How to assess damage after rear impact?

[rocco16v at netzero.net (L F)]

If you don't see any damage...
If you don't feel any damage...
If you don't hear any damage...
There probably isn't.

Those ARE 5MPH bumpers, after all....:)

Larry
sandiego16v
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ben Channard 
  To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org 
  Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 3:03 AM
  Subject: How to assess damage after rear impact?


       While waiting for the left turn arrow on Sunday morning I was hit on 
  the rear bumper of my '81 Mk.1 by a current-gen Honda CRV at an estimated 
  speed of less than 5 mph.  I don't see obvious damage--no marks on the 
  bumper cover; cover doesn't appear scrunched against the body.  The bumper 
  struts appear to have the look of an oily darkening as if an oil had seeped 
  out from the collapsable elements.  This doens't look as  if oil had just 
  been forced out--it  looks "old."

       I told the CRV driver that I'd call after inspecting my car.  Where and 
  what can I inspect to survey any damage that my car may have incurred?  
  Which joints, areas etc.  Are the bumper struts in fact oil-filled?  Is 
  there a dimension that I can measure to assay if they've been pushed in?  
  Yes,  I have the U.S. domestic "park bench" bumpers (and grateful for them). 
    I'm not in full-on berserker mode but I'd like to avoid any nasty 
  surprises in the future.  Thanks for any guidance, benton-----

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