Tonight on the way to a car meet in Moorseville NC, I came face to face with a metal cabinet. I was doing 55 mph when all of a sudden in front of me a metal cabinet comes out of no where. I swerve to avoid it, and barely clip it. I pull off behind the truck that apparently lost it's load. Long story short, he wasn't from America, had a suspended license(with a handful of failure to appear charges), and couldn't speak much English. He got arrested, I got his insurance info, and a slightly scratched fender, bumper, and head light.

I will have pictures ASAP.

 

not gonna lie i was expecting some real carnage after reading the title and was a little disappointed when you said it was just a scratch. Either way happy for you it wasnt worse. Good luck with the driver who dropped his load on you.

 

^ hahaha.

Well, you lucked out that the damage wasn't too severe. good luck on the insurance claim, hopefully she'll be back to new in no time...

 

Well....This is your 3rd post since 02/2009....Yes, we need the photos =).......Sorry to hear about the incident w/ this non American type person......After this issue, we need more positive posts from you (Jk).........Keep us posted & peace to you

 

Ok, I was bored so took some quick pictures....the light took the brunt of the impact...of course flash makes it look nice and new. There are some other nicks and such but I will have to wait for tomorrow to get pictures if I can remember.

 

Thats actually not that bad, i was expecting something a lot worse.
You could for the instant, use a bit of touch-up paint as to not expose any bare metal. And I am sure that if you look at it quick, it won't even be noticeable.

 

Are those white marks on your bumper rock chips? They look worse than the scratch.

 

^ yea that is true. You got lucky!! Your resposible for that mans starving family now, congratuations!

That was 100% a joke, so dont get all crazy everyone!!!

 

i have marks like that all over my evo

 

mine is about 10x worse than whats in the pics. the whole front of my evo looks gray from all the chips.

 

In contrast to the thread crappers, I have to commend your driving skills. Anyone can react and swerve in a course where they are prepared for the "unexpected," but identifying, assessing, and reacting in a spontaneous real world situation and surviving with only a few scratches is commendable; to you and the Evo

 

Thanks. I probably could have avoided it had it not been black.

 

how did the guy get caught?

 

Pure amazement. I've seen worse damage from small birds.

 

Damn, sorry to hear about this! I hope you can get her fixed-up SOON! Good luck!