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Old 06-15-07, 07:48 AM
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Everyone is ok.
Old 06-15-07, 07:52 AM
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Ouch, sorry to see this. Glad no one was hurt.
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Oh man sorry to hear and see that. I'm glad everything is OK.
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Glad it was a minor hit. Is that water in the driver's side headlight?
Old 06-15-07, 07:57 AM
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Sorry about the accident... glad everybody is ok though.
Can you tell us what exactly happened? I hope im not to stupid for not knowing :P

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I was ready to see some heads roll til I noticed it was a younger girl. I did chew into her a bit, but I held back.

She was on the lane parallel to mine coming the other way. She was gonna make a left turn but the light was red for a few seconds already and she just kept going. When the light turned green for me... I wasn't at the light just yet and moved to the lane with no cars and was going through. The cars in the the middle and left lane had already started going and then WHAM!

The IS faired very well compared to her Suzuki SUV. The officer and the girl weren't able to get the car out of park so I had to move it for her.

Anyone have any opinions or experiences with AMEX insurance?
Old 06-15-07, 07:58 AM
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Originally Posted by WhatYaGot
Glad it was a minor hit. Is that water in the driver's side headlight?
Yea, its been super humid here lately and it started to condensate just a few minutes after the accident. After an hour it looked like that

I have the back of the covers drilled for the HID's but the other headlight is fine as far as condensation goes, so it most def. has to be because of the accident. They were both fine before.
Old 06-15-07, 08:29 AM
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Damn carlos...Sorry to see that. Glad everyone is ok though. Were you abale to salvage the H.I.D's? Hope you can get it fixed soon.
Old 06-15-07, 08:41 AM
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I'm glad to hear that everyone turned out o.k.

I hope you get your car fixed. I also hope that you do it with as little hassle as possible. Good thing a cop was there for documentation, which will help ease the progress of fixing your car.

Good luck!
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Was the young girl hot? Sorry to see the front of your car, eeks, look on the brite side at least u'll get two neww headlights rather than one! they will match. Put protection on them right away
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Originally Posted by lexem
Oh man sorry to hear and see that. I'm glad everything is OK.
+1. Yeah, sorry to see.
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Glad you are ok, and I guess she's clearly at fault.

That's why I'm always cautious when I'm coming up on a green light on a wide open lane when others in adjacent lanes are just starting to move. There might be a redlight runner or pedestrian that you aren't aware of as you are coming up on the intersection.

Same thing is true in reverse. I wouldn't push my luck on a yellow light if I saw that one of the lanes coming against me was wide open.

Did your airbags deploy?
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Originally Posted by iceman1117
Damn carlos...Sorry to see that. Glad everyone is ok though. Were you abale to salvage the H.I.D's? Hope you can get it fixed soon.
The HID's still work fine. I'm gonna take them out today so the body shop I take it too doesn't mess them up or anything.
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Originally Posted by ReLexin
Was the young girl hot? Sorry to see the front of your car, eeks, look on the brite side at least u'll get two neww headlights rather than one! they will match. Put protection on them right away
LOL... yea she actually was kinda cute. Too bad I was with my g/f

The headlights are still in like new condition so it wouldn't of mattered if they only replaced one... but with the condensation... they sure as hell better replace both.
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Originally Posted by sirkfc
Glad you are ok, and I guess she's clearly at fault.

That's why I'm always cautious when I'm coming up on a green light on a wide open lane when others in adjacent lanes are just starting to move. There might be a redlight runner or pedestrian that you aren't aware of as you are coming up on the intersection.

Same thing is true in reverse. I wouldn't push my luck on a yellow light if I saw that one of the lanes coming against me was wide open.

Did your airbags deploy?
Nope, no airbags deployed.

If i would of seen it coming... I would of definitely tried to avoid it. Hell, at least I was able to slam on the brakes right before to lessen the impact and thank god I was going well below the speed limit. It would of been a lot worse at 40mph.

A pedestrian would of been more visible (if they were walking within the indicated area).

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