Backed into a superior’s car in the parking lot at my job, after a 10 hour night shift and a 1-and-a-half hour meeting. Insurance exchanged. Cops called. She tried to calm me down but I am so beat up about it and feel like an absolute idiot. Occasionally having to stifle tears. Looks like minor paint damage but with these shitty plastic builds who knows. Have liability insurance. My car got the worst of it, but idgaf about cosmetic damage. I just hate that in my sleep deprived state I was forced to get into that death-trap by the way our infrastructure is set up and wound up in my first collision in my life. No one hurt, she wasn’t in the car at the time. At home but still on edge as fuck. I can’t let something so dumb make me destitute again.
Have any of you been in a minor scrape like this? At-fault or otherwise? Did it go ok? I’d appreciate experiences in part so I feel less like a total dumbass.
There’s a very good reason most cars use more plastic instead of metal.
Isn’t the crumple effect of plastic technically safer than the risk of whiplash from metal? I may be wrong but I think that’s the official reason why they switched material
It is. Crumple zones save many lives and was mainly pushed by socialists.
Tally another W for the socialists
I see. Thanks for the info, I was unaware. There’s a question in my mind regarding the potential acceleration of planned obsolescence in the automotive industry with cheaper parts being used in newer models, etc. I don’t know much about cars proper though, and it’s sort of just the “narrative” that older cars tend to be more reliable / less easy to fuck up. Probably untrue, idk.
Older cars are easier to repair because they don’t have computer chips locking you out of fixing your car.