Hoho ho Merry Xmas and we got rearended
12-24-10 | 11:39 AM
#19
Oh man... This is terrible, one of the worst hits you can sustain. Not enough to total the car, but it will never be fixed correctly. I've had a similar hit with one of my cars back in the summer, and its nowhere near the way it should be after the repair. The thing is, this hit doesnt affect just the rear end, it putts stress on the whole car, your doors will not operate the same way, you may have some rattles because of the street to everything on the interior, etc. Its always some stupid idiot in a POS minivan or a crapbucket car that ruins it for people 
12-24-10 | 11:54 AM
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Oh man... This is terrible, one of the worst hits you can sustain. Not enough to total the car, but it will never be fixed correctly. I've had a similar hit with one of my cars back in the summer, and its nowhere near the way it should be after the repair. The thing is, this hit doesnt affect just the rear end, it putts stress on the whole car, your doors will not operate the same way, you may have some rattles because of the street to everything on the interior, etc. Its always some stupid idiot in a POS minivan or a crapbucket car that ruins it for people
12-24-10 | 12:20 PM
#21
Oh man... This is terrible, one of the worst hits you can sustain. Not enough to total the car, but it will never be fixed correctly. I've had a similar hit with one of my cars back in the summer, and its nowhere near the way it should be after the repair. The thing is, this hit doesnt affect just the rear end, it putts stress on the whole car, your doors will not operate the same way, you may have some rattles because of the street to everything on the interior, etc. Its always some stupid idiot in a POS minivan or a crapbucket car that ruins it for people
The bumper cover took the beating.Popped off the sides where it meets the fenders before damaging the fenders.I looked under and the trunk seems to be ok.Muffler and tailpipe tip is ok except for the rod off the muffler with the rubber hangers is bent.I'll put ties on the rubber hanger hole and the muffler rod to hold the muffler just in case.Trunk lid fit is off from the impact but no paint or dent damage.
I'll know more Monday but it really doesn't look bad underneath to my eye.In any case I'd rather have a rear hit repair then frontal hit repair.
The shop I use is a friend and they do fabulous work.They restored my '69 Corvette and other classic cars along with a few family collision repairs.
One good thing was I was moving at around 5 MPH so there was much less of an impact then if I was parked or stopped.She maybe was going 25 MPH or so.
The damage might look worse than it actually is.
Of course the Carfax report will hurt value down the road.
Here's the side pics.No fender damage except the dent you can barely see at the top.
Last edited by Joeb427; 12-24-10 at 01:11 PM.
12-24-10 | 12:49 PM
#23
Try and have a nice holiday in spite of it 
.....and, yes, be glad it wasn't the RX. 
Yes, it is. In most cases (with some rare exceptions), if you rear-end someone, legally you are at fault.
While he and his wife, of course will have to speak for themselves (I won't make any presumptions here), it doesn't look to me like the Camry was hit hard enough, even if the front-seat headrests were adjusted too low, for them to have suffered major (or significant) whiplash injury. I once sat as the jury foreman on a civil case very similiar to this....a relatively mild 3-car chain rear-ender.
Head-rest position, of course, is very important in rear-impacts. That's why Saab and Volvo developed the lever/weight system that swings the headrest forward in a rear-impact so that it instantaneoulsy contacts the back of your neck/head, with no free-play, and why some other manufacturers are using the tilt-forward headrest design that some people (including me) find effective but sometimes uncomfortable.
.....and, yes, be glad it wasn't the RX. Yes, it is. In most cases (with some rare exceptions), if you rear-end someone, legally you are at fault.
While he and his wife, of course will have to speak for themselves (I won't make any presumptions here), it doesn't look to me like the Camry was hit hard enough, even if the front-seat headrests were adjusted too low, for them to have suffered major (or significant) whiplash injury. I once sat as the jury foreman on a civil case very similiar to this....a relatively mild 3-car chain rear-ender.
Head-rest position, of course, is very important in rear-impacts. That's why Saab and Volvo developed the lever/weight system that swings the headrest forward in a rear-impact so that it instantaneoulsy contacts the back of your neck/head, with no free-play, and why some other manufacturers are using the tilt-forward headrest design that some people (including me) find effective but sometimes uncomfortable.
Sorry hear, glad youre okay. NJ drivers are the worst.
Same thing almost happened to me yesterday, I was stopping at the lights and I see behind me a Volvo overtaking the van behind me on the shoulder... I was like wow what a a**hole.
Next light as I was slowing down, all of a sudden I see the Volvo about to shoot past me on the shoulder again but stopped right when he was about to over take me. He looked at his wife and was like "whew"... so either this guy was driving with his family with no brakes, or he should be paying more attention...
Same thing almost happened to me yesterday, I was stopping at the lights and I see behind me a Volvo overtaking the van behind me on the shoulder... I was like wow what a a**hole.
Next light as I was slowing down, all of a sudden I see the Volvo about to shoot past me on the shoulder again but stopped right when he was about to over take me. He looked at his wife and was like "whew"... so either this guy was driving with his family with no brakes, or he should be paying more attention...
Happy Holidays to you and yours.
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