[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.

[JMP33]

Glad the wife is ok. That looks like quite a hit.

My experience with minivans is similar to Mark's. We were specifically not looking for them when we went car shopping but ended up getting a '98 Venture after driving it. Six years later, we have 155k miles on it and have replaced the transmission and head gaskets so we will probably have it quite a while longer. The only thing I don't like about it, other than the mushy suspension, is they do not crash well. They crumple up badly in the front. Toyota seems to have one of the best minivans on the market for crash structure from what I have seen and read.