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Old Apr 23, 2004 | 02:52 PM
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Rear-Ended!

Long story short, was driving right lane on divided 4 lane road, when 2-3 cars ahead of me, some idiot stop abruptly causing everyone to brake hard. I was able to stop in time, but the Mustang behind me started to lock up his tires. As I heard this I tried to inch up closer to the car in front of me, but sure enought, WHAM! He hit squared center on my rear, probably about 10mph. Everything was OK, as I braced for the impact. $700+ damage to replace the lower rear bumper.

As this creates a big headache to get fixed and being without my TL for a few days, I was quite surprise how the car held up despite the impact. Thought I heard something about the TL not doing too well on the rear bumper test.
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Old Apr 23, 2004 | 02:56 PM
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Glad you're ok. A big SUCKS to the accident tho.
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Old Apr 23, 2004 | 02:57 PM
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Sorry to hear about that, glad your o.k.
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Old Apr 23, 2004 | 02:58 PM
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Yeah that sucks. What happened to the Mustang? What kind of damage did it sustain?
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Old Apr 23, 2004 | 03:00 PM
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sorry bro. wow $700 for a 10mph impact. well glad everyone is ok.
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Old Apr 23, 2004 | 03:10 PM
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It was a 98 Mustang GT. Minor scratches to the front bumper and the mustang logo broke off from force of impact. Do you guys ever get the feeling that on-lookers sometimes get to close or pull abrupt lane changes just to get a closer look at the 04 TL? Man it drives me nuts and scares me sometimes. :argue:
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Old Apr 23, 2004 | 04:52 PM
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Happens to me all the time and way too often...They should get a TL of their own!!
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Old Apr 23, 2004 | 07:16 PM
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Easy solution is to drive around Michigan. No one looks at the TL. No scoops, or V8 noise to attract them around here.
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