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Pfffft
Bought a new (not brand new) car. Picked it up this weekend. It was immaulate.
Decided to go for a cheeky run out in it this evening despite the ice. So excited, I rolled off the drive despite zero visibility due to iced up windows. A moment of insanity.
Scuffed an immaculate rim on a kerbstone just at the end of the driveway. Instant regret.
It's only small, but equally it's absolutely massive.
I now have to keep going to look at it with my torch, as though looking at it might heal it. It doesn't but after 20 minutes of thinking about it becomes an absolutely destroyed wheel, and looking at it is necessary to remember that actually it's not so bad.
Except it wasn' there at all prior to me driving my car with absolutely no view outside. Why? Why did I do that?
I find this age and this stage of life is one where this kind of thing is constantly anticipated. Sensible steps, precautionary measures are taken. It's one of the key signs of aging I think that wisdom manifests as slowness and caution; avoiding silly mistakes made in the past.
Then every once in a while carefree youthful carelessness revives and in the most stupid and pointless ways, a price is paid for youthful exuberance.
I'm off outside with my torch again now, to put this disaster back into perspective for the tenth time tonight.
- It's a Jaguar 00 if anyone's interested.Horp
- No-one's interested. I KERBED MY WHEEL YOU HEARTLESS PIGS. CRY FOR ME.Horp
- Fuck it. Gave myself an upvote.Horp
- "Decided to go for a cheeky run out in it this evening despite the ice." - this is where you went wrong. Commiserations on your rim!BuddhaHat
- A Jaguar? Ha! Good timeline ;)OBBTKN
- It's not the Jaguar 00. It's a rather boring BMW family hauler.Horp