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Bumped!
So this morning I was driving to work, and it was horrible traffic as usuall. And when I almost full stopped, I felt some shock. I thought it was tranny or something, but it was like pushed from back. So I looked behind, and this guy was touching my SVX's rear bumper.
I really hated when someone following too close, and this happened this morning Good thing is.. NO visial damage or anything. I realized the bumper was pretty tough although that was kinda strong shock when it was hit. -Ryu
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I would slowly get out of my car. Walk over to the offender, politely ask him to step out of his vehicle. And go Vincent (club scene) on his sorry @55.
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Your telling me that my bottle of soda has more displacement then your honda O_O -1992 Pearl White Subaru SVX -1995 Briliant Black Mazda Precidia (sold :'( ) -1996 GMC Sonoma ZQ8 pickup http://www.subaru-svx.net/photos/fil...-TL-/20502.jpg -Taras |
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And that would accomplish what?
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. Earl .... ... .... ><SVX(*> Subaru Ambassador [COLOR=”silver”]1992 Tri Color L[/COLOR] ~45K (06/91) #2430 1992 Dark Teal LS-L ~184K (05/91) #0739 1992 Claret LS-L ~196K (05/91) #0831 1992 Pearl LS-L ~103K (06/91) #1680 1992 Pearl LS-L ~151K (06/91) #2229 1992 Dark Teal LS ~150K (07/91) #3098 (parts car) 1992 White LS-L ~139K (08/92) #6913 1993 25th AE ~98K (02/93) #164 1993 25th AE ~58K (02/93) #176 1993 25th AE ~107K (02/93) #215 1993 25th AE ~162K (02/93) #223 1994 Laguna Blue Pearl LSi ~124K (1/94) #2408 1994 Laguna Blue Pearl LSi ~144K (10/93) #1484 1994 Laguna Blue Pearl LSi ~68K (10/93) #1525 1994 Barcelona Red LSi ~46K (02/94) #2624 1994 Pearl LSi ~41K (12/93) #1961 1995 Bordeaux Pearl LSi ~70K (02/95) #855 1996 Polo Green LSi ~95K (03/96) #872 1997 Bordeaux Pearl LSi ~55K (08/96) #097 2003 Brilliant Red LS1 Convertible ~29K (04/03) #8951 1999 Magnetic Red LS1 Coupe ~33K (04/99) #6420 My Email | Old Locker | New Locker | Picture of 15 of the 19 |
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and i quote...
can't remember who, might've been napa, but..
"it's just a car." i know that almost sounds like blasphemy, but really. it is. |
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Re: and i quote...
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People like to own nice things and when idiots mess up our nice things we [usually] react instinctively. Cars are just more important to some people than others.
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Couldn't have said it better NikfuS. I think that the majority of us here have pretty much the same feelings towards our cars.
Keith
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sorry, should've clarified. i was responding more to guard tl's comment. i'd be pretty irate if someone bumped me too, but turning violent over a car seems a little extreme.
kmin. |
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Today, I again, checked my rear bumper that was hit yesterday. Still no visuall damage or anything. Glad my SVX was safe and still in good shape!
If I can have enough time and budget, I wanna fix all of scratches and dents to make my car perfect. I also like to modify my car, but right now, I really want SVX to become perfect condition, like new. Then maybe I can modify my SVX.. but SVX is already great w/o modifiing right?? -Ryu
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are you getting the guy to pay for repairs you should have him pay you on the side for the damage or if you and him have insurance take it up with the insurance
Last edited by Phoenix_3737; 08-10-2004 at 09:47 PM. |
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Doesn't sound like there is any damage. Pay for what?
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similar thing happened to me
My car was parked in front of my apartment and this large moving truck was trying to turn around behind me (I was inside at the time). Well, he ended up backing into me. He hit so hard that my SVX's front two wheels went up onto the sidewalk (and I had the parking brake on, and mine works very very well) It set the alarm on my car off so of course I went running outside to see what happened and saw the guy looking at my car.
Amazingly enough there was no damage at all. I went ahead and got his company insurance info and took it to the dealership so make sure there was no damage (body, drivetrain or other) and they gave it a clean bill of health. That was 60K miles and 3 years ago. I still haven't seen any evidence of anything being wrong. The guy that hit me was surprised as me that nothing was hurt. These cars are tanks, what can i say? I would still get it checked out by a professional, just to make sure though. ~Ray
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Seems I read somewhere recently that the SVX retained the "five mile per hour" bumpers that were for years a Federal requirement; the premise being that a car should be designed so that a bumper impact of up to 5 MPH would inflict no damage, aside form minor scuffing. (I'm thinking the rear bumper standard might have been 2.5 MPH.)
Whack a newer car hard enough to make it jump a curb and the body shop would take a very large bite from your wallet. Consumer Reports uses a hydraulic ram to simulate a 5 MPH impact on the bumpers of the vehicles it tests, and the repair tab is often astonishing. Another sterling example of the folks in D.C. letting automakers off the hook. dcb |
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Your telling me that my bottle of soda has more displacement then your honda O_O -1992 Pearl White Subaru SVX -1995 Briliant Black Mazda Precidia (sold :'( ) -1996 GMC Sonoma ZQ8 pickup http://www.subaru-svx.net/photos/fil...-TL-/20502.jpg -Taras |
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Looks like you are sensitive too.
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