Last night when Marnie was heading out to the to grocery store, she encountered a driver who thought offensive driving in an underground parkade was the hip thing to do. Being the nice woman she is, Marnie chose to take the defensive tack and avoided a collision with the other car by clipping a cement pole. So instead of a possible collision that someone else could have been at fault for, Marnie has been determined at fault for the interaction with the pole – at least from what ICBC says (I think the pole had it coming).

Car gots an owwie!

Thankfully, Marnie is alright. That’s what I’m most concerned about. Sure I was upset that the car got itself all scraped up, but I was pleased that Marnie didn’t get hurt in the mess (although she was a little shaken afterwards). So all-in-all, things are not that bad.

As I wait to hear back from Kirmac Collision about getting the car repaired, I present you the following:

• My collision deductible is $500 – FAIL
• I have depreciation insurance which will reimburse $250 of that deductible – WIN
• My insurance discount will drop from 43% to 35% – FAIL
• I’ll be back up to 43% in a couple years – WIN
• Other driver gets off scott free – FAIL
• Marnie is okay – EPIC WIN TO END ALL FAILS

The last point is the most important.