After my expedition to 4 different parts stored last rainy night finally nets me a new starter, I get home and install it to complete my now 4 day mission to swap my tranny/axels.

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=286379

Bolt the starter in, fire it up and viola!! The bastard runs! Alright, I finish putting everything back together, move my dads '88 Civic to the side of the driveway so I can get out of my garage (but... I leave the Civic at kind of an angle with has the rear end protruding a bit into the driveway....)

Jump in the Civic, check all gauges, no leaks anywhere, wow.. finally, everything looks good. So I decided to take the car on a test drive to ensure the axels a=and tranny are functioning properly. Slowly backing the car out, of course it's raining to I can't see very well out the back window.. and wouldn't you know it.. ::WHAM!!:

I completley forgot my dad's Civic was still partially in the driveway and I just nailed it at a pretty good pace! Right away I try to move my Civic up..::SCREEEEECH:: sounds like somebody is ripping my car open with a can opener

So I get out, still raining mind you, so as to observe the damage. My bumper is hanging, looks like a lion took its claws to it ripping into the plastic, havr a huge hole between the bumper and body, a 2-3" deep dent the size of a beachball just behind the gas door, and the little piece under the tailight is ripped it.. awesome!

So, now it's off to the body shop for $500+ of work.. but hey, least my axels work





[Modified by VTC_slow_CiViC, 11:24 AM 9/24/2002]

 

at least nobody was hurt. did you take any pictures? how fast do you think you were going? how bad is the damage on your father's car?

 

Damn dude that sucks....at least it's only $500, my old fiber image CF hood flew up and I needed a new roof and hood, $2200 in damage. Hope you can get ti fixed.

 

dude, you have some badluck!!! glad your ok..and at least its only a bumper and nothing to do with the motor !!

 

sorry to hear about it. hopefully you will get it back quick.

 

Ahh funny you mention that, I forgot to add, the passenger side of my dads Civic was already hit a while ago, so I didn't hit a smooth surface which would've made the damage nothing more than scratches/scuffs since I hit it in a very mild angle, but since the car was already hit and the body very jagged, it acted like a can-opener when I hit it tearing into my car

Haha! Ahhh.. I love this stuff :twitching:

 

Sucks, but we must admit, its kinda funny...Good thing no one was hurt but your wallet.....

 

That sux, same thing happened to me except I was just learning to drive a stick and let the entire side of my car get fucked up. The worst part was that it was a shitty old mustang parked in my driveway, it didnt even put a scratch on the stang.

 

oh man sounds like my kinda luck, i remember once i picked up my moms car from the garage and i had put something in the back , forgot i left the rt rear door open and then wham! door was almost ripped off its hinges! lol, my mom was mad but she laughed as well. accidents happen

 

Damn sounds like bad luck but hey like you said at least the axels' work.


Lee