Just dinged the car
We had a load of fresh snow earlier and I have to go out.. Just up the end of the road there's a triangular island where our road joins the roundabout, someone has taken out the illuminated keep left bollard and I can't see where the road goes, I see a few tracks where people have gone off onto the grass verge and think wtf.. I've been driving in the snow for the last 3 days and been ok but this stuff is different, its slush with ice underneath.. I'm not going slow enough.. a bit too late I realise I'm aiming for where the bollard should be, try to turn, no go, try the brakes, just kept going, again turn and so gently brake, manage to get a little to the left and go up onto the island. Unfortunately there's a big lump of concrete which was the base for the stupid bollard, the previous visitor to the island has pulled it up at an angle, I get out to look, the bumper and intercooler are hooked over it, bumper is hanging off one side. Now I'm in the middle of a dark foggy road, half the car is in the oncoming lane and any moment someone is going to turn off the dual carriageway onto this ice rink, lose control and run into the side of the car, so I decide I'm going to have to try and reverse off.. Theres a big crunching noise and the engine dies, I get out again and see that the bumper and intercooler have both been pulled away from the car, someone stops to help and we get the car disentagled from the bollard base, the bollard electrical wiring 
and conduit, after a few attempts I get the intercooler pipe jammed on and start the car and reverse back to the bus stop, at least now no one is likely to drive into me, I find a spare jubilee clip in the boot and get the IC connected and tie the bumper on with some wire and drive the half mile back to the house. I've had a look and taken the bumper off completely but I'm going to need a replacement along with a RH fog light, the oil cooler was bent round backwards on its bracket but seems not to be holed, the IC is a bit bashed but not holed (thank God I haven't yet fitted the new Wagner IC! ) Its a pain cos I'm supposed to be driving to Cornawall on Wednesday 
Hopefully I can get it bodged up in time 
Really ****** off with myself
and conduit, after a few attempts I get the intercooler pipe jammed on and start the car and reverse back to the bus stop, at least now no one is likely to drive into me, I find a spare jubilee clip in the boot and get the IC connected and tie the bumper on with some wire and drive the half mile back to the house. I've had a look and taken the bumper off completely but I'm going to need a replacement along with a RH fog light, the oil cooler was bent round backwards on its bracket but seems not to be holed, the IC is a bit bashed but not holed (thank God I haven't yet fitted the new Wagner IC! ) Its a pain cos I'm supposed to be driving to Cornawall on Wednesday Hopefully I can get it bodged up in time Really ****** off with myself
Hope you get it sorted.
Still got all me arms and legs though 
rather than
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