On my way to ref a game the other day I got cut off by a Ford Escort. Basically she was turning left from the other direction into a parking lot, some idiot in the left lane beside me stopped to let her in so the cars behind her could go past, I saw the front end of the Escort come out in front of me and couldn't stop in time. Left side of my bumper hit the front corner of her car right around the headlight at 8-10 mph. Shit. Both of us are fine and drive into the parking lot she was trying to turn into. She starts apologizing and says its like her 4th accident in the past few years. Exchange information just in case and get on to inspecting the cars more carefully. Her car has the headlight pushed over and the entire radiator support looks like it shifted about an inch to the side. Both headlights are a little out of place, hood shuts but doesn't line up right. My car..... broken turn signal lens and a small scuff on the bumper trim. The impact knocked a coolant line out of the thermostat housing that I knew was loose and needed to fix anyway. Neither of us thought getting insurance involved would do much good and that was it. I felt so lucky to not have any other damage I didn't care if I would have to go to the yard to get another lens. If I had a plastic bumper, my guess is the headlights, euro grille, and maybe the hood and fender would have been damaged too. As ugly as they can be, diving boards work. Not too much to see, but threads like this always need pics.
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