Rear end collision in no-damage shocker!
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Afternoon,
Now, Yesterday I was coming back into Leeds along the A64 and we came to some traffic lights. Cars stopping in front, I stopped too, but the old chap in the Jag behind me didn't quite pull up, instead he went into the back of my car with quite some force (I had some coins in the centre console and they all ended up on the back seat, if you're wondering roughly how hard). After checking my girlfriend was OK I got out of the car to inspect the damage. What damage? The front of his car was absolutely fine and my back bumper was pushed in perhaps a centimetre. I opened the boot, it closed fine, I checked the spare wheel bay, it wasn't crushed. The layer of dirt I had on the car may have even protected me from any scratches. The only noticeable (by me, SWMBO couldn't tell) thing is that there is a slight gap between the bootlid and the bumper now, perhaps a centimetre as I said earlier...
There's an example of a flush boot lid, slide the bumper forward a centimetre in your mind and you'll get an idea of what it looks like now. Hardly noticeable and definitely not worth any messing about with insurance (and no f
king bogus whiplash claims either!)
I didn't get the chaps details or reg, which I probably should have done in case I found any problems later on, but hey ho! There's always next time...
Anyway, I was very impressed with both cars' ability to bounce off each other almost unscathed.
Has anyone had any similar experiences? A bump or crash where you suspected the worst, but upon inspection you'd been very lucky?
Also, if anyone has any tips for how to move my bumper back to where it should be (I wish I could just leave it, honestly I do) I'd be grateful. I'm thinking a bit of percussive maintenance might do the trick...
Now, Yesterday I was coming back into Leeds along the A64 and we came to some traffic lights. Cars stopping in front, I stopped too, but the old chap in the Jag behind me didn't quite pull up, instead he went into the back of my car with quite some force (I had some coins in the centre console and they all ended up on the back seat, if you're wondering roughly how hard). After checking my girlfriend was OK I got out of the car to inspect the damage. What damage? The front of his car was absolutely fine and my back bumper was pushed in perhaps a centimetre. I opened the boot, it closed fine, I checked the spare wheel bay, it wasn't crushed. The layer of dirt I had on the car may have even protected me from any scratches. The only noticeable (by me, SWMBO couldn't tell) thing is that there is a slight gap between the bootlid and the bumper now, perhaps a centimetre as I said earlier...
There's an example of a flush boot lid, slide the bumper forward a centimetre in your mind and you'll get an idea of what it looks like now. Hardly noticeable and definitely not worth any messing about with insurance (and no f
king bogus whiplash claims either!)I didn't get the chaps details or reg, which I probably should have done in case I found any problems later on, but hey ho! There's always next time...
Anyway, I was very impressed with both cars' ability to bounce off each other almost unscathed.
Has anyone had any similar experiences? A bump or crash where you suspected the worst, but upon inspection you'd been very lucky?
Also, if anyone has any tips for how to move my bumper back to where it should be (I wish I could just leave it, honestly I do) I'd be grateful. I'm thinking a bit of percussive maintenance might do the trick...
Upon further inspection, with the bumper still on, it appears that the bumper has popped a couple of screws on the left hand side and that is why it is forward. The right side is still in line. No warping of the boot floor or in the spare wheel bay. I'll whip the bumper off at the weekend and have a look underneath with a hammer at the ready but with a bright torch up there everything looks to be straight enough. Still, no harm in making sure!
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