[BigEnos]

My wife was driving home from work Monday night and got rear ended, BAD! She stopped on I-70 for a backup (at one of the usual spots) and the person behind her didn't see her stopped and hit her, at what the other driver said was probably the posted speed (65mph !) Good news is that Shannon (wife) has no serious injuries, nor does anyone else involved. Bad news is that Shannon is really sore, bruised, and upset. Link to pics of car:

http://picasaweb.google.com/BrianXL/BMW_Wreck

It's also sad because we both really loved that car and had planned to keep it for a long time. So far their insurance company (USAA) has talked the talk, we'll see if they walk the walk. Hopefully it doesn't turn into a long drawn out exercise in stupidity.

Seems to be the season for rear end collisions, eerily similar to AndyJ's situation.

[LT4Firehawk]

Glad she's ok, at least the car did it's job protecting her.

I test drove a BMW X3 and X5 a couple of years ago (when they do their annual "drive for cancer" or whatever it is). Anyway, both were very nice, especially the X3. Felt much more sporty than you would expect from a typical SUV, and was a lot of fun on to drive. If she has to have an SUV, try to get her into one of those.