Someone backed into my new '05 300 last week

Hello Gang,

Just to update the gang as to what's going on with me and my Mopars. Last week, some idiot decided to back into my brand new '05 300. The damage, thank God, was minor. The grille suffered some minor damage (chips of plastic gouged out). I happened to notice the damage after I decided to have the car washed on Sunday morning. The drying crew happened to notice the damage when they were wiping the car down. After one of the guys pointed the damage out to me I was really upset. The car is only 3 months old and now has to go into the shop to have a new grille installed. The front fascia and headlights are OK with no damage. Just the grille needs to be replaced. One of the local Dodge dealers in my area that happens to have an excellent body shop, as well as experience in this kind of repair, will be taking care of the work for me. The shop will have my baby looking like new with all the same parts that the factory used originally. I'm hoping that everything will look like the way that it did when I took delivery of the car.

As for my older "A" body '68 Plymouth Valiant, (That the 300 replaced as my daily driver) I need to have some minor work done on the seals in the steering gearbox. I have the parts to fix that, and I am going to set up an appointment for the Valiant to go into the shop to have the seals installed.

As far as the damage to the 300, the 'idiot' that backed into it should have been more careful. I take pride in BOTH of my cars. Sorry I had to vent here, but the damage to the 300 really has me upset. I'll keep everyone here updated on what happens next.

Sincerely yours,

Brian T. Carotenuto