crunch!

[Duncan Thomson]

calvin,

thought about disconnecting my horn to stop an Intermittent Honking Problem
(IHP) then decided that there are just too many idiots on the roads...

better to piss people off by honking randomly, than to suffer your fate...

finally fixed it last weekend, just some loose screws...

yours in sympathy
duncan

> Friday afternoon, I had to drive my 200 Q over to the local home
> improvent warehouse to pick up some items for work.  I ran in,
> grabbed what I needed, got back in my car, backed out of my space,
> checking behind me to be sure it was clear.  As I move the gearshift
> from reverse to first gear, I see some movement out of my peripheral
> vision. I look out my window, and see a spare tire, attached to a
> Honda Passport, headed directly at my door.  If I honk, maybe he'll
> stop, so I hit the button......nothing.  Damn, I forgot that it
> doesn't work.  Crunch!  Now there is a large circular dent in the
> left rear door and quarter panel, and the window won't roll up.
> Great, that's just what I need.  Now the whole left side of the car
> is smashed up.  I still haven't fixed the tow truck damage from early
> this year.  So, the moral to this story is to check your horns, they
> might save you some trouble, and beware of idiots in SUV's.  Oh, and
> if any of you have some left side sheet metal for an '89 200 for sale
> cheap, preferrably somewhere in the midwest, let me know.
>
> Calvin Krug
>