Why winter, ice, and snow SUCKS!!

[Lsick7]

So this entire winter has pretty much sucked for me. November was cool, December I had mono and have just now resumed work. Well during these last couple weeks I let my girlfriend drive my car daily because she bent one of her rims, and just a few days ago she picks me up in my own car from my house to go do something. As I'm standing in my driveway I notice something, I abrubtly walk around the front of the car to inspect something that I thought was just my imagination. Long story short, I am greeted by this....



Just totally made my day.... That bumper was brand new as of June, freshly painted, no chips, scratches, or anything. And this happens.

I know that either an ice chunk, snow pile, or snow in some entrance/parking of some sort had to have done this. Keep in mind I live in Missouri so lately temps have been in the negatives to single digits lately. I'm half tempted to turn it into the insurance company and pay the stupid $500 deductable and get it done by some one. It just kills me to walk out every morning to see what was a perfect bodied GTP now with an eye sore that was caused not by a traffic accident, or a deer, or any other sort of common damage, but some stupid ICE. And it's not like the bumper flexed as it normally would, at temps like these it just shattered.

I told my girlfriend, she got all teary and bawled on my shoulder. She loves my car and I told her everyday on the phone "You smash my car, I smash your head," just as a joke. But of course I let it go, things happen, and I love her still to death. She's just as upset or more than me because she's always by my side when I mod my car. So I told her that I probably did it backing out of my driveway the other day when I had it for a couple of hours, saying I cut the corner to soon and rammed my front end into the snow drift instead of backing all the way out into the road. Even though I'm sure I didn't do it because I never drive it, I figured it would ease it over. Oh well, I just thought it was a good story, and now I officially hate snow, ice, cold, and winter just as a whole.

/rant

[matt5112]

that blows... no real way out of it

[pizzi22]

Sucks, but could be worse. 2 years ago, i had a kid from my highschool rear end me in my grand am (just got his license and car that week some old beater oldsmobile). Of course i drive a Grand am so i was not running full coverage, he rails me as i'm turning to my school going about 40 mph.("i couldn't stop, i hit ice" BS! i just about killed him if it weren't for 3 other ppl in his car). Pretty much totals my car (totaled his). (2,300 in damage, i had to pay it myself.) I regret fixing it shoulda just scrapped it to the repair shop for a 1000. Then the last year winter someone pulled a hit and run on the same car. So now i drive it with a big hole in the bumper. (This is now why i drive only this car during the winter!!) Not risking my other one, stupid noob drivers haha!

-Sorry for the rant, figured it'd make ya laugh a lil

[Bio248]

wow, that bites. i drove my lowered grand prix around for a few years of plowing through snow and other **** on the road and that never happened to me.

[badbrad]

in central alabama, our cars just melt....like my rear view mirror this past summer, lookin for a new 1.. u guys up north have to drive in crap some, that's for sure.

[nawarkk]

lol did you say "melt"? Wow that must suck too.

[ZR1Vette09]

similar thing happened to me. first winter, my blazer was parked outside. It was so clean looking except for one little hail dent on the tailgate. walk out one morning and the front right fender and hood are all dented to crap... ice fell of the roof and smashed it.

[JESSEGOTTA GP GT]

When I had my monte some spoiled b!tch at school backed into my drivers side quarter panel and put a baseball sized dent from the corner of her bumper on her EXPEDITION, yes a 17 year old girl's first car (why god?) and I made her pay for it, $938 later, I had a new back bumper and a fresh new paint job. haha

[echarleswhyte]

well, it was a diff car, cavalier, and i pull into a parking spot, drove through to the otehr side to face out of the space. if i recall there was lots of spaces around and as i was going to get out i was hit from behind by an old subie legacy. so i get out check my rear end, nothing wrong cept a small, small paint chip, the older lady gets out saying how sorry she is the sun was in her eyes, yadda yadda. i dismiss it as nothing happend and after she left i walked around her car and every corner was scratched, dented and bumped. sun in my eyes eh, seems she hits lots of things i thought to myself

[J GTP]

Was that an original bumper or aftermarket? I read somewhere that the aftermarket bumpers are made with a different plastic compound. Maybe that's why it cracked like that? Just curious.

[xDetroitMetalx]

I give you props for taking the blame, that's a good boyfriend. She must be lucky.

[Lsick7]

I give you props for taking the blame, that's a good boyfriend. She must be lucky.

Thanks, it was hard to do, but I couldn't crush her like that.

Also, it was an aftermarket bumper.

[99prixgt]

My friend hit my front bumper with his quad, pretty hard, by accident, it didn't do any damage. I really didn't care anyway, the bumper is all ****ed up already, it needs re-painting

If it was in perfect condition like yours and my girl did that, id break up with her.

no joke.

[mcvey]

This is why no matter what you have a summer vehicle and a winter vehicle if you live somewhere where these conditions are present.

[gtpinsc]

I have my windows and doors open... its 70 degrees where im at

[Spartan GL]

Ice ice baby!

[Poil336]

i was looking down the side of my s-10 once and the bed stuck out like a half inch from the cab. so i showed it to my friend, he's about 6'4", 200lbs and he just kinda stares at it for a minute. and he turns sideways to it and slams his ass into it, and it leaves a HUGE dent, like from the top to the bottom of the bed, a solid two feet across. i just kinda looked at him like... what was that going to accomplish?

anyways, end threadjack

[JarenSTi]

wow sorry man, just get another and start using tht one for winters and the new for summers.
at least it didnt take out your grilles lol

[gpgt04]

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this time last year spun out and corrected it just in time to go head on into a tree. my buddies head cracked the windshield (he was fine). and then i bought the gp so it could have been worse

[Lsick7]

i was looking down the side of my s-10 once and the bed stuck out like a half inch from the cab. so i showed it to my friend, he's about 6'4", 200lbs and he just kinda stares at it for a minute. and he turns sideways to it and slams his ass into it, and it leaves a HUGE dent, like from the top to the bottom of the bed, a solid two feet across. i just kinda looked at him like... what was that going to accomplish?

anyways, end threadjack

That was hilarious! , i'd probably looked at him, laughed, then probably chewed him out.

Now here's the big question

Would it be better to go the DIY route and gather up the materials and have someone do it for me? Or should I claim it and pay the deductable that's 500 and have a shop do it? I found the same aftermarket bumper cover that I have currently for like 90-100 bucks. What would prep/materials and labor add up to?