Crashed GS
08-15-06, 04:38 PM
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Crashed GS
First, let me say everyone came out unhurt, no injuries.
I am pissed though. My wife crashed the GS tonight. Plus, she got the ticket. Plus she hit a Porsche Cayenne. Car is only 2 months old and it's crashed. I'm just pissed. Feels stupid to post pics but everyone else does it. I guess it's therapy....but I'm still pissed.
I am pissed though. My wife crashed the GS tonight. Plus, she got the ticket. Plus she hit a Porsche Cayenne. Car is only 2 months old and it's crashed. I'm just pissed. Feels stupid to post pics but everyone else does it. I guess it's therapy....but I'm still pissed.
08-15-06, 05:14 PM
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Ouch. Freakin' ouch. That's terrible. I know how it feels when someone else drives your car and it gets damaged... definitely not to that degree, though. What are you planning to do? Hope everything works out.
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08-15-06, 09:00 PM
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Hes not gettin a new car with that kind of damage. Thats totally repairable. Doesnt even seem to have any frame damage. No doubt it will be fixed. I suggest you use a lexus dealer body shop and no less to fix it. Sorry to hear about the accident, good thing no one got hurt. Post pics of it put back together all shining like new again!
08-15-06, 09:38 PM
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That crash looks almost identical to one I had in May. The damage looks superficial to me. In my case they replaced the hood, the front bumper+foam and upper grill, repaired the fender, the metal crass beam inside and replaced the entire light assembly on the left hand side and painted the whole area. They kept the original parking sensors. They told me they couldn't repair the hood because it was completely made from Aluminium and they didn't know how (this in Kuwait). There was no mechanical damage (radiator OK, chasis ok, inner bumper ok, no broken pipes or fluid containers.
I also went into the back of an SUV - with one of those nasty eye-hook towing clamps - that went right through the high-beam light assembly. I'm pretty sure your airbags did not deploy as the driver was likely already hard on the brakes when it hit.
I have to say that I was impressed with the strength of the car. The inner bumper is very strong and was scratched but not deformed. It badly damaged the back of the Toyota Land Cruiser I hit and completely took out his exhaust. In the end the cost of repair on his vehicle was a few hundred dollars higher than mine.
For comparison's sake - it cost my insurance US$ 3,234, and his US$ 3,500.
But seriously - it's not so bad - since they will replace most of the damaged parts it's like getting part of your car renewed
. Just make sure it's done properly; in my case they did a ****-poor job of painting the car - there was actually sand in the paint, they scratched the rear bumper while they had the car, they didn't align the new light assembly when it was installed, and they gave me the car back with the old bumper cover (which was cracked) and rattling door trim. Needless to say I threw a fit and refused to take the car until they repainted it and solved all my problems.
Good luck!
I also went into the back of an SUV - with one of those nasty eye-hook towing clamps - that went right through the high-beam light assembly. I'm pretty sure your airbags did not deploy as the driver was likely already hard on the brakes when it hit.
I have to say that I was impressed with the strength of the car. The inner bumper is very strong and was scratched but not deformed. It badly damaged the back of the Toyota Land Cruiser I hit and completely took out his exhaust. In the end the cost of repair on his vehicle was a few hundred dollars higher than mine.
For comparison's sake - it cost my insurance US$ 3,234, and his US$ 3,500.
But seriously - it's not so bad - since they will replace most of the damaged parts it's like getting part of your car renewed
. Just make sure it's done properly; in my case they did a ****-poor job of painting the car - there was actually sand in the paint, they scratched the rear bumper while they had the car, they didn't align the new light assembly when it was installed, and they gave me the car back with the old bumper cover (which was cracked) and rattling door trim. Needless to say I threw a fit and refused to take the car until they repainted it and solved all my problems.Good luck!
08-16-06, 10:37 AM
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Hes not gettin a new car with that kind of damage. Thats totally repairable. Doesnt even seem to have any frame damage. No doubt it will be fixed. I suggest you use a lexus dealer body shop and no less to fix it. Sorry to hear about the accident, good thing no one got hurt. Post pics of it put back together all shining like new again!
08-16-06, 11:21 AM
#15
OH! sorry to hear it and like everyone else said, at least everyone is OK.... Did airbags deploy? just curious... I hope everything turns out well for you! best of luck...
On another note, you should run it into the wall a couple times and make it a total loss and get the 350!!! ( I do not condone insurance fraud in any way btw... )
On another note, you should run it into the wall a couple times and make it a total loss and get the 350!!! ( I do not condone insurance fraud in any way btw... )