The CSX: November 2, 2005
by Russ Knize on Nov.02, 2005, under CSX
Some dude switched lanes right in front of me while I was accelerating to merge into traffic and checking my blind spot. I hit the brakes and swerved too hard to avoid him, came around and ended up in the guard rail while going backwards. These cars are way too tail-happy when you are really on the hooks. The car hit the front corner first, so the front fender and the door took the brunt of the damage. They are a loss, but the rear quarter is definately fixable…it didn’t even touch the tail light. All four of my new tires have flat spots on them now, especially the fronts. Grr….
I pushed the front-end underbody out with the Porta-Power, gave the fender some foot-stomping action out in the yard. Also used the Porta-Power to push the door back out by the hinges. Doesn’t look half-bad, considering how little time I spent on it. The Daytona is nowhere near being done, so the CSX still needs to put out.