TOM WALKER wrote in a message to CHARLES ANGELICH:

CA>40 years ago if another car 'tapped' you from behind you
CA>usually just ignored them and women would park by tapping the
CA>car ahead of them to know they were all the way forward. :-)

 TW> Nowdays with the Crushable "bumpers" that could be a couple of
 TW> Thousand Dollar Insurance claim!!  :-( :-(

It's absurd how high they get sometimes.

I know of one situation -- kid throws a rock,  puts "a one inch
scratch" (according to the police report) on the rear side window, 
insurance claim is something over $900!  I don't care if they had to
replace the window,  no way should it cost that much!

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