Oh yeah, forgot... I'm 33, licensed since 16.
Scot
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scot Zediker" <roadsterboy@earthlink.net>
To: <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2000 4:00 PM
Subject: Re: wrecks
> Here's my wrecks:
>
> Oct. 1990, LA area, '81 Honda Accord - I pulled onto an offramp and
noticed
> a stopped car ahead of me. Because I didn't notice it soon enough, I
braked
> rather hard, and got rear-ended by a Nissan pickup. My Honda sustained
some
> frame damage but was still driveable. Repair estimate was over two grand,
> so I didn't bother.
>
> March 1991, Pomona, CA, '85 Chevy Sprint - It was raining and I was
stopped
> at a traffic light. A Nissan pickup (different one; what is it with me
and
> Nissan pickups?) rear-ended me. The driver spoke very little English. I
> was unable to get ahold of him, so I got a lawyer involved. Eventually it
> was determined he had gone back to Mexico for some reason. Ironically, I
> saw the same Nissan truck four years later, parked in the lot of a Pizza
Hut
> where I worked at the time.
>
> May 1998, near Morgan Hill, CA, '91 Miata - My then-girlfriend (she's my
> wife now) and I were returning from an autocross on US 101. It had been
> drizzling on and off and it was overcast, and we had the usual heavy
traffic
> coming back into San Jose. A BMW decided it wanted to be in the #3 lane,
> where I happened to be. He smacked into the left front quarter of my car,
> and a Corolla following in the #2 lane hit me in the left rear trying to
> avoid the Bimmer. The Bimmer took off; I didn't get a plate or a look at
> the driver. The Corolla spun, but fortunately nobody hit it. All told,
the
> incident cost me four grand in body repairs, all from my pocket.
>
> Scot
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