So there I was, minding my own business, actually driving the speed limit in moderate traffic on Penn Shop Road, a two-lane secondary road. The cross streets all have stop signs, Penn Shop does not. I’m taking my daughter to cross-country practice. It’s about 6 PM. I’m approaching an intersection at about 40 MPH, see a black Saab at the stop sign. The driver looks right, looks left, and just pulls out into the steady stream of traffic. Into me. Whamo. He T-bones the Porsche, hitting between the center of the passenger door and the center of the rear wheel. We do a nice 180 across the line between two on-coming cars and come to rest facing a very surprised tow-truck driver who was previously behind me. Because of the way he spun us around I had first thought he only caught our rear bumper, but sadly that was not the case.

Nobody was hurt in the accident, though my daughter has a sore back and ribs from hitting the center console. The impact didn’t set off the side airbags and the car was still drivable, though the right rear wheel is a bit toe-in. The cosmetics are easy enough to fix, the damage to the suspension and possibly the transmission is my biggest worry. I’m not looking forward to having to deal with the other insurance company to get compensated for the “diminished value” of the car either. It could have been worse: Because we spun in the intersection we didn’t end up in the ditch that’s on either side of the road. I should get the repair estimate Monday.