Hey buddy I had a fender bender tonight as well!! I couldn't stop in time
either and I hit the rear of a Bronco's hitch, luckily for me my front
license plate that says "VW" pretty much absorbed the impact. The plate as
well as the metal holder were off my EVC and wrapped around his hitch. I
have a slight tear in my front bumper but Ill cover that with another plate.
Your right these things don't stop well at all. I didn't bother to check
anything because I really didn't damage that much.
Nomad
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From: <greatclod@...>
To: <ev_update@...>
Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2001 7:51 PM
Subject: [ev_update] fender bender
so I was following a friend down the road
all of a sudden, bizarrely, her car came to a screeching stop
nobody was hurt, but it must have been some kind of record, stopping
distance
for a Volvo wagon from 40 MPH
the skid marks were at least thirty feet long
"catastrophic failure" of some kind, the officer said
maybe tranny jumped somehow, or bearing failure
we don't know
anyway, I was this close to stopping in time
my reflexes and brakes are both good
but there was just no way
I've never seen a car stop as fast as hers did
I needed another five feet at least
the impact was not that terrible, and mercifully it was almost square on
rear
end, but the Volvo crumpled up somewhat on the passenger side
the only thing I can find on my EV is under the hood
top plate of suspension member on passenger side looks to have been pushed
back @ 3/8" or so - fresh metal visible behind two bolt heads
other than that, I can find nothing
pretty impressive, actually
glad the Volvo crumpled so obligingly
anyway, question to the group:
what do I look for/check on?
what's likely to be affected when you drive into something? everything's
up
front, I can't believe I'm going to get off this easily
good idea to do a front end alignment?
thanks for any input
Rolf
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