No, I am not talking about USC because that streak (those streaks) is still going strong. I am talking about my streak of not getting my car banged up.

Last week, I scratched the car big time trying to squeeze it into our designated parking spot. Usually, I can get it in in one turn and I don’t have to stop and reverse and adjust and come back in.

But we have a new neighbor who does not know how to park well. Their car was parked almost on the white line. They are to our right. To our left is a big pillar.

So as I was trying to turn left into the spot, I realized that I may have touched the other car. And yes indeed, I had touched it. Uh-oh. So to minimize the damage, I tried to reverse the car and I heard some sound and felt some resistance over on the left side at the back. I saw in my side mirror and it was not good. The car was touching the pillar and by this time I knew that there was quite a bit of damage already done.

So I was in a fix. I could not move ahead because I was touching the other car, and I could not move behind because I was scratching the car big time on the left. But in any way, I had to get out of the jam. So I took the chance of scratches on the left side and just drove through into the parking spot. The sound was not good at all and after I got out, I saw the scratches and my heart sank.

The left back door has a dent in addition to massive scratches, and the part of the car between the door and the bumper was also bent to a great extent.

So now, it is on to searching for some Acura body shops :-(