I wish one of the car manufacturers,( preferably Toyota? ), would bring back good old fashioned bumpers, like I heard they used to have on the first cars years ago.
The bumpers now are just ornamental and the slightest tap causes monetary damage.
Didn't the old fashioned bumpers on the first cars, have a real bumper sticking out on springs, with rubber on the outside of it, or something like that?
Something that could actually keep one car from hitting another and causing significant damage?
I accidentally rolled forward a little, behind another car yesterday, and heard this little tapping sound. It was just enough to alert the other driver that I had tapped her car too. She got out, I said; oops, sorry, waved at her. She looked at her car which was ok, said ok, and drove off.
Then last night, my passenger side low beam didn't work. I figured it might just be a bulb, hadn't replaced one in years, so I bought a pair at Checker last night.
Then I looked at it today and the passenger side headlight is pushed in about half an inch on the driver ( inside ) end. ( my 93 Corolla DX )
I popped the hood just now and tried pushing it back out from inside, but couldnt.
Jeez, is this gonna cost me hundreds now to get it fixed, or can I do it myself maybe?
Bring back real bumpers Toyota!
Just think, we all might get lower insurance rates too, if a tiny tap didn't cause hundreds in damage because of these nice looking, but non- functional bumpers.