Our first drive on our brand new fit sport we got yesterday. We took our brand new fit sport for a drive yesterday on 101E.

We were on our left lane passing a camry (we were driving at 60 and camry was at 50 or so). Minutes later he moved to left lane and was tailgating us. So we moved to right lane with indicators on to let him pass us. The other driver without indicators tried to move to right and hit us on the rear. We were pushed to the other lane and it was scary (driving at 60mph). Thankfully, there wasnt anyone on the other lane and we managed to get the car under control before we hit anything on the shoulder. We had our little one in our car and it was scary.

We managed to note down the vehicle number but he flew away without stopping. We had to chase him to note it down. Case is filed with police. I dont think we would be able to get his insurance to pay for this one (Police said if he denies this accident and they couldnt see any damage on his car, nothing can be done).

Its freaking me out, though I am thankful everyone one is safe. Ream bumper is damaged and needs replacement i think. We have a deductible on our insurance and we dont want this to appear on carfax. So we are going to fix it ourselves. Here is the pic of damage.





He should have paid attention to our indicator signal and he is supposed to use his indicators before changing lanes

How much would this cost us?

 

That sucks big time. If I am not mistake, doesn't New Hampshire NOT require you to have insurance?

FWIW, after 3 days of owning my Fit, someone smashed out my window (but took nothing) and then Safelite damaged my door installing the new glass so my Fit had to go to the body shop for 3 days.

 

I believe you should just have to pay your deductible, and your insurance company will handle the rest, your premiums will go up though.

If you can get the other guy to give up his insurance info then you shouldn't have to pay jack.

 

Since the damage isnt anything serious and assuming its going to cost a few hundred dollars, I am thinking to get it done locally. I would prefer to pay a few hundreds to fix it rather than to get it to carfax (insurance reporting it to carfax) and lose a few thousands in depreciation.

Incident apart, I just love this car. I drove for a couple of hours yday (I didnt drive during the accident) and am liking the way it handles. Glad I upgraded to a sport instead of base. lol..I still havent gotten out of my first new car excitement and my car needs a visit to body shop

 

I suggest that you visit the dealer where you bought your Fit, and discuss pricing of a replacement, painted, rear bumper cover. They might give you a good price out of your "customer loyalty".

A couple of years ago, the passenger side "side skirt" (rocker panel extension) on my '09 Sport got smashed by a boulder rolling down into the road and into my Fit. I bought new clips on eBay, and got the new, painted side skirt for about $89.00 from my local Honda dealer, and I didn't even buy the car there. Fixing your brand new Fit might be nearly as inexpensive as that, depending on the "good will" and sympathy that your dealer might be willing to extend to you. A new bumper cover would be very easy to snap back onto the car with the necessary clips, so be sure to ask for the clips if you wind up ordering the bumper cover.

Congratulations on staying safe during the emergency nature of the hit & run episode.

 

Hi,

I happened to have a almost like new Rear Bumper Taffeta White that I want to sell
for just $350 local pickup in CA or I can shipped it to your address for $550.

I replace them because I upgrade to JDM RS Rear Bumper, so nothing wrong with my bumper.

I had complete explanation on my advertising on how you will be cheaper if you buy
the rear bumper from me instead of buying new unpainted one from dealer and end up painting it.
(US Dealer do NOT sell any PAINTED rear bumper, so you have to buy unpainted one and painted yourself).

Plus my bumper came from my relatively new car (only 2,350miles on it) so it is painted at Honda factory in Japan,
which mean better quality paint too. (our US Honda Fit is the only Honda car sold in US that is still Made In Japan )

if you are interested please contact me via PM.

Here is the link to my classified/advertisement for this bumper on fitfreak.net,
it contain a complete explanation and detailed cost breakdown too:
https://www.fitfreak.net/forums/2nd-...eta-white.html

anyway, I think it will be better if I just copy and paste my advertisement here so you can read it easier:
Hello,

I want to sell my REAR Bumper.
The Color is Taffeta White, came from my 2013 Honda Fit Sport.
The car had around 2,350 miles when I took it off today ! (June 10'2013)
so this bumper is in LIKE NEW Condition, no scratch.
well, there is some tiny tiny spec of black dot at the right side of the bumper,
tinier than sands, so tiny that I could not take pictures of it,...
it probably came from some asphalt stick, I think you can buff it out using wax,
I just don't have the wax to do it right now,
but it is so tiny that I could NOT take pictures of it with the camera.

The reason why I sell this rear bumper is because I replace it with a JDM RS Rear Bumper,
so there is nothing wrong with this bumper


I am going to sell it this bumper together
with the Lower Left and Right Rear Bumper Spoiler,
and the tow hook bumper cover.

This is the Part# and Their price if you bought them from Bernardi Parts:
1. Rear Bumper (UNPAINTED) Part# 04715-TK6-A91ZZ, Price: $152.13

2. Tow Hook Cover (Taffeta White) Part# 71504-TK6-A00ZC, Price: $8.02

3. Left Lower Rear Spoiler (Taffeta White) Part#71507-TK6-A01ZC,
Price: $46.32

4. Right Lower Rear Spoiler (Taffeta White) Part#71502-TK6-A01ZC,
Price: $46.32

so if you bought them Brand New from Bernardi Honda,
they will cost you: $252,79 but don't forget,
the Rear Bumper is in UNPAINTED Condition.
and that Bernardi Honda Price is not include shipping and HANDLING cost from them.

Shipping from Bernardi might range from $100 to $250 more, depend on your location,

Painting at regular body shop will be around $400 to $500 more so after painting, and shipping,

Your total cost would be around $750 to $1000 !!! (depend on your location/shipping cost and the body shop cost)...

and remember that the painting at any body shop (no matter how good the body shop is)
still mean it is NOT original painting done by Honda Factory.

On the other hand,
I want to sell my complete Rear Bumper already painted by the Honda Factory in Taffeta White and including the Left & Right Rear Lower Spoiler, and the Bumper Tow Hook Cover,
for just $350 !!! (local pick up).
I am located in Anaheim, CA 92802.

Yes, mine is USED bumper but it is really in LIKE NEW condition.
If someone want me to ship, I will packed it and shipped it for you but buyer pay the shipping cost.

Here is the latest picture that I took of my bumper TODAY (June 10'2013).

Thank You.














































Thanks

 

Wow. Thank goodness no one was injured and that it's just a bumper. Bummer that it was on such a new car. I'm beginning to think we need dashboard cams like they have in Russia.

 

Your premiums aren't supposed to go up unless it's determined that it's your fault. Kind of hard to establish your guilt if someone hit you from the rear.

I wouldn't take the cops' word for it about establishing guilt, you witnessed an accident and wrote down the license plate and have damage to your car, and paint transfer. Cops are often pretty good about trying to avoid paperwork but you can try very hard to press charges for hit-and-run, which is a pretty serious crime.

 

I don't know at what point Carfax gets reported because Ive had a number of incidence in the past with multiple cars Ive owned and none of them ever was reported to Carfax. None of them were my fault none the less but i still never saw it come up in Carfax.

Edit: it turns out it only gets put on Carfax if police report was filed as a TA and the DMV puts it on there. My previous incidences were without police reports since they were rear enders and one was parked when it was hit so no police was involved. Im still not sure of the details...

 

Wow that fucking sucks.
I hate stupid drivers like that endangering your little one with their stupidity.
I’m glad you guys are okay.


The damage isn’t bad.
You can order a new bumper I don’t know if they come painted or not but it should be like $500ish installed?

Or buy the one mentioned earlier it looks in great condition.

 

So sorry to hear this. Unfortunately some people see a Honda passing them and they can't tolerate it. Stupid but it happens. Just glad that everyone is OK - the used bumper above looks like it is in great condition. Hope you get your Fit restored back to new again. Just watch out for other stupid drivers.

 

Yea give the info to your insurance company they may be able to light a fire under the cops or get the other drivers info themselves.

The only good news is that the majority of the black looks like paint transfer from the other car. If it is, and not you bumper scraped down to the black undercoat, most of that black can be removed by compounding and or buffing.

But wait awhile to try removing it so any claim adjuster can see the damage.

 

A little sanding, cans of primer and Taffy white and you are repaired.


Before



After

 

People are A holes these days. Only care about themselves, and getting out of owning up to things.

 

It seems you have listed about 3 consecutive driving errors. You passed a Camry going 10 mph faster than him. At that speed difference you should have been way ahead of him in no time. However, minutes later, you should have completed the pass yet are still driving in the left passing lane and the Camry would have accelerated to catch up to you.

The Camry tried tailgating to get you to move over to pass you legally instead of an illegal right lane overtake. So you "moved over to the right lane with indicators". Does that mean you first signalled your intent, then looked in the rear view mirror and glanced at your blind spot before changing lanes? Or did you flick the blinker on as you were turning your steering wheel? It sounds to me like the Camry might have given up hoping you would move over and decided to accelerate and pass you on the right at which time you changed lanes and he struck you.

Anyway, I wasn't there but before you give your version to the police or insurance, I'd think long and hard about what happened because certain errors really jumped out at me with the version you posted. However, the Camry driver was very much at fault for rapidly accelerating to make up for all the lost ground of minutes of driving 10mph less than you, tailgating and attempting a right lane overtake (if that's really what happened). To make things worse, he criminally fled the cite of a near horrible crash.

I don't know where you live but I live in the city and idiots are always backing into and scraping my bumpers trying to park their ford F150 into a spot that even a Fiat 500 couldn't fit in. If that's the case, I might try and fix it on the cheap and try and live with it for a few years, then you could replace the bumper once it gets ugly. Your bumper looks like it would look close to original with some touch up paint. Not perfect but not too noticeable.

 

Man, that paint job looks amazing! You did that with a spray can? My front under spoiler is starting to look nicked up from stone chips, I'm tempted to do some sanding and trying to paint it using your technique. My color is Alabaster silver, I dunno if it would turn out as nice as your taffy white; I don't know this for a fact but I suspect paint matching (or mismatching) is more obvious with silver than white.

 

Ah

Here in SF if I see a Camry I always assume the worst of the driver.

Sorry to hear that but glad everyone was ok. Bumper repair and repaint is usually ~$500. Probably worth it to just buy Alpina's bumper

 

Our local body shop gave us a quote for $275 (if paid by cash) and said it could be repaired. To us, it seemed like it had two holes but he said that could be repaired and isnt major. Phew.....nothing goes to car fax and its less than our deductible even if we go thru our insurance.

Thanks all. I might get tinting done. Door visors, center arm console (and everything else) should wait.

 

Wow $275 is a VERY GOOD PRICE for repairing
In California they will not do it for that price (even if we pay in cash )
Make sure they paint the whole bumper (or at least half bumper above the diffuser) so the paint will match, because if they just paint the area that got hit, sooner or later (after SUN shine on the bumper for few months),
the color will be different...

Thanks for the PM also

 

My husband drove the car and he could have provided a better narration. he did say that he was really surprised to see the camry pick up speed all of a sudden and moving to our lane. I am sure he signals his intent and checks his mirrors and over the shoulder before changing lanes. Doesn't use signals and steering wheel at the same time. He checks his rear mirror frequently and doesn't stay on left unnecessarily. I would consider him a safe driver.

In fact, there was no traffic and we both were the only ones on the freeway. Why the other guy picked up speed and moved to our lane when his lane wasn't even blocked (and could have continued on the same lane increasing his speed) is something I don't understand.

He hit us took the next exit (within a short distance) and drove at top speed escaping the scene.