Didn't do much to Red today, but I did don a partial Santa suit for a Mardi Gras parade. It was a hit and I was bombarded! The kids figured out real quick where they should be. The rude adult chick was the downer.

 

Since it's 5 am, I guess this is a what I did yesterday with my HHR.

After getting back from Cheyenne Wyoming(super friendly folks out there), my wife and son picked me up at our Flight Office.

And then I had to dry Michelle's tears, she accidentally "tagged" the trailer hitch on a Ford Expedition Saturday morning in the supermarket parking lot with our '06 Daily Driver.

The damage to the Ford was non-existant, the '06's right front fender and leading edge of the door are creased and lightly crumpled.

After we get through the snow and ice forecast for Charlotte over today and Tuesday, I'll hose off the road salt and snap a pic or two.

With 321,000 miles on the clock, and the purely cosmetic nature of the damage, I think the 'Ol Critter will wear its battle scars until Spring.

 

Started the install of my new Wolo Bad Boy horn.

 

Nothing yesterday, nothing today, nothing on Wednesday either.

We're in the midst of a real bugger of a classic Southern ice storm, the traffic accidents are up in the hundreds, NC DOT is in all-out Panic Mode, and the state is effectively shut down for now.

 

Ice ice baby! Just chillin up here -4 F in The Great White North!

 

I am shoveling mine out. I work part time and I caller the owner and said I might make it or I might not. I am getting to old for this stuff.

 

Take care of your back Ron, the York show in the spring won't be any fun with a slipped disk, looking forward to seeing you up there.

Hopefully Winter will be over by then.

As for me today, it's too icy to even stand up outside, so I'm looking for a right front fender and door in black for the '06.

I could bump the crease and dents out of the original sheet metal, but if I find the right parts at the right price, it'll save time.

My wife is still feeling very chagrined over tagging that Expedition on Saturday.

 

I took Red for a cruise down I-10 and received another windshield rock chip (repeat(s)). What's up with this state? I come from snow country and the sand is bad enough.

 

Found a right front fender and door in black for my '06, they're just across the state line in South Carolina.

So if the forcasted freezing rain on Saturday turns out to be a case of pessimistic weathermen going for ratings, instead of a rerun of yesterday's ice storm, I'll be heading down to pick them up.

$200 for a clean door and fender is cheap compared to the "fun" of bumping the crease and dents out of the current sheet metal.

Besides, Bondo dust makes me sneeze like it's going out of style.

 

Good find, our yards up here are slowly closing up and those still open crush anything over three to five years old , and turned into scrap metal yards