Wednesday, January 24, 2007

On the juice, it seems

In a somewhat mysterious feat of strength, I managed to rip the handle off the inside of the driver's door of my car on Saturday night. The car door had gotten hung up on the sidewalk, and I pulled a little too hard.

Although my friends Grande and C. found this rather amusing, I did not. (OK, it was a little funny.)

Even though I am trying not to think about how much this is going to cost to fix, I am reminded every time I hop into the car and, without thinking, yank the handle right off again as I try to close the door.

(For you astute readers out there: Yes, I did decide the logical thing to do a mere 17 hours after getting off a flight from Asia was to drive 4 1/2 hours to my hometown.)

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Update (1/30/07): I went to the VW dealer yesterday. My show of strength is going to cost me $126 to repair. Yay.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I thought it was pretty funny - but I know that if the roles had been reversed, my incredible hulk-like rage would have forced me to break more than just the handle. ;-)
have you considered duct tape to fix it?

Anonymous said...

you should really use your superhuman powers for good. really, jay, car handles are a waste of time.