Mr. Dan
11-29-2005, 07:33 AM
I've been driving for more than two years in Korea and managed to keep clear of all the nuts. Aside from all the times they hit the car while it was parked.Today my winnng streak came to an end.
A stupid Korean man driving a Galloper (Oversized, underpowered POS SUV) decides to cut across the road right in front of me, despite me being on the horn the second he entered the roadway.
(They completely ignore the horn here. It's only used as a way to absolve yourself of responsibility for stupid acts. IE you honk your horn before you go through a red light and that means you're not responsible if anyone hits you. "Well ****, I honked how can it be my fault?")
I thought he was just making the "no look pullout" manuever, BUT NO, he was going right across the road. I hit the brakes and yanked the wheel to the left but the stupid *** kept coming. I was short by a mere 2cm (less than an inch for the Yankees). However almost ain't good enough. That two centimeters amounted to a light scratch on his already beat to **** front left bumper but a mighty gash and dent halfway down the right side of my car.
http://www.elantraxd.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=3795&stc=1
Had I not bought fancy tires, strut bar, and sway bar, it would have been a much mightier impact. All afternoon I've been thinking ("**** I should have bought new struts and springs too, that might have been enough")
Regardless, it was his fault and I have fancy *** Korean insurance anyway so I took it to the shop today to get checked out. Looks like the rear right door, rear right quarter panel, if thats what its called and maybe the rear bumper. I'll post pics once I have them developed. The panel behind the rear door is huge and I imagine expensive, so it'll take 5 days or so to fix it.
In the mean time I have a Kia Cerrato Premium Gold Hatchback as a rental (no charge). I'll post some pics. It has all the amenities that my Avante does, only its smaller and not red. :( Also Engine is a 1.5 liter. All you who think the Elantra is a slow car, come to Korea. I put my foot to the floor in this thing and though to myself "**** (I say that a lot), my Avante is a muscle car." Since Kia and Hyundai share a lot of parts a lot of the controls were exactly like my Avante. Only Auto. :( Ugh.
Stupid, stupid, stupid Korean men and their SUVs. You have to be dumb to buy one here to start off with, but I am still amazed when they seek to demonstrate just how stupid they are through their driving. Especially when it comes at my expense. I would like to add that he was shocked when I told my wife to demand his phone and call the cops (After I finished swearing at him). He actually though he was going to **** up my ride and walk away with an I'm sorry. Dumbass I hope his insurance company gouges the crap out of him.
A stupid Korean man driving a Galloper (Oversized, underpowered POS SUV) decides to cut across the road right in front of me, despite me being on the horn the second he entered the roadway.
(They completely ignore the horn here. It's only used as a way to absolve yourself of responsibility for stupid acts. IE you honk your horn before you go through a red light and that means you're not responsible if anyone hits you. "Well ****, I honked how can it be my fault?")
I thought he was just making the "no look pullout" manuever, BUT NO, he was going right across the road. I hit the brakes and yanked the wheel to the left but the stupid *** kept coming. I was short by a mere 2cm (less than an inch for the Yankees). However almost ain't good enough. That two centimeters amounted to a light scratch on his already beat to **** front left bumper but a mighty gash and dent halfway down the right side of my car.
http://www.elantraxd.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=3795&stc=1
Had I not bought fancy tires, strut bar, and sway bar, it would have been a much mightier impact. All afternoon I've been thinking ("**** I should have bought new struts and springs too, that might have been enough")
Regardless, it was his fault and I have fancy *** Korean insurance anyway so I took it to the shop today to get checked out. Looks like the rear right door, rear right quarter panel, if thats what its called and maybe the rear bumper. I'll post pics once I have them developed. The panel behind the rear door is huge and I imagine expensive, so it'll take 5 days or so to fix it.
In the mean time I have a Kia Cerrato Premium Gold Hatchback as a rental (no charge). I'll post some pics. It has all the amenities that my Avante does, only its smaller and not red. :( Also Engine is a 1.5 liter. All you who think the Elantra is a slow car, come to Korea. I put my foot to the floor in this thing and though to myself "**** (I say that a lot), my Avante is a muscle car." Since Kia and Hyundai share a lot of parts a lot of the controls were exactly like my Avante. Only Auto. :( Ugh.
Stupid, stupid, stupid Korean men and their SUVs. You have to be dumb to buy one here to start off with, but I am still amazed when they seek to demonstrate just how stupid they are through their driving. Especially when it comes at my expense. I would like to add that he was shocked when I told my wife to demand his phone and call the cops (After I finished swearing at him). He actually though he was going to **** up my ride and walk away with an I'm sorry. Dumbass I hope his insurance company gouges the crap out of him.