Miata Mailing List: August 1996, Message #85
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   From: cwoida@animated.com (Craig Woida)
Subject: Re: Cop Stories, Radar Detectors, Avoiding speeding tickets,
   Date: Thu, 1 Aug 1996 19:57:57 -0400

Matthew T. Russotto wrote:
> 
> } That's definitely true about minivans.  I guess people who drive them
> } think they are indestructable tanks or something. The speeds
> 
> Perfect lead-in for my AUUUUGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!
> 
> A minivan slammed into my Miata today.  I was sitting in a right-turn
> yield area, waiting for traffic to clear, and the woman driving the
> minivan just stepped on it and slammed my bumper hard.  Hard enough to
> bash the bumper into the trunk (bending it), make the bumper cover
> stick out on the sides, and render the trunk lock inoperable (the
> trunk can't be opened... good thing I didn't have a corpse in it today).
> Fortunately I had my foot on the brake (which also lights my brake lights)
> and so didn't get pushed into traffic. No damage to the minivan, of
> course.
> 
> Oh, well, I needed the bumper repainted anyway, from the LAST time I
> got hit...
> 
> Matthew T. Russotto
> '91 B Crystal White "Bashed".
> Team Replacing-bumper-with-reactive-armor
> Team Expecting-trouble-from-insurance-company

I feel your pain...

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