Upscale

Earlier today my girlfriend totally ****ed me and my car. I drift the car on the right in the picture so I'm not new to body damage but man this is messing with my head a bit.

We were on the interstate today with slick roads, mashed the brakes, the big body to away from her, spun out, tagged the pass. headlight area then bounced off and slammed the pass. QP.

No one else was involved in the accident so that leaves me screwed in totaling the car out. And I ****ed myself by not getting full coverage on it right away. I bought the car for $4600 not even a MONTH ago and now this once super clean low mileage LS now looks like ****. I love this car but man, is it worth fixing on my own dime? I can do most of the cutting and bagging out my self but damn this looks like a LOT of work. I'll probably have to replace the entire quarter panel.

What do you value this repair cost at? and would you attempt to fix it?

PureDrifter

iTrader: (10)

$5 says there's frame damage, tweaked the whole car methinks.

Sadly, while a (really) good bodyshop can fix it, if you're paying out of hand I think you're screwed. It will cost more to fix than what you paid for it.

Upscale

All of the doors open and close with out a problem and I don't see any buckling besides for in that QP but I guess it doesn't matter.

I could fix it myself but with amount of time it would take and the spare time I have I'll never get it done.

Lavrishevo

iTrader: (1)

Ouch. First off, does the girlfriend have full (collision) coverage on whatever car she drives? If so, it would cover her in your car. If not, then it would only be proper for her to help you fix it. Girlfriend or not, if she has some sense of responsibility it would be the right thing to do.

You said she "tagged the pass in the headlight area." There is front end damage as well? Considering that you own the car already and do love it I would go for fixing it. It sounds like you got a good deal on her. As long as the frame is not bent you can work on getting the parts yourself from salvage yards and then have a shop do the work.

Upscale

She does have full coverage on her car but she already totaled out one car and claiming this on her insurance, they'll probably drop her. We have a little boy on the way and he'll be here in 3 months so getting this sorted before them is essential. So from what it seems is that claiming it on her insurance might the way to go to getting this fixed promptly.

There is damage to the front as well. The head light, corner light, bumper, fender, and possibly the hood will have to be replaced.

Upscale

Here is the front end damage.


This is the car before yesterday.

Lavrishevo

iTrader: (1)

That's a tough decision to make. Her premiums will go up that is for sure and they will stay up for a while. If you get all the parts yourself you are probably looking between 3 - 5 grand. Whatever you decide, it might be a good idea to have her take a defensive driving course. Congratulations on your baby.

DriftGirl

iTrader: (6)

WTF?!? Theres no reason to have a one person accident unless you cant drive. Thats a lot of damage


Looks like "Drifting damage", but I'll go along with the grilfriend theme. Seems to be popular on CL (carnage in the GS section) today.

anywayz, teach her how to drive (or Drift ) a car if she's gonna be totting your new (congrats!) kid around town.

oh, about the car....Plasma cutter and a good welder

Upscale

I do and did not drift this car. That's what I have a designated drift car for.

Yes, my opinion is the same. She can not drive. She drives small sports cars. Sports cars are very different from this big body. The shear size of the car needs to be taken into consideration. She simply did not know what to do when this car went out of control.

I will have to gather all of my resources to get this thing back to where it was. If that's even possible.

mspearl95

she already totaled one car, then cracked up your new car? she needs to have her keys taken away.

Upscale

Well, for sure she will not be driving any of my cars ever again. I'll have her contact her insurance company Monday and we'll get this sorted out. I'm unsure if we'll have to have a police report or not.

Man this bloowwss

Upscale

I feel you, brother. Action need to be taken to insure that she is a safer driver for sure.

Joeb427

iTrader: (1)

Doesn't this claim come under your insurance because it's your car?

Upscale

The claim will come out of the drivers insurance.

Joeb427

iTrader: (1)

I don't believe that's the case in NJ.
Your car,your insurance no matter who was driving.Now with injuries,it may be different.
May be a state thing.