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Lemon · 23rd March 2006, 10:23

I was riding along with my two week old optra along poonamalle high road, chennai. It was 7.30 in the evening. This road is notorious for bumper to bumper traffic at this time. It literally crawls.
I was enjoying some quite music and basically talking about the car to my already impressed father in law who with me.
Suddenly, I heard that dreaded sound of a small thud, collapse like bending sheet metal from the rear and my optra lurched forward.
A complete fool with his 800 had apparently decided to dream while his car was in motion and ran into my car.
I was so pissed, annoyed , sad , overwhelmed, outraged, resigned all at once. I just wanted to get out and smash this guys face. He quickly dodged lanes and sped off.
I pulled on to the side a little later to take a look.
What i saw was completely astounding.

No jokes...Not a dent, a scratch, a twist, nothing at all. I mean it was almost as if it never even happened. I found this hard to beleive and i went down on all fours trying to find the slightest burr or flaw in the refraction but there was none.
I trurly tell u , i was amazed at this and thought i better post it.
The same happened to my previous ikon, and the damn conviently transferred the energy to the sheet metal resulting in some bending on the sides.

Well done optra for the research into bumper design. It really engaged the bumper of the 800 and absorbed the shock splendidly.

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23rd March 2006, 10:23	#1 (permalink)
Lemon BHPian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Chennai Posts: 58	Amazing Bumper for the Optra 1.6 I was riding along with my two week old optra along poonamalle high road, chennai. It was 7.30 in the evening. This road is notorious for bumper to bumper traffic at this time. It literally crawls. I was enjoying some quite music and basically talking about the car to my already impressed father in law who with me. Suddenly, I heard that dreaded sound of a small thud, collapse like bending sheet metal from the rear and my optra lurched forward. A complete fool with his 800 had apparently decided to dream while his car was in motion and ran into my car. I was so pissed, annoyed , sad , overwhelmed, outraged, resigned all at once. I just wanted to get out and smash this guys face. He quickly dodged lanes and sped off. I pulled on to the side a little later to take a look. What i saw was completely astounding. No jokes...Not a dent, a scratch, a twist, nothing at all. I mean it was almost as if it never even happened. I found this hard to beleive and i went down on all fours trying to find the slightest burr or flaw in the refraction but there was none. I trurly tell u , i was amazed at this and thought i better post it. The same happened to my previous ikon, and the damn conviently transferred the energy to the sheet metal resulting in some bending on the sides. Well done optra for the research into bumper design. It really engaged the bumper of the 800 and absorbed the shock splendidly. POST EDITED> Note from the Team-BHP Support Staff : Abusive language – whether used directly or indirectly - is STRICTLY prohibited on Team-BHP. A decent communication protocol must be adhered to. Foul language and use of abusive words/photographs in posts/avatars/signatures/topics is STRICTLY prohibited. We advice you to read the Announcements and Board Rules section before proceeding any further to prevent your account from being permanently disabled on this board.