Banged the neighbor
Banged the neighbor
this happened this morning, lucky nobody was hurt.
I was going to follow my mom down to the shop to drop her car off. Backing out of my driveway and boom. i was looking right and she was looking left. both of us weren't paying attention. Her truck was fine, bent bumper, cracked tail light and creased bed fender. Now my family is down two cars, but i still got my bike to get around.
Not sure on what to do now, i could get a cf hatch, new light and reused the bumper. not sure, going tomorrow and get a quote on the repairs.
I was going to follow my mom down to the shop to drop her car off. Backing out of my driveway and boom. i was looking right and she was looking left. both of us weren't paying attention. Her truck was fine, bent bumper, cracked tail light and creased bed fender. Now my family is down two cars, but i still got my bike to get around.
Not sure on what to do now, i could get a cf hatch, new light and reused the bumper. not sure, going tomorrow and get a quote on the repairs.
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Joined: May 2010
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From: Capital Distric New York
Title of this thread tells me it's gonna get a lot of hits._.
That's bad, but you're lucky as well that the tail lights were missed.
Does look like you can get away with only a hatch replacement and bumper cover. Bet that woke you up_
That's bad, but you're lucky as well that the tail lights were missed.
Does look like you can get away with only a hatch replacement and bumper cover. Bet that woke you up_
Me, too
how fast were you going? that's a lot of damage for just backin into each other. Are the Fits this fragile????
Glad no one was hurt
how fast were you going? that's a lot of damage for just backin into each other. Are the Fits this fragile????
Glad no one was hurt
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Joined: Aug 2008
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From: Alabama
Yeah that thread title threw me off too.
I agree with sooznd. that's a lot of damage for just a backing into. Sorry to hear that for you. Maybe whoever repairs it will have a quick turn-around. When mine was hit in May, it took the shop a week but the car looks new again! I just got around to waxing her this past weekend.
I agree with sooznd. that's a lot of damage for just a backing into. Sorry to hear that for you. Maybe whoever repairs it will have a quick turn-around. When mine was hit in May, it took the shop a week but the car looks new again! I just got around to waxing her this past weekend.
Its a lot of damage for only goin about 10 mph or less. she was going about 10 also. the tail light is damaged, i hoping the hatch or light didnt get push into the frame and tweaked it.
I should looked both ways, it just one the one time i didnt.
I should looked both ways, it just one the one time i didnt.
So where are the pics of this neighbor who got banged? I want my five minutes back dammit! Your hatch looks slightly worse than mine and mine absorbed a full size chevy going about thirty five or so. I'm glad it was the front of his truck that hit me seeing what happened to yours.
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From: Australia, WA, Perth
I was going to follow my mom down to the shop to drop her car off. Backing out of my driveway and boom. i was looking right and she was looking left. both of us weren't paying attention. Her truck was fine, bent bumper, cracked tail light and creased bed fender. Now my family is down two cars, but i still got my bike to get around.
Get the cf hatch, i think it looks great on silver fits 
creates that contrast.On the upside, if the "girl next door" is "the girl next door" maybe you could ask her to drive you around in that truck of her
.But if shes an old tranny then BL for you bro. LOL
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From: Australia, WA, Perth
Hmmm... Im not sure how hey.. But theoretically i would think it would be something like this.
You either call them up and say that you want to claim from an incident, then they'd want to repair your damaged goods with another stock parts, but i guess just give it a go and ask if you'd like to change the hatch into a carbon fibre hatch instead of stock? Tell them you'll pay for the extras of the cost of the cf hatch compared to the stock, but before that look around for the price of the normal hatch part (2nd hand or new) because you don't want to get ripped off by the insurance company. If this is too much hassle then.. just get your car fixed first, then mod it afterwards.
But then again... I'm a simpleton and i don't know if it's going to be that easy, or if your insurance will want to do complicated custom repair like this. Chances are slim but slim is better then none
Don't give up before you try right? hahaha Goodluck bro!
You either call them up and say that you want to claim from an incident, then they'd want to repair your damaged goods with another stock parts, but i guess just give it a go and ask if you'd like to change the hatch into a carbon fibre hatch instead of stock? Tell them you'll pay for the extras of the cost of the cf hatch compared to the stock, but before that look around for the price of the normal hatch part (2nd hand or new) because you don't want to get ripped off by the insurance company. If this is too much hassle then.. just get your car fixed first, then mod it afterwards.
But then again... I'm a simpleton and i don't know if it's going to be that easy, or if your insurance will want to do complicated custom repair like this. Chances are slim but slim is better then none
Don't give up before you try right? hahaha Goodluck bro!
took the car in today to get a estimate. found out the hatch was pushed into the frame and bent it in. got a estimate for repair, 7200. that a hell of a lot of money. i dont even think the car is worth that much anymore.
ooh and your safety expire this month too...
yeah when i got my hit and run it didnt even touch the hatch, only had it 3mos and tinted the car the day before, would you believe this is 3600$ damage?
yeah when i got my hit and run it didnt even touch the hatch, only had it 3mos and tinted the car the day before, would you believe this is 3600$ damage?