Do you know those big baskets with plants and stuff they put on parking lots and roads to prevent people from going to fast or cutting corners and things like that? The ones that are three feet by three feet by two feet high. Huge wooden things. Well those are pretty sturdy, to say the least, if not completely unmovable. I know this because I did the most stupid thing last night. Traffic had been a bit slow so I was home a bit later that usual. Normally this isn't a problem but last night I had GTR competition so I wanted to be home early. But I also had to do a little bit of shopping first so I drove onto the parking lot, parked the Identified Flying Object (my Polo) in front of one of those plant baskets and then did the most unbelievable things ever: I let go of the clutch. You know, this has been some sort of routine for me ever since I drive cars. You come to the destination, park the car, kill the engine and get out, leaving the car in first gear rather than pulling it on handbrake. Helps with frosted handbrakes in winter time, or so I heard. And last night, (even when I'm writing this I still can't believe I did that) for some odd reason, I forgot a tiny bit ... So I got the lot, parked the car, messed around a bit and let go of the clutch ... Only this time I did so with the engine still running ... For a little car like that it has quite a bit of torque folks, because that Polo just jumped forward like it does so all the time. It jumped about two to three feet, only that basket was no more than half a feet from the car ... The result? The hood, grill and bumper are damaged, the right headlight shines to the ground now and the license plate is busted. Sigh ... it must be one of those days/weeks/months I guess. And when I got home things didn't get any better. While I drove my GTR competition race I was run off the track no less than six time too so the combination of yesterday and cars didn't go too well for me. Let's hope today is any better shall we?