Is my car a magnet?

968Oz · 2009-11-06T19:43:32-06:00

In the 30 years of driving before I got my 968 I can recall being in perhaps one motor vehicle accident in my car and a couple on my bike. In the 20 months since I bought the 968 it has been hit 3 times. Once, rear-ended by a very apologetic driver who said after the incident "The last word you want to see when you look up after hitting another car is 'Porsche'" style_emoticons//biggrin.gif. Only minor damage to rear bumper cover that needed a respray to repair some cracks anyway, so worked out well. Second incident a rabbit ran into me, went through the front grill, bent bumper and ruined the paint and somehow ripped the lining in wheel arch. Still, also worked out well because my local paint shop managed to get the front bumper cover and the plastic undertrays replaced by the insurance company. The bumper was sagging and the ray under the bumper was cracked, so I was happy. I Got the car back a week ago, have driven it 3 times and while sitting in the inside lane at the lights someone decided to see if my wing mirror was removable and in the meantime scraped my door and front fender. The panels aren't seriously damaged, just paint scrapes, and their insurance will cover, it but I've seen enough of Paint and Custom's workshop to last me a while. Counting some minor work I had done and these accidents I estimate the car has spent at least 6 weeks in the shop and the cost of would be about $6.5K!! Mostly covered by insurance companies thankfully. Ian