worst thing that could happen at a meet....

[nomonstersinme]

I got hit!! by an SUV!!! noo!!!!!
my poor baby!


It was on the way home from the summer on long island meet! which was really fun! it was awesome meeting all of you! thank god you were there when i got hit or i would have freaked out! thanks for that!
here are some pictures from the meet:


this is us pulled over on the side of the road after i got hit...

[GBMINI]

Tragic
I don't see an SUV pulled over - I hope they stopped!

[LMB]

Sorry to hear it.

Glad you're ok.

[ice]

Did you get killed?

[jwardell]

The SUV must have felt threatened by all the MINIs.

Hopefully the damage is just the rear bumper and easily replaced.

[Poisonedwell]

Ouch! Too bad...

[LordOfTheFlies]

The SUV stopped.

Just not in time.

A bit more details for y'all (as that's my silver MCS there):

It was raining cats and dogs and there was quite a bit of fog....

All of a sudden everyone on the left lane slammed on the brakes. I saw her stop short of me but I also saw the SUV right on her *ss and I was hoping it would stop in time but it did not.

Nomo let us know if you need us to give statements!

Shoe

[ncdave]

Hope everyone's OK. When did they move the Big Duck from Flanders? I used to live up there a while ago and don't remember the Duck at that location.

[atmtn]

Absolutely brutal. But at least you had that Mini posse for back up.
Hope your car is back in top form soon!

[rfinprc]

That's such a drag. On a recent drive home from PA on a very rainy day I found myself constantly having to charge ahead to get away from tailgating SUV's.

Make sure that your repair and claim process includes looking under the skin of the bumper for collateral damage. Hope it all get's back to beautiful soon.

[obehave]

Sorry to see that.
My whack last Summer was around $800 for a very similar thing. Yours probably got hit harder and I can't see if the boot lid got bent.
Anyway, best of luck with it.

[snek]

One thing that could help...

[GBMINI]

Quote: Originally Posted by snek

One thing that could help...

Just installed mine this morning (yuk - hot and humid).
Not convinced yet it makes much difference - at least not in bright sunlight - but I will do a write-up on my weblog. Also finally did the diode brake/fog mod.

[jwardell]

I like the idea of those annunciators, but I don't like that one. I think they should blink once or twice, not 12 friggin times. Too bad they didn't make it adjustable. You will see them here and there..a double blink definitely gets your attention without being annoying whatsoever. Even better if they could make it sense how quickly or far you're pushing the pedal. No blink for a soft slow brake, double for normal, and maybe 5 for hard braking.

When will people learn that following distance saves lives (and cars). Not speed. Following distance. Especially for those SUV deathboxes that can't brake (or handled) anything like a car.

[ice]

A good annunciator should announce, with a great air horn facing rear, and huge aircraft landing lights, also facing rear.