Dave Caston & Sherrie Payne wrote: > > Larry, I was at Chris's and saw this car. its rear-ended not totaled. > Apparently a Jeep hit it abouve the rear bumber and crushed in the trunk > area about 12"-18". He wasn't driving a jalopy down the road. I'm saying > nothing regarding the speeds. > Dave, I know that the degree of damage makes a lot of difference. Perhaps there was nothing critical about the car's injuries, but it's so easy to have something wrong with a shock mount, the fuel tank, a brake line, or some other non-obvious system damage that would make it "dangerous at any speed". I, too, have driven cars home under similar circumstances, but I drove them at well below the speed limit. Ah, the invulnerability of youth! Larry |
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