We have NO stinkin luck with the Pontiac!

About a month and a half ago, Chris was backing out of our carport. A pick up truck was parked to Chris's right and it was hard for him to see past it until he got out far enough. Another car came around the corner just a few cars down, drove down the wrong side of the street and "swerved" but knicked the corner of the Pontiac's back bumper. We didn't get great pics or else I'd post them, but the tail light was completely broken, there were tire marks on the TOP of the bumper, and the bumper was held up off of the ground with a whole lotta duct tape but there was still like a 2" gap where it hung down. The cops were called, but it's private property so neither driver was at fault and our insurance had to pay the whole bill: around $2000. Is our car even worth that much?!

About 2 weeks ago, Chris was at work on a Saturday. Not many people work on Saturdays so parking is available out front and to the side, so Chris parked there. At some point, one of Chris's coworkers came in and told him his front head light was broken. Two and two were put together and it was figured out that a customer had backed his truck out and ran into the Grand Prix and drove off. He wasn't a regular customer and he paid cash so no one has a clue who this guy is or how to find him. Now we have to pay to replace the exact same light that we had replaced less than a year ago!

I guess this would be a good time to bring up the time Chris got rear-ended on his Vino (scooter). We used to live in apartments really close to Chris's work and Chris would come home often to eat lunch. One day when he was driving back to work Chris stopped at a crosswalk to let a kid pass. Out of nowhere Chris got slammed into from behind (speed limit is 25 on this road) by a big Ford truck (something like that) and basically popped a wheelie and was literally pushed forward by the truck for 10 feet. Luckily Chris was okay but his scooter suffered quite a bit of damage. The guy that hit him flat out told Chris that he hadn't been paying attention, he was reading a map and didn't have his eyes on the road and didn't see Chris until after he had hit him. Chris told the guy they would exchange info after he called his work to tell them he was going to be late. About halfway through his phone call, Chris saw the guy get in his truck and drive off but there was a small wad of cash on the seat of his scooter. It was over $100, probably all the cash the guy had in his wallet, but the damage was WAY more than that. Chris got on his scooter and headed off to work but on his way there, he got pulled over by a cop! Luckily, the cop had noticed that he had just gotten in a wreck and was checking to see if he was okay. Chris told him what happened with the guy driving off and the cop said he'd try to track him down but nothing was heard of it again. Thank GOD no major accidents (although all these little ones are beginning to get quite annoying) and no major injuries. Let's hope we can all stay away from them! Wish us luck.