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Old Apr 29, 2005 | 02:19 PM
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This proves the Big Butt is a safer butt. This myopic truck driver smacked the heck out of us...and lost! The impact bent his bumper, but only scuffed and cracked the paint on Red. The bumper cover will have to be repainted, but I expected the whole rear end to pushed in. And, naturally, it happened as we were leaving for the Hot Springs Corvette Weekend. (Great weekend!!) Luckily the damage was barely noticable. What a car!!!!

(This is my first attempt at posting a photo, and I don't actually expect it to work.)

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Old Apr 29, 2005 | 02:25 PM
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If he bent his bumper, you have a lot of internal damage.
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Old Apr 29, 2005 | 02:31 PM
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Actually, I had it thoroughly checked. He hit directly on the shock absorber honeycomb, which worked as designed. Maybe Peterbilts need better bumpers.
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Old Apr 29, 2005 | 02:40 PM
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Lucky you. Either way you have neck injuries.
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Old Apr 29, 2005 | 02:52 PM
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WOW. I'm glad no one got hurt.
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nice pic
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A victory for the little guy!
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Lucky you. Either way you have neck injuries.
FUNNY!
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Old Apr 29, 2005 | 03:21 PM
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All I learned in Physics are making this picture & story very hard for me to believe.
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Originally Posted by Glennm27
All I learned in Physics are making this picture & story very hard for me to believe.
especially after my run in with the trash truck
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and mine with the cable guy
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Originally Posted by F1_SS
Lucky you. Either way you have neck injuries.

Not yet..... the insurance company hasn't questioned the estimate!
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Originally Posted by Glennm27
All I learned in Physics are making this picture & story very hard for me to believe.
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That doesn't look good when first viewed. Glad the damage was minimal. There sure are a lot of accident posts in the last two weeks.
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Originally Posted by Glennm27
All I learned in Physics are making this picture & story very hard for me to believe.

I smell photochop.
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woohoo!! glad the damage was small!
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You are very lucky. I would have expected much more damage.
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Originally Posted by KernelDee
That doesn't look good when first viewed. Glad the damage was minimal. There sure are a lot of accident posts in the last two weeks.

Ya and most of them are red
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