No, I didn't kill her, but I thought about it for a second!

[Uncle Bob]

Last week I was parked in town on the side of the road, engine running, out of gear (thank God!) talking on my cell phone. I actually do, at times, pull over to do that. I was about 10 feet from a diagonal parking spot. I just barely noticed the car in the nearest spot backing out when I realized it was going to clip my front left side! Instead of backing straight out, she swerved to the right as she was coming out. Crap, it was dark, raining like a bugger and I wasn't paying attention. The driver just must have jumped in and backed right out with out ever looking. She pulled right back in and got out...it was a woman I've known for over 15 years! Small damn world.

She has good insurance but was very disturbed when I told her how much the car cost new and "that Hansel & Gretel have to swim from Bavaria with parts". Later she told me her insurance agent said something similar like "of all the cars to back into...a Porsche?" The good news is nobody was hurt and it's really a minor hit. It will be expensive; replacing left fog light, repainting base, color and clear bra can't be inexpensive. I was amazed I never really got the least bit upset. My passenger was so quiet, he was waiting for me to bust out on the gal. I drove off after looking it over and getting info and he finally said "you on drugs, Bob?" I had to laugh. It will be an inconvenience, obviously, but hey in the scheme of things, it's but a blip on the radar!