Rear ended with less than 4 days of Ownership!!!

[Casique]

I test drove a Tesla model Y before buying my JT, just in case I was missing something. The interior is kit-car horrible. Plasticky black piano, with the huge hard to see/use screen that is NOT adjustable. Yes fast and expensive. No thanks! I'll keep my slow and expensive JT.

By the way, when I took my daughter back to college in Florida. I spoke to a Tesla owner at the rest stop that had been waiting in line to charge his vehicle, which took 8 hours total from the time he arrived, got in-line and then waited for a full charge to continue driving.

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[ecidiego]

I test drove a Tesla model Y before buying my JT, just in case I was missing something. The interior is kit-car horrible. Plasticky black piano, with the huge hard to see/use screen that is NOT adjustable. Yes fast and expensive. No thanks! I'll keep my slow and expensive JT.

By the way, when I took my daughter back to college in Florida. I spoke to a Tesla owner at the rest stop that had been waiting in line to charge his vehicle, which took 8 hours total from the time he arrived, got in-line and then waited for a full charge to continue driving.

It's a Tesla thing? lol

 

[jac04]

So anyone thinking of bumper mounted lights may want to use reflective tape if they remove the factory reflectors.

If you use the factory fog lights in place of the factory reflectors, you don't need to worry about any of this. The factory fog lights are a reflector with a LED light in the middle.

 

[DRT]

Are you freaking kidding me?!?!?!?! Literally picked up this truck 4 days ago! Wife and son were stopped for traffic, trying to merge onto the highway. A young female struck them from behind. Wife looked into her rear view mirror and saw the driver fixing her hair, looking into her rear view mirror, as she was accelerating into them. Thank god, no one was hurt! Bumper is scuffed and a very small dent on the tailgate. You can not have anything nice in this world. Carelessness and immaturity are EVERYWHERE!

On a side note, I love this view every time I look out my side mirror. The angles are incredible.

I feel your pain. I had a new Willys Wrangler and had just pulled out of MVD with license plate sitting in my wife’s lap. We were sitting at a stop light when rear ended by 90 yo man who then panicked threw it in reverse hit another car then freaked out put it back into drive and hit me again. Bent the frame and declared a total by my insurance. Gave me an excuse to buy a new Gladiator Rubicon.

 

[Guns_N_Rosaries]

Does this set off your reverse proximity sensors ? I have basically the same one and it interferes with the two center sensors ? Was thinking of disconnecting them , but I have read it enterferes with the whole system.... still researching.

I haven't had anything affected as far as I can tell. I've had it for around a month or so, and I'm fine going through car washes, and the backup camera doesn't have anything really blocked visually. I do have to be more mindful when backing up just because it adds a little more length. I also think the truck doesn't look as good with it on, but slight aesthetics are a small price to pay for a little bit more rear protection.

I really did have a ton of butt-puckering moments looking in the rearview mirror when having to come to sudden stops at choke points along I-35, and I really haven't since installing it. I think people subconsciously put more distance between you when they see you have something metal sticking out of the back of your vehicle.

 

[MPMB]

This is what gets me - hands-free solves nothing. It's not the device in your hand - it's the attention you are paying to a conversation or taking that next step or action. Study after study have proven that even "hands-free" is about the same risk and yet the law makers make these laws to silence people, to shut them up, even though it hasn't resolved a thing.

Not going to argue. I've found going hands-free increases my distraction level than if it wasn't required.

I have a horrible voice for computers to recognize. The speech-to-text sucks for me. I can type faster and with less frustration and less distraction.

How can I be less distracted, you ask? (general, rhetorical)

I grew up driving w/o cell phones, changing CDs on a CD player that slid around (until I velcro'd the bottom and stuck it to the carpet). I ate Subway sandwiches and drank a fountain drink in a 5-speed RWD pickup with no cupholders.

But yes, overall, I see tons of people ignoring the laws and being a danger on the road.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

There's a reason that brake lights have minimum height standards and the third light is always higher - because studies show lower lights get ignored, higher light are more "in your face" and most likely to be seen even when distracted. It's also easier to determine the distance of the other vehicle when the lights aren't down low.
Science, studies, have shown that if you want to be seen, lights up higher work better.
Look at some of the newer vehicles out of Europe, or what the US makers are copying - higher tail lights. The light travels farther, and LEDs being more directional, up high is in your face.

 

[MPMB]

There's a reason that brake lights have minimum height standards and the third light is always higher - because studies show lower lights get ignored, higher light are more "in your face" and most likely to be seen even when distracted. It's also easier to determine the distance of the other vehicle when the lights aren't down low.
Science, studies, have shown that if you want to be seen, lights up higher work better.
Look at some of the newer vehicles out of Europe, or what the US makers are copying - higher tail lights. The light travels farther, and LEDs being more directional, up high is in your face.

Yet the new Hyundai CUV has turn signals down low along the bottom valance. Genious. <facepalm>

 

[rob495]

Hope family is ok. I noticed the CT plate. Is that Hamden area?

Thank you! Yes it’s the exit 59 merge onto Rt15 South. Accidents there all the time.

 

[rob495]

I feel your pain. I had a new Willys Wrangler and had just pulled out of MVD with license plate sitting in my wife’s lap. We were sitting at a stop light when rear ended by 90 yo man who then panicked threw it in reverse hit another car then freaked out put it back into drive and hit me again. Bent the frame and declared a total by my insurance. Gave me an excuse to buy a new Gladiator Rubicon.

That’s unbelievable! I’m a firm believer that after a certain age, you should take your road test again.

 

[Lampy415]

Dam Connecticut drivers ? so much worse than Boston drivers???

 

[Tanners Owner]

I had similar problem, getting rear ended after 45 days of ownership. Was glad the replacement parts were readily available.

Of course it was an uninsured motorist too.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Yet the new Hyundai CUV has turn signals down low along the bottom valance. Genious. <facepalm>

Totally contrary to science and studies - both here and abroad. Weird. Makes me wonder if it complies with all 50 state laws as some vary a bit. Lights down low don't get the same attention for many reasons. Look at how some are putting lights up along the pillars along side the rear window. There's a reason other than styling.

 

[MisterPhoton]

That’s unbelievable! I’m a firm believer that after a certain age, you should take your road test again.

Just had a discussion about this today - driver skill tests should be harder and you should have to re-certify periodically. It's crazy to me that you can pass a test when you're 16 and drive for decades without ever having to prove you still know what you're doing.

Maybe this can happen when we have autonomous cars for the people that can't pass the test.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

It's crazy to me that you can pass a test when you're 16 and drive for decades without ever having to prove you still know what you're doing.

I question whether or not some actually did pass a test.......
A good example came from my father back in the 70s. He used to car pool from home to work in Des Moines with 3 or 4 other guys. One time they are coming home and getting onto I35/80 on the west side of Des Moines, coming around an entrance ramp and the guy driving was getting mad and forcing his way into traffic making others honk at him. My father asked him "you know what that yield sign there means, right".
The guy says yeah, they are all supposed to yield and let me in.
And he was serious! Uh, no, that yield sign is on the RAMP you are on, not on the interstate and it's for you.
This was an adult guy and he had no clue how merging is supposed to work or that the signs are intended for him.
Working in the shops I did, I've heard some real doozies. And seen the results of the stupidity out there.

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