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YOUR RESEARCH"Daddy, the brakes on my bike broke... and I crashed into your car"
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Sorry for the mishap, part of having kids is learning to repair new things
"Daddy, the brakes on my bike broke... and I crashed into your car"
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This is why I always put a bolt through one of the holes in the door tracks or use a c-clamp on the track whenever I have the car positioned under the garage door.
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Use c-clamp
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This is why I always put a bolt through one of the holes in the door tracks or use a c-clamp on the track whenever I have the car positioned under the garage door.
"Daddy, the brakes on my bike broke... and I crashed into your car"
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Relaxing on the sofa, watching basketball, enjoying a beer. Daughter comes in from playing outside with this:
"Daddy, the brakes on my bike broke... and I crashed into your car"
She is walking, and seems uninjured, so I go to the car first. Looks bad at first, but after cleaning off the rubber and plastic residue, the scratches aren't too deep. Looks like I'll be investing in a good random orbit polisher after all. Should have closed the garage door.
The bike is unaffected, aside from the derailed chain that caused the incident. Do I need to build a second garage?
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My Daughter(s) is always playing in the driveway by the garage. I always make sure to keep the garage door closed behind the Porsche. Also, they know not to play inside the garage by the cars.
I hope the scratches are not too deep and buff out for you.
Kudos on raising a child with honesty, ethics and taking responsibilities. Your daughter owning up is far more valuable than whatever the scratches cost to fix.
This is a "good news" story all around. As a father myself (I have 4), one hopes that we teach our kids to do the right thing when they screw up. So congrats, you've raised your little girl well.
Besides, it could have been much worse:
LINK
This is why I always put a bolt through one of the holes in the door tracks or use a c-clamp on the track whenever I have the car positioned under the garage door.
No, read the story in the link - it was the teenage son of an automotive journalist in Toronto who was showing a brand new 997 Turbo that his dad was reviewing to a friend while it was parked in the garage, when they thought it would be fun to fire it up - and the rest is history...
Absolutely nothing could have been a big deal about the car. She was upset and scared when then came to tell you. Give her a big hug tell her thank you for telling you and your not upset and you glad she's ok.
Thanks for putting a positive spin on this. I had the same thought when she told me about the mishap (after the shock wore off, of course)
As an added bonus, I have an excuse to get one of those polishers I was wanting anyway.
Yeah, it was a "coaster brake" bike, and the chain had come off. I've already tightened it up.
Lucky she crashed into your car, instead of a moving car, or rock wall, etc! Glad she's OK, and your bumper will be too.
As everyone has said, good for her fessing up and being honest!
Same thing happened last April with my 8 year old son and his mountain bike. Little Mikey is currently in the "sandbox" serving with the 2nd Recon Batt. USMC as a radio operator. Sniff, we are soooo proud !!
I would go with a Porter Cable 7424 and some Menzerna Menzerna Super Intensive Polish PO83 with an orange pad, then Menzerna Final Polish II with a white pad. I buy my detailing stuff from
www.properautocare.com
-- great place.
It's always good to keep things like this in perspective. If my young daughter hitting my Porsche with her bike (it's happened) is what needs to happen to show me that I'm raising her to be honest and to do the right thing, it's well worth it.
Also, the moment I realized I was really a father was the day a little girl ran square into the back bumper of my parked car and my first reaction was "OMG! Are you OK?" rather than "Look what you did to my CAR!"
Plus one hundred.
My moment came a few years back when I passed a bunch of girls in the mall all tarted up, and instead of my first thought being "Heeeyyyy, how you doin?" it was "those girls are way too young to be wearing clothes like that." As soon as I realized what had just happened, I had to
Add my voice to those that expressed relief your daughter was uninjured.
The damage to the car is very very minor.
Fix the bike.
And I hope if she doesn't already have one, be sure when your daughter goes out again on her bike she has a good bicycle helmet.
Sincerely,
Macster.
