Yesterday morning while driving my son to school I was rear ended in my Model 3. I was waiting for traffic to clear to make a right on red. I was the first car at the light. Looking left for a break in traffic when.... Bang! It was loud and jarring. I didn't realize what happened for second and then it hit me... just got rear ended!
I immediately check on my 10 year old son. He was confused but no injury. I quickly made the right turn as I was now over the line into the intersection during morning rush hour. Pulled over to the right side median and hopped out to assess the damage. To my surprise there was hardly a scratch. Then looked at the car who hit me (Toyota Carola) and also hardly a scratch. Based on the loud impact noise and sudden bang I expected the car behind me to be all sorts of mashed up. I expected my bumper and trunk to be crumpled.
Luckily no one was injured in either car. Lady who hit me admitted she was not paying attention. Probably looking at her phone. Crazy thing to do when coming to an intersection with a red light...
Long story short, happy ending is that there was hardly any damage. I'll take my car in to get checked out. In the meantime, does anyone know if Model 3 bumpers are like Helmets or Infant Car Seats where they can absorb an impact once and then need to be replaced?
I immediately check on my 10 year old son. He was confused but no injury. I quickly made the right turn as I was now over the line into the intersection during morning rush hour. Pulled over to the right side median and hopped out to assess the damage. To my surprise there was hardly a scratch. Then looked at the car who hit me (Toyota Carola) and also hardly a scratch. Based on the loud impact noise and sudden bang I expected the car behind me to be all sorts of mashed up. I expected my bumper and trunk to be crumpled.
Luckily no one was injured in either car. Lady who hit me admitted she was not paying attention. Probably looking at her phone. Crazy thing to do when coming to an intersection with a red light...
Long story short, happy ending is that there was hardly any damage. I'll take my car in to get checked out. In the meantime, does anyone know if Model 3 bumpers are like Helmets or Infant Car Seats where they can absorb an impact once and then need to be replaced?