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Originally Posted by andrewwdang
yea dude my heart was going crazy, i couldnt get his plate cuz it happened to fast and then he zoomed off... thanks man...the thing is my dad bought the single liability insurance and that isnt going to cover it.....i just told my dad i dont even care about the looks. just get it running and im happy. it sucks cuz now i cant go anywhere :/ have to get a ride from friends to and from school
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Sounds like the police could catch the person, possibly. The stripe and the damage, those two things together are a giveaway.
Have you checked with the police to see if they have located the other driver?
If the can find that person, it IS that person's fault, and they should pay for all your damage. If it's their car and they have insurance, it will be covered.
You can also file a law suit against them, if they don't have insurance.
Either way, they are so busted. Their insurance rates will skyrocket, if they can get insurance at all.
You should not have to pay a dime to fix your car, if you can track down that driver.
You might also want to sit down and write out everything you can remember. Add details if you remember them later. It will keep it all fresh, and if you do manage to track down that driver, you will have all the info written down.
Do you remember if it was a California license plate?
I'm going to guess that law enforcement computers are sophisticated. So that they could enter whatever is KNOWN and possible results will come up.
For instance, you know the make and model. And the year. So I'm looking at pictures online. Some seem to have no rear wing/spoiler thing. Some have low ones. And some have high ones. Do you know what was on the car that hit you?
And it was a 2-door? What about the wheels? Remember anything? How about headlights, were they the bright kind or regular?
How about checking some of the Mitsubishi forums? Here's one:
http://www.mitsubishiforum.com/forum/
You can look at pictures on forums, search for posts, even contact moderators to see if they have an idea of whose car it might be.
There's a pretty good chance that somewhere, someone has taken a photo of that car and posted it. Before it was wrecked. Might even be in older posts, by a former owner. But that former owner might be able to tell you who they sold the car to, and when, and where. Or tell you the license plate number. The plate number might even be IN a photo somewhere.
It's detective work. But it's work that the police department won't have the TIME to do. They can't sit around browsing auto forums. LOL. But you can.
I looked around a bit. It would help if we can have you try to remember more details. Like if it had any kind of spoiler/wing on the back. That might narrow down what specific keywords to look for. Especially if it seems to be aftermarket or only on certain configurations of the Eclipse.
Do you know for sure that it's a 97?
And if anyone knows of popular Mitsubishi forums, post the links here. I can look around a bit too. We all can, if we have a little time.
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