Comments | proftlb: Hooray for German Engineering

proftlb

Hooray for German Engineering

Jan 30, 2008 11:18

As I was headed to work this morning, I was rear-ended by a Jeep Grand Cherokee. The back right bumper of my car is demolished (literally, it shattered) but I drove away from the accident while the owner of the Jeep was still waiting for a tow truck. Considering the fact that the Jeep outweighs the Mini by approximately 2000 lbs, this can only be ( Read more... )

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uglor January 30 2008, 16:32:33 UTC

Glad you're ok. Out of curiosity, how far does a Jeep Grand Cherokee toss a mini when it rear ends it?

proftlb January 30 2008, 17:17:23 UTC

Surprisingly, not very far. Traffic had come to a sudden stop so there wasn't much room between me and the truck in front of me, but I didn't get thrown into him. Thankfully it wasn't a straight on hit, or it probably would've been much uglier.

eccyntric January 30 2008, 16:55:23 UTC

Eeep...glad you're ok!

proftlb January 30 2008, 17:18:02 UTC

Thanks! I'm a little sore, but that should be gone by tomorrow:)

pointedview January 30 2008, 16:59:52 UTC

I'm glad the Mini kept you safe! Did it bother your arm at all? I hope the other driver wasn't a jerk. *hugs*

proftlb January 30 2008, 17:26:01 UTC

My back and neck are bugging me a bit, and it's radiating down my arm a little, but I should be fine by tomorrow. It wasn't a really hard hit...if I hadn't seen it coming and tensed up, I doubt my back would be bothering me at all.

The other driver was maybe 18, and not a jerk at all thankfully. Turns out she was following the truck that was in front of me, so they both pulled over. (That really confused me at first because I was certain I hadn't hit the truck, so I couldn't figure out why he pulled over.)

No real fuss, all things considered. I made sure no one was hurt and then called for a cruiser to come out. (There was enough damage that I wanted an accident report for my insurance company. I thought about just swapping insurance information, but I figured it was better to be safe than sorry when part of the car shattered:)

featherofeeling January 30 2008, 22:03:59 UTC

Ugh, I'm sorry--even if it did turn out not to be a crisis.

I think when you call the Mini dealer they'd probably _love_ to know how well the car stood up to the accident, though.

proftlb January 31 2008, 04:30:13 UTC

I definitely plan on mentioning it. I knew the cars were well-built, but I'm still really impressed at how well it held together!