Tahoe hits X5. X5 wins

[Tomaz]

So I'm stopped at a light in traffic. I look in my rear view mirror and see a woman on her cell phone coming up behind me at about 25 mph and I know she can't stop in time. No one was hurt, except she needed a tow truck ride home.


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[Wagner]

yay, crumple zones.

[AzNMpower32]

Are you alright? No whiplash or back issues? I'd make sure because those kinds of injuries are hard to detect at first.

I've always had the impression a lot of American cars (especially the old ones) were a lot of hollow metal with nothing inside them to absorb impact. What happened to you is a lot like what I saw when a new Mustang rear ended a 328xi sport wagon. Mustang heavily damaged, 328xiT broken taillights and dented bumper.

[LeMansX5]

Originally Posted by AzNMpower32

Are you alright? No whiplash or back issues? I'd make sure because those kinds of injuries are hard to detect at first.

I've always had the impression a lot of American cars (especially the old ones) were a lot of hollow metal with nothing inside them to absorb impact. What happened to you is a lot like what I saw when a new Mustang rear ended a 328xi sport wagon. Mustang heavily damaged, 328xiT broken taillights and dented bumper.

More crumple zones in front so more frontal damage.

[Wagner]

Originally Posted by LeMansX5

More crumple zomes in front so more frontal damage.

bingo.

[xnsf]

i hope you're okay

when you saw the car coming from behind thinking imminent hit, did you hold your brakes, push down harder, or ease off?

[Tomaz]

Originally Posted by xnsf

i hope you're Kay :thumb up:

when you saw the car coming from behind thinking imminent hit, did you hold your brakes, push down harder, or ease off?

I'm fine thanks. I do a lot of high impact sports, downhill skiing, mountain biking, etc. so the jolt was less than I am used to. When I saw the car coming my only thought was "hope the air bags don't blow"!

[nietodp]

I had something very similar happen to me when I was driving my Chevy pickup. A Toyota Celica came flying over a hill and I could tell that she was not going to be able to stop in time, so I let up on the brake and hit the accellerator. (The traffic in front of me was just starting to take off and I thought that I might be able to move far enough forward while she was braking in order to avoid the collision). She was coming too fast, so it didn't work. Total damage to my truck - $300 to replace my bumper. Damage to the Celica - totaled.

Originally Posted by xnsf

i hope you're okay

when you saw the car coming from behind thinking imminent hit, did you hold your brakes, push down harder, or ease off?

[Sweetbimmer]

nice.....

[nupe10123]

I'm glad everybody is o.k. Seems like both cars protected the drivers the way there were suppose to.