Oops

So, in a moment of sheer brilliance, I scraped my car up against a red pole in the parking lot of my apartment complex.


I've got to say, I've never done anything this fantastically idiotic while driving. In fact, in the 4 years I've owned this car, I've never done a single thing to damage the body. Needless to say, I was angry, annoyed, and embarrassed.

I sent some photos to a body shop I found thru craigslist, and they quoted me $700 dollars to fix it.

Yah right.

I got talking to my friend Jesse, and he suggested a few things to try. Some Palmolive dish soap and a bit of rubbing compound and voila!


The Palmolive alone (and a LOT of elbow grease) took out about 95% of the paint. The rubbing compound worked to get out the rest. As you can see, there was still some damage done to the body of the car:


However....while I don't like it, I can live with this over bright red paint streaks. AND, it only cost me $11 to get it to this point.

Boo yah!