The scenario: Waiting on a red light (facing East), the Suburban comes from the South and performs a left turn. With a wet pavement, a young female driver on her cellphone didn't notice her rear tires were spinning. Next thing I see is a 3 ton Chevy heading for my door.

I tried moving as close as possible to the car in front, and as far away from the danger. It took two real long seconds before the truck stopped, barely touching my car.

I had two eye-witnesses come talk to me and they were a lot more angered than me. They even dialed 911 before I had a chance to. As you can imagine, there wasn't even a light scratch on the Suburban.

Pics:

My wife, highly pissed

The damage

The offender

Please drive safely, and happy Christmas.

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Quote, originally posted by BRM10984 »

Wow- you came out of that one pretty well, all things considered.

I actually sighed in relief when I saw the damage. I was expecting a lot worse.

My wife in the other hand almost looses her bearing, she was about to start yelling... or crying. :/

I just spent time in Germany and realized why I'm a self-hating American

- Jeremy -

WFSU

You also forgot F***king female drivers. You also forgot that F**king would only require 2 **'s, not 3.

Please?

...hahahah...
anyway...Well, all it matters is that you are well. Metal can be repaired! ..try to have a great CHRISTMAS!

Funny how so many bad drivers have huge vehicles that are capable of causing the most damage.

Hope the costs to fix aren't too outrageous.

How is that 'barely touching' ?

Thanks god to let you celerbrate ur Christmas in one good piece.

Have you noticed that many of the SUV drivers are females? They love SUV becoz they think* bigger size and higher ride height will give them better protection and vision.

I never understand why many of the drivers love to talk on their cellphones when they are driving. On Wednesday's evening, when I was about to leave the gym-I was already in my car with the engine started, I saw a mid-aged woman who parked beside me, was walking to her car, right after her butt on the driver seat, she dialed her cellphone instead of fastening the seat belt nor starting the engine. She kept talking when she was reversing her car from the parking spot, since she was on the line (she didn't use handfree), she therefore was so sluggish to turn the steering wheel; she failed to leave the spot with three times of back-and-forth. Another car was just waiting for her spot right in front of my car so I had to wait. The driver who was waiting about to show her his middle finger.

ditto. except -peter (not Jeremy)

Doh! Fair enough. That's what I get for late-night posting.

I'm just glad everyone's alright and the damage is minimal. Should be an easy fix for a competent shop.

Would've been a bit humorous if the side airbags had gone off in this instance after seeing threads of the car rolling over without going off...

- Jeremy -

That's my car... it's always harder to see the pics when it's the exact color and rim combination you have. If it was Pkg 2 I don't think I woulda been able to look at those pictures.

Raw deal.

Quote, originally posted by theVWinside »

post mre pics of your wife

lawlz... but yeah your wife looks hot! (even when she is mad as hell and can't take it anymore! mmmmmmmmmmm, sexy!

Side note: glad you and her are alright, and yeah that was a very gentle hit. And it would have sucked if the bags popped. You should be able to get that fixed no prob, be just like new. G/L and happy holidays.

RE TARDED!

AIM: surfkido

Believe me, it was. I almost didn't feel it inside my car. My wife confessed last night that she would've froze if she had been driving, which would've resulted in a hit straight on the driver's door, with a little more force.

SUVs can't seem to keep their wheels on the road these days.

Modified by Aguilar at 5:28 AM 4-15-2007

Happy Holidays and try not to let it bother you.

Crappy OSIR V1 Fitment: http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3318310

thats because all the tools that drive them seem to think that 4wd capability exempts them from the laws of physics.

Please?

I also remember seeing a study done were people were forced to go through several driving situations while on cell phones. The drivers performed MUCH worse in these situations than they did when they were not on the phone.

But they weren't "intoxicated" - because they performed the driving UNDER THE LEGAL LIMIT of .08 BAC. Techinally - they would have been legal drivers (unless you are under 21) since they did not exceed the legal limit for drinking. If their BAC was .12 or higher I'm sure the story would have been QUITE different.

Please?

Well, unfortunately, they do not know the laws of physics ever exist!