Well it finally happened. I stopped at a light the other day in my 242 Turbo, glanced in my rearview mirror and saw a green flash and then WHAM!! What turned out to be an Accura Integra slammed into my back end at probably 20 mph. I felt my head snap back against the headrest, the glove box popped open and suddenly I was 8 feet forward on the other side of the crosswalk. When I came to my senses and realized what had happened, I found that my car was still running so I pulled into a nearby parking lot and got out to inspect the damage. Fearing the worst, I was in absolute disbelief at what I saw. Some small scuff marks on the bumper skin and I had lost a piece of corner trim above the bumper, as well as lots of green paint smeared on the exhaust pipe and trailer hitch. I was shocked again when the woman who hit me pulled in and I got a good look at her car. My trailer hitch receiver had punched a hole all the way through her bumper and the sheetmetal behind it. My bumper crunched the plastic front end then caught the edge of her hood and crumpled up the first foot of that as the strut braces on the DrawTite hitch bar rode up, forcing the front of her car harmlessly under mine where it then impacted the main part of the hitch frame and smashed more. She had no insurance so this could have been a real mess for me if things had been worse. The whole thing reminded me of someone punching a jagged stone wall with their bare fist. Amazing.
Don't bring plastic to a brick fight :)