"The airbags disappointed me -- they only inflated partly; with clouds of powder or smoke. The beige vinyl of my dash was ripped. In my memory, I see wires hanging loose from the steering wheel, but looking back, I think I imagined that detail.
The Yukon in front of me seemed undamaged -- with scrapes to the bumper, and a bent trailer hitch. My poor little bumper had been pushed under and splayed flat; the headlights I had replaced a total of three times in four years hung from wires."