Re: Crazy beemers

Bill Gunshannon wrote:
<much snippage has taken place>
>
> Sorry, but if you got rearended while stopped, I don't agree that
you
> could not do anything about it.  Guess it depends on driving style.

Well, I got rear-ended last night while I was at a full stop, with all
lights on, and there was absolutely NOTHING I could have done about
it.  I was taking a right turn and had to stop to yield to traffic.  I
sat there for less than 10 seconds waiting for traffic to clear and
then the moron in the black Dodge Ram truck behind me hit my car.  If
I had pulled forward, I would have been nailed by the oncoming traffic
and there was no room to go sideways in either direction.

His bumper caught the exact middle of my license plate - creased the
trunk lid, bowed in the rear finish panel and (apparently) bent the
floor of the trunk upwards.  Even popped off the plastic surround on
the trunk release lever and pushed in the trunk lock cylinder about
3/4".  Fortuantely I had not disabled the trunk release inside the
cabin.

The only way I could have seen him coming was if I'd been standing
next to my car looking backwards in the pouring rain so don't expect
me to buy into your statement above.

Iva & Vixen
2004 Classic Red
No more winkin' Miata