On Tuesday afternoon, before Illinois’ 75-71 OT victory over Indiana, I rented a Zipcar to run some errands. While I was parking to drop the car off, I hit a curb with the front fender, and it partially detached from the car. It was a clean snap, nothing looked broken. I took pictures of the fender and reported it to Zipcar.
I walked home annoyed and dreading what Zipcar would bill me. At first, I thought that the fender bender was a bad omen for the Illinois game. The Illini would lose for sure. Less than an hour later, a colleague texted me asking if I could help him out.