[DeTomaso] 1959 Chevrolet Bel Air Vs. 2009 Chevrolet Malibu

[Will Kooiman]

Believe me, a lot of bad ideas went through my mind - especially since this
guy lives 1 block away.

I planned on at least taking him to court, but I didn't do anything.

It happened right before the last hurricane.  A little hurricane can quickly
show you just how trivial "your" problems are.


-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of michael at michaelshortt.com
Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 7:12 PM
To: Will Kooiman
Cc: detomaso at realbig.com; Kerry Maguire
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] 1959 Chevrolet Bel Air Vs. 2009 Chevrolet Malibu

It would be really ashamed if some night that a squirrel carrying a large
and heavy nut dropped it on his windshield while running on an overhead
power line.

A crossman .177 pellet rifle from 50 yards and about 10 pumps will
accidentally break side glass, so if you happen to be out target shooting
and it happens to be in front of his house in a few months, well ^%%#
happens and chances are this clown does this crap all the time and would
have to pick which PO'd woman might have done this, but then again, those
squirrels are crafty little rats in a fur coat anyway.

just saying,





On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 7:51 PM, Will Kooiman <wkooiman at earthlink.net>wrote:

> If it allows for unlimited damage, then what's the standard?  Isn't it
> supposed to say, NO damage?  Or do you mean no damage under 2.5mph, but
> unlimited above that?
>
> Here are 3 data points.
>
> 1.  My wife was parked at a red light, when she was rear ended.  She had
> been stopped for 10-15 seconds.  The guy must have been texting or
> something.  She wasn't hit very hard.  They agreed to pull off the busy
> road, so they could exchange info in the parking lot.  He drove off.  We
> never found him.  This was in the Honda Insight.  The damage was about
> $500.
> The bumper cover had to be removed and repainted.
>
> 2.  My wife backed the Porsche into a truck bumper.  It was one of those
> mongo bumpers on an F-350000.  It slightly inverted the bumper cover, plus
> it tore the plastic.  (I think I've told this story before).  At any rate,
> the damage was minor - estimates were around $1000, but a painter friend
> fixed it for about $200.  He did some other work at the same time.  The
> total was $500, so I'm guessing on the amount for the bumper cover.
>
> 3.  My wife passed an a-hole that later thought it would be cute to nudge
> her when he caught up to her at a stop sign.  He drove off, but we got a
> picture of his license plate.  He claimed that she put the car in reverse
> and rammed him.  The nudge caused the bumper cover to flex enough to crack
> the paint badly.  Yes - it was the same bumper cover that had been
> repainted
> from #2 - probably not enough flexability additives.  The estimate was
> about
> $500.  Insurance won't pay because they say it's his word against ours.
>
> My point?  These fancy bumpers don't seem to be doing their job.  If a low
> speed impact costs near $1000, I'd rather have something stylish - like
> Pre-L bumperettes.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]
> On
> Behalf Of Kerry Maguire
> Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 4:44 PM
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: [DeTomaso] 1959 Chevrolet Bel Air Vs. 2009 Chevrolet Malibu
>
> We have not had a 5 MPH front bumper standard since 1982.
>
> The current front bumper standard is 2.5 MPH and the law allows for
> "unlimited damage to the bumper" in a collision.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Kerry M. Maguire
>
>
> I just wish they'd...
>
> 1.  Keep the safety, but drop the 5mph bumper rules.
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