I had a most interesting and frustrating day yesterday. I was involved in an accident (was hit), chased down the other car when it left the scene, and got to watch the other driver get arrested for DUI.
For those of you familiar with the south metro, it took place on co. rd 11 between the exit on 35E and Burnsville Parkway. I was out driving - I had just installed an exhaust to my s4 on Friday and was enjoying listeneing to the new tone - but hey who needs an excuse to drive. I had just exited off the freeway and was headed up 11 on my way to the Dairy Queen and I notice a black Grand Cherokee coming up very fast in the rear view. He was in the left lane and I was behind a mustang in the right lane. The black jeep came up behind another jeep that was about to turn left. Instead of stopping behind the turning jeep, he decides to pass the jeep in my lane while I am still in it. I swerve to the curb, but he still hits me on the driver's side. I pull over immediateley and notice that he only slowed...then took off. I am pissed at this point and go after him. The mustang in front of me (nice older 5.0) had already took off after him. I caught up to him at the lights on Burnsville Parkway and the mustang lets me in behind the jeep, but he (jeep) turned left onto Burnsville Parkway and gunned it...I think he thought he was going to out run me (my car is white and debadged with only the audi rings). I caught him very quickly after the turn and he finally pulled over. I was so intent on catching up to the jeep, I didn't realize that both the mustang and the turning jeep had followed us and had called the police. They were nice enough to stay around (about 45 minutes) to tell the police what happened. My car doesn't look too bad. I have damage to the driver's side panels - rear door and window to the front fender. He didn't push me into the curb, and swerving away from him as he hit me might have saved more damage.
Be careful out there - I don't know if it is the late spring or what, but I have seen more jerk drivers out his year than I can remember.
On a side note, I saw three svt contours out yesterday in the Eagan/Apple Valley/Burnsville areas. A green, a silver w/ spoiler, and a black. The silver was parked in a parking lot off of cliff and the other two sightings were on 35E...anyone here?
