I'm back, I know you all missed me terribly, right? ;-)
I was surprised, I posted last week about having to drive the van (2005 Buick Terraza) over so as to have the scooter and scooter lift available for use at the San Diego Zoo and was expecting the twisty parts of the trip over California 74 and 371 to be pretty awful but I was wrong, the van handled the curves way better than I'd expected! It drove around the sharp turns with no fuss at all and did it slower than the Miata but not as much as I'd feared.
The visit to the zoo was fun until the trip home when the freeway traffic slowed to a stop on I-15 and we all stopped except the two cars behind me.
Nobody was hurt, the Buick has a small tear in the rear bumper along with some scratches, the Nissan Titan has the front and rear smashed but was sort of drivable, the Jeep Commander had to be towed. I think Buick wins that round! I suspect I'd have probably been killed if I'd been in the Miata, the Titan would have ridden up over the rear end and, with the Jeep Commander pushing it from behind would have possible come as far forward as ME!
I've reported it to the insurance company and am waiting for the CHP to make the report available, they said it takes 7 working days. Monday I'll get an estimate which should run from around $350 to replace/repair the face bar to a complete total if the sub frame and structure are damaged.... ain't impact bumpers wonderful?