Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!

[Jennifer6525]

I am leaving the mall today and I pull up at a light behind a Tahoe.It is a long light so I reach down to pick something up from the floor on the passenger side and when I look up the Tahoe is RIGHT there,so I'm like oops,but then the passenger in the Tahoe gets out of his car and I'm like S%it! So I roll my window down and said "I didnt hit you did I? And he's like "Yep".So I start freaking out while he looks at his car and then mine. So then he says "Guess it's longer then you thought it was" and gets back in his car.So then I had to sit there feeling like the biggest idiot in the world.As soon as the light changed I turned off on the first street I could because I was so embarassed.I have been SO careful with this car and then I go and do something stupid like that.


There is no damage to my car THANK GOD! I inspected it as soon as I got home.I cannot beleive I did that! I feel SO bad right now! Although,I am wondering if I didnt really hit him and they just thought that I did because I got so close because I didnt feel anything and that is why I was so surprised when he said that I had hit him.


The only funny part of this story is guess what I went to the mall to buy? That stupid Mustang nail polish! Next time I buy anything Mustang related I am staying home and ordering it online LOL

 

[DENVER05GT]

I know how you feel. I am having the hardest time adjusting to the front length of this car also. I always think I am really close in the front then when I get out and check, I'm like 4 feet away. Backing it in at work is even worse. I always think i have plenty of room then "bump" i tap into to the wall or whatever.

I have only got one very small knick on the back from that thank god.

 

[Jennifer6525]

I know how you feel. I am having the hardest time adjusting to the front length of this car also. I always think I am really close in the front then when I get out and check, I'm like 4 feet away. Backing it in at work is even worse. I always think i have plenty of room then "bump" i tap into to the wall or whatever.

I have only got one very small knick on the back from that thank god.

See I think what happened is when I reached down my foot came off the brake just enough that I slowly (sp?) rolled forward and the people in the Tahoe probably were not paying attention to what I was doing so they just assumed that I crawled forward and accidentially bumped them.I figured that I wouldnt correct them and look like and even bigger idiot.

At least he was nice about everything.When I was driving to the mall I was on a one lane road and the guy in front of me was tailgaiting the guy in front of him because I guess he wasnt going fast enough for him so when the road widened into two lanes the guy that was in front of me moved over into the other lane and then stopped at the light,then all of a sudden the slow guy flung like half his body out of his car and yelled a few words to the other guy that I can't repeat here LOL. So I was thinking on the way home that I am glad that I didnt accidentially hit that guy LOL.

 

[ctfordguy]

Jen,

Are you from CT, I saw a V6 WB vert leaving the mall in Milford today????

 

[balunr]

I've been having trouble getting used to the hood length too - it's a tiny bit different from a neon....

One day at work I parked behind an SUV - on the way back from lunch (we went in a co-worker's car) my co-workers were exclaiming about how close that SUV got to my car. I never fessed up that it was me that parked close to him... But there was still an inch or two of space...

 

[REDFIRE 05 GT]

your one of those people who dented my fender at the mall

 

[Jennifer6525]

Jen,

Are you from CT, I saw a V6 WB vert leaving the mall in Milford today????

Nope,not from CT

 

[Jennifer6525]

your one of those people who dented my fender at the mall

I'm actually a really good driver and have only had one accident in the ten years I have been driving--slippery roads,first winter driving,crappy car.But I guess no one is perfect all the time.Live and learn.

 

[kevins05v-6]

i am happy to hear that you didnt damage you Mustang!!(or the other car-for that)
and I wouldnt worry about the other driver he was probably happy that you didnt damage his vehicle and just wanted to give you a hard time

 

[Arkham]

I'm actually a really good driver and have only had one accident in the ten years I have been driving--slippery roads,first winter driving,crappy car.But I guess no one is perfect all the time.Live and learn.

Same here. My only accident was as a first year driver, took a corner too fast, hydroplaned into a stop sign. Busted up the front of my car something fierce.

 

[Mustang5L5]

A few times i have been sitting at a light in neutral (5-spd)with my foot off the brake and have become distracted and almost rolled into a car.

I always manage to catch myself at the last second. That would be embarassing.

Never had a problem with the hood lenght...but the only cars i have ever owned have been Mustangs

 

[merlinsteele]

Glad to hear you didn't damage your car. When you first started telling the story, I though, UH OH! Anyway, I had an experience Sort of like that in my truck last year that made me feel SOOO stupid... I was coming up to a green light, and several car lengths in front of me was a car and a pickup, the car in front. They looked like they were going thru the green arrow (left), and I looked up to the light to make sure it was still green, and I guess I was going a bit too fast or maybe gave it a little gas, but when I looked at the cars in front of me, they were stopped! (A semi was coming thru the light from the opposite direction) I tried to stop, but my pickup slid right into the pickup in front of me. The guy was real nice when I apologized and said mine looked worse and said forget about it, I guess he was in a hurry to get home. Anyway, my bumper was pushed into my right tire, and I couldn't move for the longest time, with cars lining up behind me in the turn lane. I was so embarassed!

But anyway, since then I've tried to see it as a lesson to pay more attention and be on my toes, but it sure did hurt me, as far as confidence goes. I sort of know how older people feel that are being overly careful. Anyway, at least you had no damage, and you may be more careful in the future. 'luck!

 

[Adrenal]

Glad to hear that you and your Mustang are OK. I'll bet it will be a cold day before you take your eyes off the road again.

 

[WSD42]

I was wondering if the Tahoe was at the head of the line of cars? Most cars (SUVs, trucks and a lot of Med/small cars) these days are very unstreamlined as to side air wash/turbulance and will rock your vehicle as if it was hit. I have (in addition to my '05 Mustang GT) a '02 Dodge RAM 1500 Quad Cab truck. I will be sitting at a light and have a car go by and make my truck move like a light tap from behind. That is probably what happened.

However, even when stopped at a light or a stop sign, go ahead and pull over and put it in park or put on the parking brake to fiddle with stuff in the seat or floor board. Makes for safer driving for yourself and others. And cell phones...get a hands free set. We have enough distractions on the road these days. Sorry for the preaching, but last year we had a guy (Redstone Arsenal, AL) get killed by a woman fiddling with her cell phone and her baby, swerved over and hit his car and killed him. It is now a federal offense to talk on a cell phone on a military or government installation without a hands free setup if they are marked for no cell phone useage.

I have gotten so used to my Dodge's (& the wife's Jeep GC) steering wheel controls for the Radio and CD, that the Mustang's sound controls will distract me from time to time. So, I try to be real careful when adjusting them. Probably will install the cell phone Blue Tooth handsfree setup for the Mustang soon. Wish Ford had steering wheel controls for the radio...

 

[sacha]

I know how you feel. I am having the hardest time adjusting to the front length of this car also. I always think I am really close in the front then when I get out and check, I'm like 4 feet away. Backing it in at work is even worse. I always think i have plenty of room then "bump" i tap into to the wall or whatever.

I have only got one very small knick on the back from that thank god.

Sounds like you should avoid backing into parking spots!