minor,but I know it`s there. And I know why it`s
> there. It`s because I don`t listen! I need to grow
> into a person that listens. Steve P.
>
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