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Curb, meet Scirocco... Scirocco, meet Curb...



Man, that sucks. Sorry to hear it. The damage could have been worse.
Some one must have a swing arm for you.

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mark F. [mailto:mk1mark@gmail.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, December 5, 2006 06:15 PM
>To: 'Scirocco List'
>Subject: Curb, meet Scirocco... Scirocco, meet Curb...
>
>Four days before my winter beater (A2 Jetta) goes on the road I
>managed to slam my 82 sideways into a curb. It was the first real
>snowfall of the year, and my nearly spent Kumho 512's surprised the
>hell out of me with how little grip they had. All the roads were
>fairly clear at the time, but I turned into a side road that wasn't.
>I'm pissed, more because this is the first real "accident" I've had in
>almost 20 years of driving...
>
>I bent the rear beam pretty bad, and I may have tweaked the front end
>a bit (possibly a bent control arm). Both of my K1 Kosei wheels on
>the driver side are curbed a bit, but look to still be straight.
>
>And just to make things worse, I just installed my last spare beam in
>my friend Sean's car before he headed out west...
>
>Here's a pic of the damage:
>
><http://home.cogeco.ca/~mardak/curbed.jpg>
>
>It was a real handful limping it back home as each rear tire took
>turns finding grip!
>
>Damn it... I suck...
>
>Later,
>
>Mark.
>75
>82
>82 Caddy
>
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