{"id":830,"date":"2010-01-31T21:35:50","date_gmt":"2010-02-01T05:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=830"},"modified":"2010-01-31T21:43:25","modified_gmt":"2010-02-01T05:43:25","slug":"tarus-vs-acura","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/tarus-vs-acura\/","title":{"rendered":"Taurus vs. Acura"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are time in your life you wish you were in a different spot in the universe.  For example, this afternoon, I wish I was not on Main Street stopped in the left lane waiting to turn left.  If I was not sitting there thinking of getting a couple of chocolate shakes and a half pound of french fries for Jacob and I, the back of my car would not look like this.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_842\" style=\"width: 440px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Taurus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-842\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Taurus-430x322.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Taurus\" width=\"430\" height=\"322\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-842\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Taurus-430x322.jpg 430w, https:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Taurus-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Taurus.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-842\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tarurus - Rear bumper trying to meet front door<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Of course it could be worse.  I could have been the one checking music on my Ipod and looked up to see the back of a car in front of me while driving at around 40 miles per hour.  That would also be a good time to be somewhere else in the universe.  The consequences due to the laws of physics is great.    <\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_832\" style=\"width: 440px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Acura.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-832\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Acura-430x322.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Acura\" width=\"430\" height=\"322\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-832\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Acura-430x322.jpg 430w, https:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Acura-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Acura.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-832\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Acura - Headlamp tries for a new location in the firewall<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nI guess the other part of this story is cars are designed to be driven as well as designed to crumple.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are time in your life you wish you were in a different spot in the universe. 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