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landtodd
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So there I am, taking the dogs home from the groomer, just sitting at the light, and BOOM! One of those stupid SUVs pops me in the rear. The uh hum -- female -- driver wasn't even apologetic. Okay, so it was an accident -- the thing I'm annoyed about is just how much leg work this is going to take. I WILL be under there tomorrow night inspecting the rear subframe bushings for leaks. Grumble, grumble.

Five mph faster and she could have totaled the darned thing.


MikeS14240sx
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That sucks man. At least it wasn't your fault

VimyJ
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landtodd wrote:So there I am, taking the dogs home from the groomer, just sitting at the light, and BOOM! One of those stupid SUVs pops me in the rear. The uh hum -- female -- driver wasn't even apologetic. Okay, so it was an accident -- the thing I'm annoyed about is just how much leg work this is going to take. I WILL be under there tomorrow night inspecting the rear subframe bushings for leaks. Grumble, grumble.

Five mph faster and she could have totaled the darned thing.


How's your nasty case of whiplash? ;)

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Q451990
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That does it! I'm parking both Q's for six months!!!! Too many damn wrecks around here!!!

But seriously Todd, I'm glad you're OK... I sure hope everything works out in the end.

Heath

greg_atlanta
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I was surprised how well behaved drivers were in SoCal last week compared to Atlanta. They kept a steady pace, didn't tailgate, didn't weave in and out of traffic....

I'm scared too!!

BadQ45t
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SoCal drivers are some of the best around IMHO. We (err they, I moved to the Bay Area 4 years ago) understand what it is like to be in traffic. True you sometimes need to be a little bit offensive, but for the number of cars on the road in SoCal I think a better set of high-traffic drivers you will not find. The Bay Area drivers are no comparison when it comes to driving reasonably in high traffic situations.

Sorry you got hit man, at least you got the person, since their insuance is paying make sure they fix it the way YOU want it to be fixed not their way. If they don't cooperate, I think you're neck may just start to hurt.

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Highway Q45
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Have to agree, So. Cal drivers are pretty good drivers and keep the pace moving...but when it rains they think water is just another nuisance to ignor. Nothing slows them down, except that car they follow too close. It's the same all over, folks back east and up north are generally good snow drivers...Nor. Cal folks here are good rain drivers but terrible snow drivers. They litter I-80 over the Sierras every winter with smashed SUV parts all the way from Truckee to Gold Run. We all need to take a WOT Q run across Nevada on Highway 50 to get all that freeway angst out of us...truly the fastest hazard and PoPo free stretch of road I've ever driven.


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