I rear ended a guy recently. The only damage was the screws that held my front license plate left two little dents in his plastic bumper. Complete with the slots. I thought he was going to cry. He had not received his permanent plates yet. You had to look hard to see it. Yup, he replaced the bumper.
I’m not sure I could go that far. I was the first one to dent my new car last year, but it was by accident (those darn poles at the gas station!). For at least a month, I felt ill every time I saw it, and it was on the driver’s side door. Ugh…
That reminds of the old joke about the statistician who always carried a bomb in his luggage – because the odds of there being 2 bombs on a plan was infinitesimal. [VERY old joke!]
My aunt hit a man’s car, he didn’t see me there (I was about 4 or 5) and he just started cussing at her and she looked him dead in the eye and asked him if his mother knew he talked that way in front of children. He looked down, saw me, turned beet red, apologized and all but ran off.
The car was a Nissan Altima. The driver was a physician. He had silver gray hair. His college loans should have been paid off by now. If he was any good as a doctor he wouldn’t have been driving an Altima.
I was shopping right before Christmas when another woman backed out of her parking spot at the same time I backed out of mine and we bumped into each other. We both got out, looked at our own car then looked at the other person’s car and when we didn’t see any damage on either one, we both went our separate ways to continue on with our lives. I was relieved the police and insurance company didn’t have to get involved but it sure scared the hell out of me when it happened though!
Trust me on this, you really wouldn’t rather be yelled at! Totally embarrasing, and the driver being beligerent can be dangerous. You got off easy. Be grateful.
I drove pickups for years and got too used to pulling up to curbs and those infernal concrete parking blocks head-on until the tires touched. Treated myself to a brand-new roadster, and the very first day learned that a roadster is a lot lower to the ground than a pickup truck when I went to the bank. You can’t pull up until the wheels touch or your car ends up with a bloody nose.
hsawlrae over 12 years ago
Hit him again. Maybe THAT’L work.
Harryfan over 12 years ago
I rear ended a guy recently. The only damage was the screws that held my front license plate left two little dents in his plastic bumper. Complete with the slots. I thought he was going to cry. He had not received his permanent plates yet. You had to look hard to see it. Yup, he replaced the bumper.
psychlady over 12 years ago
Careful! You may end up back in driving school!
gobblingup Premium Member over 12 years ago
I’m not sure I could go that far. I was the first one to dent my new car last year, but it was by accident (those darn poles at the gas station!). For at least a month, I felt ill every time I saw it, and it was on the driver’s side door. Ugh…
dsom8 over 12 years ago
That reminds of the old joke about the statistician who always carried a bomb in his luggage – because the odds of there being 2 bombs on a plan was infinitesimal. [VERY old joke!]
redarmrest over 12 years ago
My aunt hit a man’s car, he didn’t see me there (I was about 4 or 5) and he just started cussing at her and she looked him dead in the eye and asked him if his mother knew he talked that way in front of children. He looked down, saw me, turned beet red, apologized and all but ran off.
danlarios over 12 years ago
here in ca the law says hits the driver in the rears fault their supposed to be driving at a save distants between cars
astar15 over 12 years ago
Thank God he did not go ballistic with her…
redarmrest over 12 years ago
Cars (though expensive) can be replaced. Lives can not. He should be glad of that.
Cupcakesniece over 12 years ago
I had a new car and a rock came down off the hill and hit it! Mother Nature took care of the first dent!
JanLC over 12 years ago
I heard it first in the fifties, so yes, it’s a very old joke.
Notgiven over 12 years ago
Buy a used car that already has a ding, save lots of money.
tbritt99 over 12 years ago
Hit him again. Give him something real to grouse about.
iced tea over 12 years ago
Elly must feel like the world came to an end.
Harryfan over 12 years ago
The car was a Nissan Altima. The driver was a physician. He had silver gray hair. His college loans should have been paid off by now. If he was any good as a doctor he wouldn’t have been driving an Altima.
Gretchen's Mom over 12 years ago
I was shopping right before Christmas when another woman backed out of her parking spot at the same time I backed out of mine and we bumped into each other. We both got out, looked at our own car then looked at the other person’s car and when we didn’t see any damage on either one, we both went our separate ways to continue on with our lives. I was relieved the police and insurance company didn’t have to get involved but it sure scared the hell out of me when it happened though!
Francine Long over 12 years ago
bluskies over 12 years ago
I drove pickups for years and got too used to pulling up to curbs and those infernal concrete parking blocks head-on until the tires touched. Treated myself to a brand-new roadster, and the very first day learned that a roadster is a lot lower to the ground than a pickup truck when I went to the bank. You can’t pull up until the wheels touch or your car ends up with a bloody nose.