So yesterday I stopped at the post office to check the PO BOX for decal orders and other stuff. ?In the town I live in you can park parallel in front of the post office on the street. ?So I get my mail and walk back to my Avalanche. ?I start it up, look in all the mirrors, and go to back up three or so feet so I can pull out into traffic.
Had I not had my windows down I would have never known. ?BLAM! ?The absolutely horrible sound of metal on metal. ?I look in my mirror in panic - nothing, I see nothing in any of my mirrors.
I put it in park and get out. ?Behind me is a gold Toyota Corolla. ?The car is so small it's roof is below the top of the tailgate. ?I hit it hard enough to actually bounce the Corolla backwards about six inches, as I did nothing to move forward before I got out to check.
However I broke incredibly lucky. ?I hit the Corolla dead center on the front bumper. ?Had I not had a reciever hitch cover to distribute the impact, the 2" reciever probably would have punched a hole in the plate. ?Instead the Chevy bowtie cover I had bore the brunt of the impact and being made of metal, not plastic got bent up. ?The horrible noise was the receiver hitch cover bending up the front license plate on the Corolla.
I was a good citizen, waited around for the owner, explained to her what happened. ?Now here is the goofy part, she apologized to ME for her car being so small and was more worried about my bent reciever cover than her front end. ?
Needless to say I was quite relieved by all of this and drove away without exchanging information.
Hmmmm, wonder if I should look at the Rosta system again...
Had I not had my windows down I would have never known. ?BLAM! ?The absolutely horrible sound of metal on metal. ?I look in my mirror in panic - nothing, I see nothing in any of my mirrors.
I put it in park and get out. ?Behind me is a gold Toyota Corolla. ?The car is so small it's roof is below the top of the tailgate. ?I hit it hard enough to actually bounce the Corolla backwards about six inches, as I did nothing to move forward before I got out to check.
However I broke incredibly lucky. ?I hit the Corolla dead center on the front bumper. ?Had I not had a reciever hitch cover to distribute the impact, the 2" reciever probably would have punched a hole in the plate. ?Instead the Chevy bowtie cover I had bore the brunt of the impact and being made of metal, not plastic got bent up. ?The horrible noise was the receiver hitch cover bending up the front license plate on the Corolla.
I was a good citizen, waited around for the owner, explained to her what happened. ?Now here is the goofy part, she apologized to ME for her car being so small and was more worried about my bent reciever cover than her front end. ?
Needless to say I was quite relieved by all of this and drove away without exchanging information.
Hmmmm, wonder if I should look at the Rosta system again...
toyota will pull behind me and I'll be faced with the same thing.
