So, last Tuesday night I'm on my way back from Sactown to San Jose in my beloved CSVT. I had a job interview in Folsom and I ventured up to Placerville to visit some friends. It started to rain and I deciced to pit in Manteca around 11:30. I refueled and headed out refreshed and anxious to get home before the real storm hit. Made my way on to 120 to 5 to 205 thru Tracy. I was feeling groovy while putting the pedal to the medal to climb the Altamont Pass on the 580. It was just after midnight and I had the road to myself mostly. Suddenly I see a huge concrete "log" in my lane, the kind of thing they but in parking lots as a stop barrier. YOu know the thing our CSVTs always hit if we pull in too close? Yeah THAT THING! WTF? Whammo! I hit it at 80 MPH straight on! No time to react, nothing but WHAMMO! I immediately pulled over to inspect the damage to my front end. No other cars on the road and it was dark and wet! $#!t. A big chunk of my front bumper was gone as well as my front mesh grille. My splash guard was wasted and dragging on the road. Fog lamps were smashed! I managed to tuck the splash guard back into place. I did a brief walk around in the rain and did not see any more damage. I got in a drove the rest of the way to San Jo. Evidently this thing had fallen off the back of a work truck. The next day I inspected my car and found my passenger side skirt gone! Also my rear mesh grille was gone. Sheeeeeit! I had spent the entire day before detailing my darling. I called the insurance company and took the car in for an estimate. Got a call with the estimate today, 1100 bones! I spent 650 bones in August reparing some body work from a hit and run. Oh well, at least the under carriage is fine and so are my wheels. The car drives fine so there are no alignment issues to deal with. I was lucky to not lose control and have a wreck or hit another car. The guy at the car shop was amazed at the lack of serious damage after I described what happened to him. A true testament of how well our cars are built I guess. I don't want to believe someone put that thing in the road on purpose since there is nothing out there as far as homes and such. But Daaaaaamn!
