We killed The Stig

[evilhippo]

I took the Stig in to the shop today. I'd been worried since the car door incident, and he'd been scraping and wobbling a bit. They took a look at him, at me, noted that they were impressed that I wasn't in worse shape ("hey man take a look at this--she got doored" "whoa"). They had him in the back for maybe ten minutes before the official diagnosis came in.

The Stig is totalled. Apparently the dent is a symptom of the entire frame being bent (which explains the wobbly-scrapey).

I should've known that a black Stig wouldn't last, but I mistakenly figured as long as I stayed away from nitrous and aircraft carriers it'd be okay. Let this be a lesson to all of you. Don name your vehicle after a character that dies.

Now, on top of everthing else, I have to somehow convince the guy's insurance to replace my bike. Not how I want to spend my summer!

Comments

[zolac-no-miko.livejournal.com]

NOOOOOO STIGGY!!! DDDD:

Heh, sorry, I didn't see your text until I got off work. Your poor bike! Poor you! ...In hindsight, you were asking for trouble with the name, weren't you? Like when Lauren named her first kestrel Amelia and then she flew away and never came back. ...We should really know better by now.

[evilhippo.livejournal.com]

I'm already coming up with a list of foredoomed names for the next one... Actually, I'm thinking I'll find a character with a perfectly screwed up history so if it gets killed I know it can be resurrected (maybe I'll name it Daniel Jackson? But I'm not sure what sort of bicycle incident would correlate with becoming an ascended being for a while).

I'm also picturing a situation where, after a bunch of insurance nonsense, I end up with a white bike. Then I should be allowed to name it The Stig again, right? (-;