There seems to be a few posts around here about cars getting dinged, dented or destroyed shortly after being purchased, but in my case, I dealt with the reverse chronology.
Two days before my birthday, well after my car had turned old enough to get legally drunk (and with a less than one month old tranny), I was rear-ended, the car then pushed underneath the truck in front of me:
I remember thinking, as I watched the hood fold up towards me, "well, there goes my car."
A display of my ninja skillz of displeasure as I say goodbye to my first car:
To assuage the pain of this loss, I toss money at a car dealership and drive off with:
But, as it's been more than two decades since I spent that kind of money on a car (for myself), I admit to suffering pangs of doubt, buyer's remorse, and then a panic attack the next morning that lasted until some time in the afternoon. (I really don't like spending money! All you young'uns looking to pay the bank 14% to own the car... y'all are nuts :>) I started to worry about everything -- the fog lights that I wound up with, the extended warranty (I have a 13 yo in the house ... it seemed wise at the time), even the color.
Until I happened upon this gorgeous beast in the parking lot:
...because if a co-worker can spend 10x on a daily driver in the same color, and it looks as freakin' hot as it does, maybe I didn't do so bad.
I hope you enjoyed this story of The Curse in Reverse. I've kept my car in the garage for the last week, just to prevent damage in the first week (*). Any other stories of people buying cars as the result of a reverse curse?
-Dave
(*) Ok, not really, I'm just letting the rental roll off....