First, I must apologize to all fans of the morbid - this thread will not be as graphic as you may have hoped. For fans of unfortunate news, however, step right on up!
I was driving home from a friend's house at about 2AM last night after a little Halo 2 multiplayer goodness when, all of about 60 seconds from my house and on a road with a posted 60MPH speed limit, a dog decides now would be as good a time as ever to walk right in front of my car. To make things better, it was raining and the wet road made my panicked sudden breaking kind of futile. Needless to say, the dog did not make it. Now I'm the kind of guy who hates running over so much as a toad. So freaked out, I continued the drive home uttering "ohmygod, ohmygod, ohmygod". My shit-like feeling was only amplified by what I saw as I stepped out of my car, as is detailed in the pixely fun below...
As you can see, the bottom of my bumper is teh fux0red and the rest of the incredibly high-quality plastic grille is likely mangled in with the crime scene that shall never again be mentioned. Yes, it could've been alot worse. The dog could've been a cow and I could be dead...and nobody wants that. All told, the damage isn't too bad, but if I were to get my insurance to take care of this, I'd be out a $500 deductible. Anybody have any recommendations on the least expensive way to go about fixing this? Should I try getting the replacement parts myself and installing them? I'm told the Protege bumper is pretty easy to replace. Any ideas would be appreciated as I'd like to keep my car ghetto for as short a period as possible. Oh, and yes, that really is my high-detailed vanity 'FHUTA' license plate...and no, that cheesy RV in the background isn't ours.
