Some punk not from this country of ours rear ended our honda last year doing 50-60 km, Sandi was stopped at a red light and the punk didnt even hit his brakes! Gave her a good bump, wrecked the bumper and thats it!

Bring on those gophers

 

What was he driving?

 

Pontiac grand prix 4 door. Busted up his own front bumper just as bad as our back bumper haha. Dumb guy!

 

Your lucky it wasn`t a PSD as 50-60 clicks was a pretty good speed when he hit Sandi, a good thing it was a smaller car. No whiplash?
I`m always leery of stopping at a red light coming in on the highway at the edge of town and it was really unnerving when on a motorcycle.

 

I generally watch the rearview mirror and try to give myself a bout 5-6 feet between me and the next stopped car at a light.

Especially in the Winter. When I was on motorcycles, I did the same thing , often with the bike in first and the clutch in, in case I had to make a fast move to avoid whoever was incoming fast in the rear.

I also tried to avoid stopping in the middle of the lane with my bikes as I found lot's of residual fluids...antifreeze, diesel, oil, etc...sometimes accumulating in the middle of the lane....not good for stopping on a two wheeler.

 

Those grand prixs are kinda the newer "boats" although im glad it wasnt a PSD, or even worse a peterbilt with super b's!
Sandi didnt get a scratch, no whiplash, she was worked up a little and swore at the guy haha. (im starting to rub off on her a little )
I was honestly surprised that the little civic took a hit so well. When she told me she was rear ended I thought for sure she woulda been in the hospital, and for sure we were getting a different car!

Most accidents are preventable, but getting rear ended is one thats very hard to prevent!

 

Riding a motorcycle is a good way to learn how to avoid accidents if you want to survive.........
Sandi was lucky, most of the time there`s at least some pain involved with a rear end collision. I got hit from behind in the 84 Ranger regular cab resulting a mild concussion and a day long headache plus a small cut when my head hit the rear window. No damage to the Ranger as the solidly mounted steel rear bumper had no give to it. Luckily the Ranger was loaded down with 6-700 lbs of feed bags or it may have been worse.

 

You are lucky that ranger was loaded down! I think sandi had a headache for the rest of the day, but thats about it.

 

Saturday my truck will get towed to SGI for adjustment and totalled if damages are 75% or more of appraised value. If close, it goes to the body shop for a more detailed breakdown of damages. They will contact me on Monday.

 

Hopefully it survives, keep us posted...

 

Well, Warren, I guess we're sortof in the same boat. My car got towed yesterday. I'm waiting on the adjustment too.

 

I hope you have good luck with the adjuster Warren!

On Edit: I hope you have good luck too Dave!

 

Best of luck to you Dave. I am not so sure I want mine to be fixed so long as they are fair with the settlement given the condition.

 

for spite, i hope they fix yours Laredo... just kidding. i hope whatever works out is to your advantage!!

 

I would actually like mine back. Really liked that little car. I really hope your settlement goes well. Have you had much first hand experience with SGI???