A few things:
1. The link to “modern, useless, and expensive-to-repair” bumpers takes me to a page that wants me to buy cbd gummies.
WTF.

2. Modern bumpers cut through the air. How they do that is “used” far more frequently then how they crash. I get it; the crash is important, but so is fuel economy. I would not call…

Nope. 2002 bug-eye, 5sp. (I think it was 2002; it was definitely a bug-eye).

Yeah.  Having sold my WRX (that I wrecked twice) with a clean Carfax and found easily identifiable overspray on potential used buys, I would suggest that Carfax is worse than useless; it gives false positives.

He MAY have meant CarMax, which would be better.  I will stick to CarFax telling me if the thing MAY have been hit, but certainly not their pricing.

“What color is the dress?”

We may not be using the same barometer here. I think we would agree that the windscreen turning blank is, already, the difference between the scenario and reality.
That said, and so we can fully understand each other, are you suggesting the act of checking one’s phone is a victimless crime? Or, is it the subsequent…

Your view is fine; it is yours.
You may also take the view that 2+2=5.
It doesn’t change that it is just wrong.

The definition of ‘accident’ includes the concept of ‘unforeseen circumstances.’
That is what happens during the time you take your eyes off the road.

“I checked this stretch of road before I looked at my…

First off, damn all wars...
But, if we had to have one, I could only hope my wife would be that badassed.

I promise; that is his plan. He expects to sell the Lexus there and return in the FC.
It is insane.

This will sound insane, but, if I understand the story correctly, he intends to drive the FC back.
The FC.
Whiskey.  Tango.  Foxtrot.

Does the strip mall have a (dare I say it?) laundromat?
Perhaps any other cash-intensive business?

Seriously? That is, oddly, pretty cool.
Any chance there is an old article on how THAT happened?

I have considerably less rage at your neighbors and town for asking you to clean up your yard.
Maybe it is the old man in me, but... damn.

I know it is a concept, but any word on that dorsal fin?  Chasing BMW from a few decades ago?  Probably not, but I will entertain all offers on its function.

Affect.
The word for which you are searching is, “affect”, not “effect.”

Crud.  I have an auto loan with them.  Time to go see what is going on.

I feel like we need a sliding meter that goes from David Tracy castoff up to Kristen Lee would drive it.
We could also do it like a Periodic Table of Cars, with the Tracium group across the bottom, The Noble Kristens down the right hand side, et al.

Maybe this is what the life coach was talking about: I almost said,”I…

Then that means he knows the cost of the vehicle will be covered by the revenue from the channel.
Dang.

Wait, there are still Muranos?

I’m a recovering Nissan fanboi, and even I didn’t know that.

This is simple.

The empty spot will likely remain empty during my backing into it. That almost eliminates the variables of kids, shopping carts, and other vehicles.

If I have to back OUT, much more of my vehicle has to enter a highly variable area, with carts, vehicles, toddlers, and other dumbshittery before I can see…