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alpalwal 08-28-2005 03:56 PM

Accidents can be good! (Pics)
 
So yesterday I was driving to work and I got in an accident. I was driving down my street and some guy in a grand cherokee pulled out and hit my car. It was completely his fault and he admits it.

Normally I would be pissed that I just got in an accident, but I'm kind of happy. I've been meaning to get a new crx and put the parts from this one on it. (Orange is getting old.. see pics.) Now, it looks like a got a head start on it. Either we'll settle this outside of insurance and i'll just get cash. Or we'll do it through insurance and they'll total it. Hopefully I could keep it long enough to get my stuff off of it though.

No need to flame on the car.. I kno it's gay, but if it makes you feel any better, it is turbo.

The front right fender is gone, the rim is dented a bit, and the door is scraped up. I don't know if the suspension is fucked up. We'll see tomorrow.

I didn't direct link the pics because they're huge. Sorry

http://norcalhockey.org/1/Alex%20car...2705%20001.jpg
http://norcalhockey.org/1/Alex%20car...2705%20003.jpg
http://norcalhockey.org/1/Alex%20car...2705%20002.jpg
http://norcalhockey.org/1/Alex%20car...2705%20004.jpg

HondaTuner 08-28-2005 04:06 PM

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That's the kind of thing that makes me want to have a larger vehicle.. he had a few scratches and a small puncture.. and your car is pretty screwed up.

I hope it gets totalled for your sake.

boostncivic 08-28-2005 05:08 PM

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the same thing kinda happened to me, i had a 96 civic ex, and i was tired of it cuase it was auto, but chouldnt sell it, so some lady hit me on xmas eve as she was trying to turn into the mall, so i went back that night, jumped on the hood and did a few other things so i was sure they whould total it and they did and gave me 1000 more then i payed for the thing, sweet deal

G2turbo_terror 08-28-2005 05:31 PM

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well it sucks that theres gonna be one less crx out there now. It'd be sweet for you if the guy gave ya $$, that way you can keep parts and part it out. :)

audioguru76 08-28-2005 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by boostncivic
the same thing kinda happened to me, i had a 96 civic ex, and i was tired of it cuase it was auto, but chouldnt sell it, so some lady hit me on xmas eve as she was trying to turn into the mall, so i went back that night, jumped on the hood and did a few other things so i was sure they whould total it and they did and gave me 1000 more then i payed for the thing, sweet deal

i wouldn't say that too loudly, insurance fraud has no statute of limitations. :-X

boostncivic 08-28-2005 10:18 PM

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no fruad here, it was pretty much totalled itself, engine bay fram was smashed, i just helped it

spoon fed 08-28-2005 10:42 PM

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By the looks of your car, i think he did you a favour if it does get written off

turboDA6 08-28-2005 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by spoon fed
By the looks of your car, i think he did you a favour if it does get written off

im not the only one that thinks this haha

alpalwal 08-29-2005 12:17 AM

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Originally Posted by turboDA6

Originally Posted by spoon fed
By the looks of your car, i think he did you a favour if it does get written off

im not the only one that thinks this haha

I kno.. ricer.. bla bla.. It's my first car tho, and when I got it I thought a rice rocket was any japanese car... so be nice

AgentMurdoc 08-29-2005 02:57 AM

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so what are you guys settling at? 300 bucks? I hope this person is a baller and you will be able to get a 1k+ CASH outta him/her.

Cause insurance would probably give you more than what that person has in mind.

Special ED 08-29-2005 12:42 PM

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i hope you are able to recover those euro tails

shanerv 08-29-2005 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by AgentMurdoc
so what are you guys settling at? 300 bucks? I hope this person is a baller and you will be able to get a 1k+ CASH outta him/her.

Cause insurance would probably give you more than what that person has in mind.

that's probably true. I may be wrong but if that's all the damage it did, then your car probably won't be totaled* from the Ins. Co.(but again i may be wrong)but it looks like just a fender($35)door($150) and rim(?) though to me ???

jinxy 08-29-2005 05:50 PM

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hotrex 08-29-2005 06:43 PM

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that guy did you a favor. that crx looks mad chunt.

Xgenturbo 08-29-2005 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by turboDA6

Originally Posted by spoon fed
By the looks of your car, i think he did you a favour if it does get written off

im not the only one that thinks this haha

If I was in the Jeep, I'd hit you harder and make sure you dont survive, this way you wouldnt ruin another perfectly good CRX like that.

90accordIHI 08-29-2005 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Xgenturbo

Originally Posted by turboDA6

Originally Posted by spoon fed
By the looks of your car, i think he did you a favour if it does get written off

im not the only one that thinks this haha

If I was in the Jeep, I'd hit you harder and make sure you dont survive, this way you wouldnt ruin another perfectly good CRX like that.


ROFL

AgentMurdoc 08-29-2005 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by shanerv

Originally Posted by AgentMurdoc
so what are you guys settling at? 300 bucks? I hope this person is a baller and you will be able to get a 1k+ CASH outta him/her.

Cause insurance would probably give you more than what that person has in mind.

that's probably true. I may be wrong but if that's all the damage it did, then your car probably won't be totaled* from the Ins. Co.(but again i may be wrong)but it looks like just a fender($35)door($150) and rim(?) though to me ???

that's why you go through insurance.

new OEM front bumper - ~$200
new OEM fender - ~$200
new OEM door - ~$$$$$$

right there you have a 700-1k price list. and that most likely does not include labor and paint.

My prices are from aftermarket replacement parts, so I am making a guess from these figures
aftermarket bumper ~$100
" fender ~ $100
" door ~ geez do they even make those.

when you have an accident, you never quote prices of parts you get on the street like a 35 dollar fender, you quote the 200 dollar brand new fender so you milk the insurance company. ;)

alpalwal 08-29-2005 10:59 PM

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Ya, I just got 3 quotes today and it was 2k, 1750, and 1400. For a fender and some door paint. wow

AgentMurdoc 08-30-2005 02:36 AM

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exactly the figures I had in my head. I was figuring along the lines of 1.5k to 2.5k for the rip off shops, the ones that you wanna go to and get quotes from.

Lemme tell you a story, a buddy of mine has a hatch, the front tire blew out on him on the free way, dinged fender, ripped bumper, and some rocker damage, did an insurance claim, they labeled it a total lose. That was like a year ago, to this day the car still runs like a champ, just with a new paint job ;)

My guess is that the person that hit you is gonna try to buy you off for about 500 bucks. I would just take it to insurance, cause keep in mind the other party still has to repair their vehicle, which from the looks of the damage will get quoted 800+.

At least give your insurance company a heads up that a claim might be filed, cause I think you are suppose to file such a claim within a period of time. And there is the possibility that through insurance the other party will deny responsibility. I hope you have some witnesses.

spongerlbc 08-30-2005 09:13 AM

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And dont let the insurance companies jerk you around. My hatch was totaled and they wanted to give me $800 (was $1k but they took off $200 for having a black hood). After holding out on a settlement for about 35 days the final offer was $1650 and I keep the car (damaged frame tho :'( )... a little more than double there original offer.

alpalwal 08-30-2005 10:10 AM

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The guy that hit me was some old guy that was really cooperative and nice, so i doubt he's going to deny it. Even if he did, i have a witness who saw the whole thing, it's just one of my friends tho so that could be a problem. We'll see


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