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Apr 29, 2005 | 02:19 PM

RoadReady

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Corvette versus Pedterbilt

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.)

Apr 29, 2005 | 02:25 PM

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If he bent his bumper, you have a lot of internal damage.

Apr 29, 2005 | 02:31 PM

RoadReady

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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.

Apr 29, 2005 | 02:40 PM

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Lucky you. Either way you have neck injuries.

Apr 29, 2005 | 02:52 PM

Vetten Vayo

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WOW. I'm glad no one got hurt.

Apr 29, 2005 | 02:55 PM

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nice pic

Apr 29, 2005 | 02:55 PM

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A victory for the little guy!

Apr 29, 2005 | 03:04 PM

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Apr 29, 2005 | 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by F1_SS

Lucky you. Either way you have neck injuries.

FUNNY!

Apr 29, 2005 | 03:21 PM

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Darn plastic cars......poor mileage, break easy, just ain't worth havin are they?

Apr 29, 2005 | 03:23 PM

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All I learned in Physics are making this picture & story very hard for me to believe.

Apr 29, 2005 | 03:29 PM

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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

Apr 29, 2005 | 03:51 PM

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and mine with the cable guy

Apr 29, 2005 | 03:54 PM

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RoadReady

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Quote:

Originally Posted by F1_SS

Lucky you. Either way you have neck injuries.

Not yet..... the insurance company hasn't questioned the estimate!

Apr 29, 2005 | 04:07 PM

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All I learned in Physics are making this picture & story very hard for me to believe.

Apr 29, 2005 | 04:08 PM

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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.

Apr 29, 2005 | 04:50 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Glennm27

All I learned in Physics are making this picture & story very hard for me to believe.

I smell photochop.

Apr 29, 2005 | 05:05 PM

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woohoo!! glad the damage was small!

Apr 29, 2005 | 05:25 PM

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You are very lucky. I would have expected much more damage.

Apr 29, 2005 | 05:49 PM

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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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