Dsemaj
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- May 3, 2006
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- Adelaide, Australia.
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- 2003 Urabus Impreza WRX, 1997 Fraud Falcs EL Wagon
Well, yesterday I experienced something I thought I'd never have to. I had a fender bender.
I was driving along a main road which is notorious for it's long tailbacks during peak periods. I was suddenly distracted by a really clean Mercedes SL in a car lot and... suddenly looked back to see a Rav4 and a large queue of traffic. I was about 4 car lengths away, so I slammed on my brakes. ABS didn't kick in, but brakes didn't lock up, so I stopped just in time... to have my front bumper impact into his towbar.
Thankfully, the damage is minimal. My whole bumper is very slightly bent at the front and doesn't meet with the wheel arches. If the bumper can be bent back, it'll need some new trim pieces. The Rav4 came off fine (odd, being that the german barge usually comes out better) and thankfully I didn't get my head kicked in by the owner of the other car! He was quite good about it... nevertheless, I'm not very happy about my driving!
Any stories to share?
I was driving along a main road which is notorious for it's long tailbacks during peak periods. I was suddenly distracted by a really clean Mercedes SL in a car lot and... suddenly looked back to see a Rav4 and a large queue of traffic. I was about 4 car lengths away, so I slammed on my brakes. ABS didn't kick in, but brakes didn't lock up, so I stopped just in time... to have my front bumper impact into his towbar.
Thankfully, the damage is minimal. My whole bumper is very slightly bent at the front and doesn't meet with the wheel arches. If the bumper can be bent back, it'll need some new trim pieces. The Rav4 came off fine (odd, being that the german barge usually comes out better) and thankfully I didn't get my head kicked in by the owner of the other car! He was quite good about it... nevertheless, I'm not very happy about my driving!
Any stories to share?