Sedan Chat Thread
10-07-2018, 04:51 AM
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Got rear-ended yesterday while driving my wife's 2018 Subaru Forester. Haven't taken the car to the shop yet for assessment and repair, but it sure looks like the bumper absorbed the entire collision. Got smacked pretty hard, and I shudder to think what would have happened to the G if I were in my car.
My daughter and I are fine, but the woman who hit us was a wreck. She was so freakin sad, and just beat up by life. It was kind of heartbreaking.
My daughter and I are fine, but the woman who hit us was a wreck. She was so freakin sad, and just beat up by life. It was kind of heartbreaking.
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10-07-2018, 11:48 PM
Darn it John, hope it all works out well w/ the insurance and all that comes with it 
Glad you and your kiddo are fine, sad to hear about the other party though, always tough going through that.
Glad you and your kiddo are fine, sad to hear about the other party though, always tough going through that.
10-08-2018, 07:08 AM
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Sure is unnerving, and a royal PITA to deal with afterwards, but it could have been worse in so many ways.
Thanks, Brad.
10-08-2018, 09:05 AM
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My wife and I were counting up rear-end events in our lifetime: zero for her (of course). But I've been rear-ended 3 times: '99 Maxima, 2000 Volvo and now the '18 Subaru. All three times I was completely stopped at an intersection.
And in full disclosure, I've rear-ended two cars before, once when I was 17 in a '76 Firebird (my fault on a bridge over the Erie Canal), and once in that same '99 Maxima; (Which was her fault for stopping her car on a merging on-ramp. Seriously, who does that?)
10-08-2018, 10:05 AM
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10-09-2018, 09:44 PM
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Got rear-ended yesterday while driving my wife's 2018 Subaru Forester. Haven't taken the car to the shop yet for assessment and repair, but it sure looks like the bumper absorbed the entire collision. Got smacked pretty hard, and I shudder to think what would have happened to the G if I were in my car.
My daughter and I are fine, but the woman who hit us was a wreck. She was so freakin sad, and just beat up by life. It was kind of heartbreaking.
My daughter and I are fine, but the woman who hit us was a wreck. She was so freakin sad, and just beat up by life. It was kind of heartbreaking.
10-09-2018, 09:52 PM
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Nothing like that has ever happened to me.Did you both merge into the center lane at the same time? That's happened a few times in my life, but never any contact. Just both cars swinging back into their lanes like magnets lined up wrong.
10-10-2018, 12:15 AM
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What you described I've had to also save several times on crowded highways. Usually because other people don't use blinkers or look for them. Grrr.
I also noticed that when I'm passing people, they seem to inadvertently do what I've heard referred to as "directional steering." It is where you unintentionally steer in the direction that you are looking with your eyes or head. I imagine they are watching me in their sideview mirror and are gawking at my loud Infiniti...but still. I noticed it more and more.
10-10-2018, 07:00 AM
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Ah, so he merged ahead of a slower car and changed into your lane at the same time? That's pretty aggressive. Not uncommon or crazy, but you really, really have to be sure about things. Pretty sure that's an illegal manuever, and you're supposed to change lanes one at a time. But IDK... not a traffic cop.
Here's a pet peeve of mine: watching someone merge onto the highway, then speed ahead of the slower car that was in front of them but still hasn't merged yet. Know what I mean? Hate those guys.
Here's a pet peeve of mine: watching someone merge onto the highway, then speed ahead of the slower car that was in front of them but still hasn't merged yet. Know what I mean? Hate those guys.
10-10-2018, 07:46 AM
The one that really ruffles my feathers is when someone pulls into a left turn lane from way down the road and speeds up past other cars trying to get in the turn lane normally.
10-10-2018, 10:29 AM
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Ah, so he merged ahead of a slower car and changed into your lane at the same time? That's pretty aggressive. Not uncommon or crazy, but you really, really have to be sure about things. Pretty sure that's an illegal manuever, and you're supposed to change lanes one at a time. But IDK... not a traffic cop.
Here's a pet peeve of mine: watching someone merge onto the highway, then speed ahead of the slower car that was in front of them but still hasn't merged yet. Know what I mean? Hate those guys.
Here's a pet peeve of mine: watching someone merge onto the highway, then speed ahead of the slower car that was in front of them but still hasn't merged yet. Know what I mean? Hate those guys.
Oh this one is so fun to mess with people. Like if I see that occurring I'll blinker left and slightly sway just to make them realize the possibilities.
10-11-2018, 09:40 AM