A returnee's tale

DeeTees · 10-06-2016, 16:17

It has turned out to be a prolonged hiatus for me (2 or 3 years) instead of golden years retirement. Everything here is just as it was when I left, same messages in the inbox, avatar, profile preserved, not even any tumbleweed blowing about.
I've got another Terrano now. I crashed my last one on the way to the off license before it closed. It was January, dark and icy, I went through a (concealed) stop sign and clipped the tail end of a BMW who was trying to scamper as fast as he could away from the runaway Terrano.
The BMW just had a tail light busted and a dent, but unfortunately for my Terrano the hidden rust under the fender plastic meant the impact caused an almost total collapse of the fender and half the bumper in bits. The BMW owner was bolstered by that sight and his testosterone flowed more bravely. The Jap (Spanish) bit of junk took one hell of a beating.
Though you'll be glad to hear I managed to make it to the off license on time.

It wasn't worth fixing as the list of repairs to do was already long and costly before the crash happened, nevertheless with the help of a roll of duct tape I re-assembled the "body work" as best I could.
As I live out of town I still had plenty of chores for the de-regged Terrano to do around the place, kept him busy with tasks such as making paths through the snow for ordinary cars to move in and out etc etc.
Now that I have got a replacement, I suspect I will be stripping the old fellow for usable parts, before retiring him to the scrapyard.
My dog just loves it in the ailing Terrano, I have it parked in a good lookout position, leave the front door open, whichever side is opposite to the wind and she'll lie there totally contented, only disturbed on occasion when the cat comes in for a bit of 'entertainment'.

10-06-2016, 16:17	#1
DeeTees Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Iceland Posts: 94	A returnee's tale It has turned out to be a prolonged hiatus for me (2 or 3 years) instead of golden years retirement. Everything here is just as it was when I left, same messages in the inbox, avatar, profile preserved, not even any tumbleweed blowing about. I've got another Terrano now. I crashed my last one on the way to the off license before it closed. It was January, dark and icy, I went through a (concealed) stop sign and clipped the tail end of a BMW who was trying to scamper as fast as he could away from the runaway Terrano. The BMW just had a tail light busted and a dent, but unfortunately for my Terrano the hidden rust under the fender plastic meant the impact caused an almost total collapse of the fender and half the bumper in bits. The BMW owner was bolstered by that sight and his testosterone flowed more bravely. The Jap (Spanish) bit of junk took one hell of a beating. Though you'll be glad to hear I managed to make it to the off license on time. It wasn't worth fixing as the list of repairs to do was already long and costly before the crash happened, nevertheless with the help of a roll of duct tape I re-assembled the "body work" as best I could. As I live out of town I still had plenty of chores for the de-regged Terrano to do around the place, kept him busy with tasks such as making paths through the snow for ordinary cars to move in and out etc etc. Now that I have got a replacement, I suspect I will be stripping the old fellow for usable parts, before retiring him to the scrapyard. My dog just loves it in the ailing Terrano, I have it parked in a good lookout position, leave the front door open, whichever side is opposite to the wind and she'll lie there totally contented, only disturbed on occasion when the cat comes in for a bit of 'entertainment'.