Poor Miata :( Getting rear-ended once back in October (while minding its own biz stopped at a red light) wasn't enough. Sunday, while I was waiting to pull into a rotary, it got nailed again.
I was waiting to enter the rotary, moved up closer to the circle entry and stopped (there was a minivan coming 'round the circle so I wanted to wait for it to go by) and Bam!, got rear-ended. I'm guessing that the girl in the TrailBlazer behind me expected me to just blast out there and hug the circle's right lane. But as you can't predict that someone in the circle (who has the right-of-way) isn't going to change lanes without warning, I wasn't going to chance it.
After the jolt and subsequent head-snap I received, I expected the rear of the Miata to be crumpled yet at a glance it looks almost unharmed. The give-aways are the larger than normal gap between the trunk lid and rear filler panel as well as the scuff and slight waviness in the bumper. The other driver was all apologies and we quickly exchanged information after we found a safe place to pull over. Now it's off to the body shop...
John DiPietro, Automotive Editor @ 19,082 miles.
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