Great bumpers

by **onefiend** » Sun Nov 23, 2003 12:32 pm

I was stopped at a light trying to make a right when an 80 yr old man came crashing into me at 35mph with his Lincoln Towncar. I was ok but what surprised me when I got out of the car was that my bumper was pretty much the same, except for a few scratches here and there, it withstood the impact very well. Other than a slight case of whiplash I feel ok. My car looks ok..anyways just wanted to share that with you guys. Our Solara's have great bumpers.

by **Hsakuragi** » Sun Nov 23, 2003 12:41 pm

i always thought that those Linclon are made of steel, just like those thunderbird...their body are strong like hell...but good to hear that ur car and u are ok :fadein:

by **krawzyazn** » Sun Nov 23, 2003 1:13 pm

CHA CHING hope you got the guys insurance info you can get at least 2 g's lol :drinking:

by **HKSV6SLE** » Sun Nov 23, 2003 1:33 pm

yeah get some insurance money for it....and generally whenever someone hits you they usually sustain more damage...but damn....

by **Akui** » Sun Nov 23, 2003 2:44 pm

It's probably also a good idea to have the body checked out. The same thing happened to a friend of mine with a 96 Avalon. Looked perfectly fine, but there was some bends in the body that didn't show up until he had it checked out.

by **JoeB** » Sun Nov 23, 2003 3:43 pm

You're right, I had a similar experience. I stopped in a traffic jam on 85 in Atlanta and a lady in a Hyundai didn't.... It demolished the front of her car I was really dreading getting out and seeing the back of mine. All I had was 2 little rub marks. I still had the whole bumper and skin replaced with new. There was no other damage. I had a pulled muscle in my back that took a week to heal though... -JoeB

by **onefiend** » Sun Nov 23, 2003 6:49 pm

Yeah I got his insurance info. I have a little soreness on my neck and I am seeing a doctor on Monday. I should get a couple grand off of this incident, for my pain and suffering and all. I dunno if the frame was bent at all, I should get it checked out though.

But since my bumper only has minor scratches on it, would it better to get it repainted and stuff? I thought repainting usually lowers the value of the car?

by **onefiend** » Sun Nov 23, 2003 6:50 pm

onefiend wrote:Yeah I got his insurance info. I have a little soreness on my neck and I am seeing a doctor on Monday. I should get a couple grand off of this incident, for my pain and suffering and all. I dunno if the frame was bent at all, I should get it checked out though.

But since my bumper only has minor scratches on it, would it be better to get it repainted and stuff? I thought repainting usually lowers the value of the car?

by **all_red** » Sun Nov 23, 2003 7:51 pm

Hey bro, get it checked. I had that same thing happend last year and I looked at my bumper and it was fine, but then i saw al ittle bent in it.

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