Glad it was not worse (could have toppled the pole on top of the car, seen that happen with a Cadillac at work as well) and your girl does not look very thrilled in the passenger seat. But put it behind you and upgrade. I know my girl would never let this down, she would point out everything inside the parking lot for me for a while. Hopefully your girl is more forgiving.
Agree on the new acquisition of protection, at least its one thing to look forward to after something happens. Oddly enough, several years back one of our security patrol guys at work was driving at 0 dark 30 thru the lot and somehow hit one of those yellow safety pole full of concrete. It was one of 8 protecting the fire system. He hit it with so much force he drove up it, and had the pole sitting near the rear axle. The hydrant was under the engine. One of the fork lift drivers for the company did the recovery lifting it straight off. Instead of telling the guys to watch out and slow down they ended up picking up 10 or so ARB Bull Bumpers for the Jeep Grand Cherokees. Over the next few years they would windup hitting a few parked cars. Could imagine how a plate bumper can can-open a typical sedan. They ended up dropping the Jeeps, buying a couple Ford Escape Hybrids, and a fleet of bicycles. Sucks to be a new guy I suppose.
