Please Hit My Car Again

I need the money.

My car has, unfortunately been hit twice since I bought it about 5 years ago. What great shape it was in when I first bought it -- low mileage and great maintenance. Great gas mileage.

But then it was hit about one year after I bought it, while I was turning onto a street. It was "totaled" out by the other driver's insurance company and I received a check for close to $2,000. Most of the damage was exterior, although I did pay $300 to get the frame straightened back out. Why give up a car that gets 50 miles to the gallon on the freeway? I could live with a little body damage. (I also had fun going to REI and buying some sailing/camping gear)

Then, this last November my car was hit, while it was parked on the side of the road. I had just stepped into my favorite coffee shop, when a taxi cab hit my car. When I came back out, my car was half up on the sidewalk and chunks of yellow cab were scattered on the ground, where my car used to be parked.

My settlement? $1,700. I could live with a little yellow paint on the bumber and a duck-taped temporary (for the next two years until I get out of grad school) glass on the rear left light. The bumper hangs off a little. And the trunk doesn't open as well as it used to. But, still I hang on to my little car because it gets great gas mileage and is still in great condition.

Now, I bought the car for only $2,000 so it has paid for itself almost twice!

But, you know I probably could use a little cash now that I am going back to school, so please ... someone hit my car again.