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And your car might feel the pain, too! A loaded pickup stopped with the ^^^ hitch i/8 of an inch from my grill while he was parallel parking in front of me on Main Street in Durango last week. I was sitting with friends at a sidewalk cafe not far away -- cringing.
I've done that once or twice myself. Another one is the box with the toggle switch on it for the plow on the dash of a plowtruck whacked my knee on quite a few of those.