I owned an AE82 hatchback (was my first car). After I purchased the car I spent two whole weeks removeing the rust out of the roof and other areas of the car before I went to get it re-registered. Two weeks later (four weeks from when i first purchased the car) after having the car registered and road-worthy, the car was involved in an accident and declared wrote off due to the costs of the repairs exceeding the market value of the car..
what happened was, I stopped because I was waiting for the oncoming traffic to clear before I could turn onto a side street. Then 10 seconds later I feel all this force pushing me forward and I hear the glass shattering and the crunching of metal. A truck plowed up the back of me. I was so pissed off, there was still a fair amount of room to pass me, He must of not been looking..
Then a month later I heard the same driver was involved with another accident, side-swipeing a Mercedes..