Accident magnet?

[Sue777]

As you know, I'm a VX newbie, but I love her to death. I have never been this anal about a vehicle before, but I actually find myself standing in the garage just staring at her, and lightly cleaning off any dust or fingerprints I find. (of course, I would NEVER admit that anywhere but here!)
I'm getting really paranoid, though, when I come here to read and find so many postings about VX accidents. I'm beginning to wonder if there's a curse or a jinx on our babies that makes them accident magnets or something! Granted, I've never belonged to a vehicle forum before, so maybe these mishaps are not extreme, but it certainly seems like a higher-than-normal rate of bad luck surrounding these. Can someone set my mind at ease and tell me that they have a LOWER incidence rating that other vehicles? (Feel free to lie if you have to)

If you don't mind, I'm going to start a poll to see just how many of our VX's have been involved in mishaps. I may or may not be brave enough to view the results, though.
Sue

[Anita]

Sue

Many of us belong in another category...

Many belong in the.. We were rear ended, the other car was totaled, but our VX sustained only scratches on the cladding. No body repair, just a new piece of outerwear. :bwgr:

[FeatherFoot]

Partially because the VX is so distinctly different that people gawk and need a plateglass belt buckle to keep an eye on what they are doing.

FF

[Sue777]

Hi, Anita:
Please feel free to go in and edit the poll. I just tried to do it but you need to be a moderator. Please change the wording on the existing options if it needs changing, and add any other categories you can think of that would be appropriate. I just want to see that first option GROW, but I also want to truly know the honest stats, too.
Sue

[Apostle]

actually the rest of us should be safe, there have been 3 so far (this week???)

so everything bad comes in 3's, so were good to go

[WyrreJ]

This recent spate of accidents is definitely out of the ordinary. I don't think it has anything to with the VX being jinxed. But, to come to think of it, these all started up about the time you showed up here. Maybe you are the jinx!

[Apostle]

ME?




actually, ive been here a while, thank you very much

[Sue777]

No . . . he meant me.

[Apostle]

well, for what its worth, i dont think your a jinx (hopes she believes that, joins the others in the chant "JINX JINX JINX JINX")

[JAG!]

I just voted. Cringing now, since I plan to go on a small little trip next weekend (Thanksgiving holiday)... Now that I voted, I can already see the virtual "target" enveloping my VX.

[2K1 1K2]

no accidents, knock on wood...

however, i've noticed many more tailgaters since owning the VX.
i, especially, cringe at red lights and stop signs. it's as if the rear of my VX says, "please, inch along till you wedge yourself under my rear cladding - i'd love to feel the warmth of your hood."

here's hoping the string of bad luck ends...
glad everyone has been o.k. after the accidents.

-jose

[Tone]

If you are worried about rear enders, I’ve got a great 3rd brake light flasher that works to keep them alert behind you. Realize most of the accidents here have been to the front end and may have involved driver error.

[Heraclid]

Personally I have had bad luck with getting rear-ended. I was rear-ended in my Taurus when a guy in a pickup was trying to merge into traffic and got too busy looking over his shoulder and not in front of him, not noticing I had not gone yet either. Pretty minor. Then sideswiped in my Taurus when I had the right-of-way and someone turned right into the side of me having not bothered to look my way first. Rear-ended in my Avenger by a guy in the wrong lane who raced across three lanes of traffic to get where he needed to be without room for it and then was carrying too much speed to stop when he swerved in behind me. Rear-ended in my Avenger again in a parking lot, same way the Taurus was sideswiped. Then rear-ended in it a third time, that being the only time I was at fault, even though the guy was speeding. Took a hit to the rear clip sorta from the side, had the whole thing just about knocked completely off. Luckily never needed any metal work except for the Taurus sideswipe (2 doors, door pillar, fender, $1500).

Most excitement in the VX so far was avoiding a squirrel Friday morning. Slammed the brakes, swerved to the right. The VX took it all in stride though.

Given my history though, maybe I should re-think the brake flasher mod, hmmm?

[WyrreJ]

I really like my 3rd light blinker, but the first day I put it on it had the opposite effect. I had just finished the install and had set it to blink as fast as possible for the minimum duration (about 5 seconds). I wanted to see how other drivers would react and took it out for a spin. The first person to get behind me was a middle-aged asian woman (it's the truth, no stereotype comments please) and she was absolutely hypnotized by the blinkenlighten. She was behind me for about five or six stoplights and at every stop she got closer to my rear bumper than anyone ever had before. Gave me the willies.

But since then, it seems to have the intended effect and I have definitely noticed cars slowing down behind me much quicker than before, especially in situations where traffic ought to be flowing but isn't because of some abnormal event like an accident up ahead.

[Triathlete]

No accidents...but a few scratches from those desert trees while off roading. There are no plants in the desert (around here) that don't have thorns of some sort!