Seriously.

I honestly don't know HOW:
a) things like this happen to me
b) my Psychic didn't see THIS one coming.

I got into another car accident a few days ago.
Fucking hell. I know!
Mother Nature really does not like me.

So this is what happened:

This past Monday, 10:30am.
Weather reports indicated that if possible, to stay home due to the onslaught of snow and ice and winter nastiness.

I was chatting on Facebook with my sister, telling her of my plans for the day and how I was going to BestBuy to look at some speakers for my computer as they were having a sale anyways, and also because I desperately wanted a set for my home office because I NEED to feel the bass against my feet as I design. I don't know how some corporate offices don't allow music; it's like a life blood, at least for me.

She specifically told me NOT to go, or at the very least to be careful.
"Yeah yeah, sure sure" I said to myself as I typed "I promise I will be careful"

OK for the record, I was being VERY careful.
At time of impact, I was doing 25kmh.

So I'm driving along Wellington, going north towards BestBuy. Saw the entrance, put my blinker on and then...something made me look out of the corner of my eye. I turned my head to the left and saw a mini-van, obviously losing control in the snow, swerving right to left to right again and then it hooked sharply to the left and aimed for me.

A car pulled up beside me just as the van jumped the median, slammed into her who slammed into me. It literally happened THAT fast. 123 done.

I spun out and ended up several meters off to the side, but from what I could tell there was no real damage caused. I mean, the front end was NOT smashed in like my Escort. And the engine was still running.

Opening my door, which now creaked like you were bending back metal, when it didn't half an hour prior, I got out and inspected. Yep, there was for sure a nice big dent and lots of scratches but to my (untrained) eye, I assumed maybe $1000 damage, max.
HA.
Yeah I really don't know nothin' :)

I cursed under my breath; what are the odds that after 2.5 months and a new car I would be in another accident. Sheesh.

Turning into the frigid wind, I stepped away and approached the other drivers to ensure everyone was okay. Both their vehicles were so badly damaged you could tell they were both write offs. As I exchanged information with them, I realized that if it weren't for the car between us, I would have ended up in worse shape.

No one was hurt, THANKFULLY, and what was more alarming is that in the van was a 4 week old baby, coming back from her first check-up. I teared up a bit; babies are so so so precious. I all of a sudden took back all the "crap, my 9 week old car!" comments in my mind and silently thanked God that she was unharmed.

Tow trucks came, and I went back to my car and called in the claim. I decided the speakers could wait, lol, so I drove home and decided along the way since I was passing through town to stop off at my mechanic's. Might as well, right?

Jerry took one look and directed me across the street to an auto-body repair shop. I spent damn near 45 minutes in there between initial assessment to calling in my claim for verification to securing a rental...

...I still have the rental: a 2010 hot blue Focus. LOVE it, other than the fact it's auto :(
I miss my lil' 5 speed!!

Anyways, my car suffered close to $4000 damage.
See where I was about 3-grand off? Haha....
New door, rocker panels, quarter panels, head lights, front bumper, paint job...all this for a set of $50 speakers.

Guess I shoulda just stayed home eh?
My sister knows best!

I will have the car back by end of next week ::hopefully::
Until then, I'm not driving ANYWHERE if there is more than an inch of snow.