Aero bat.I dropped a motorbike battery onto the rear wheel arch from about six feet about a month ago dented and creased,calling it patina for the time being till i get it fixed,a real pisser.
Feel for you big time...when something like this first happens it really feels life altering, in a BAD way!! I remember a very long time ago I owned a stunning 1000 mile Ferrari 328 totally unmarked, original and as new. At the time lived in a very modest home with commensurate crappy tiny garage with bearly room to squeeze in and out. Did the usual thing by placing carpet on side wall so car door would never make contact with the nasty brickwork. Was halfway getting out of the car being as always so careful not to foul the cill with my shoe, marking the fragile leather on the bolster and ensuring door remained an inch from carpeted wall. Just then our then lovely neighbours little daughter appeared and shouted 'hi'. I jumped from being startled, knocked the carpet clear of the wall and subsequently fell against the door as it banged into the wall resulting in a chunk of paint being removed from the leading edge and me nearly having a heart attack. To this day how I refrained from going mental and swearing blue murder remains beyond me!!
Ain't it funny you can have an old banger that you don't give a hoot about. Parking and leaving wherever and hardly giving it a seconds thought and low and behold you can bet your bottom dollar it will remain in perfect condition avoiding scrapes, bangs and somehow even stonechips???? BUT no matter how hard you try or how much you care for the true automobile love of your life - it will invariably suffer all
manor of bad luck...
Sometimes life sucks.......
