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Today was a sad day. Got rear ended in my brand new LS
Well i woke up today and decided it would be a good day to get some work done on my newly acquired LS400. I had intent to replace the Sway Bar Bushings and do a PS Fluid Flush. Went out to get a coffee and while sitting at a Red Light got rear ended by a guy not paying attention in a Big Dodge Pickup Truck. He tried to miss me by driving over the curb and ended up smashing my back corner.
Here are some pics of the damage:
Its really unfortunate because I spent a fair bit of money and a lot of hours working on this thing since i got it. Front Suspension all brand new, control arms, stabilizer links, ball joints, struts and coil springs, brakes all around, got the windows tinted headlights changed to 5000k, timing belt, brand new tires, plugs, coil packs and wires, etc. The list goes on and on. I think the insurance company might end up writing it off. The damage will come out to more than the car is worth.
What do you guys think? How should I go about fixing it / fighting it?
it sounds like mine, I done all that plus engine & tranny mounts, VC gaskets & sparkplugs, I got a 1900+ check and considered it payment for my work, sort of pulled my front fender dent out with my plunger and kept on driving it...
The sucky thing is the car is totalled in the eyes of an insurance company. If you're a good driver with spare funds you might as well carry liability-only with these cars.
In your situation -- depending on how deep you're invested (it looks like you are fairly deep), your best bet may be to take the pay-off, fix it properly and deal with a rebuilt title.
Sorry to hear about this... it is a shame we spend so much time, energy and money to get our cars just like we want, and them some bozo comes and ruins it.
I hope you can get the funds, keep the car and get it repaired.
I ended up going to the collision repair shop today. He said it is easily fixable but its gonna cost between $2500 and $3000 to fix. He was legit sickened by how nice the car was and how well kept it was. he wants me to pull out invoices from the parts ive installed, take lots of pictures and convince the insurance thats worth the money to fix it
To fix it right it needs a complete paint job. And only a high end polyurethane, no water paint.
Finally got it in for a good estimate. its been sent off to the insurance company. The Estimator took pictures of everything from all the new parts I installed to underneath the car. He even pulled the carpet to see how clean the floorboards were. The thing is mint, no rust on the body anywhere. Because it was going through insurance he wasn't allowed to tell me the exact numbers, but told me approximately $3400 in damages. He said the car is mint, drives mint and is definitely worth fixing, and if it comes down to it will go to town with insurance on how clean it is to avoid it being a write off.
I have a chance still. Trunk is perfect still. Needs a bumper and taillight. He claims the quarter can be fixed up, and then obviously repainting. He has hope the insurance will go through with fixing it.
I still loose sleep over it at night, it bothers me every second of the day that in the end it could be a write off. And even if it is, i might still keep the car, proceed to fix it myself and see if the guy who hit me would be willing to pay a bit out of pocket. He's a retired police officer and genuinely feels really bad about the accident.
Just gonna have to wait and see, keeping my fingers crossed.
Finally got it in for a good estimate. its been sent off to the insurance company. The Estimator took pictures of everything from all the new parts I installed to underneath the car. He even pulled the carpet to see how clean the floorboards were. The thing is mint, no rust on the body anywhere. Because it was going through insurance he wasn't allowed to tell me the exact numbers, but told me approximately $3400 in damages. He said the car is mint, drives mint and is definitely worth fixing, and if it comes down to it will go to town with insurance on how clean it is to avoid it being a write off.
I have a chance still. Trunk is perfect still. Needs a bumper and taillight. He claims the quarter can be fixed up, and then obviously repainting. He has hope the insurance will go through with fixing it.
I still loose sleep over it at night, it bothers me every second of the day that in the end it could be a write off. And even if it is, i might still keep the car, proceed to fix it myself and see if the guy who hit me would be willing to pay a bit out of pocket. He's a retired police officer and genuinely feels really bad about the accident.
Just gonna have to wait and see, keeping my fingers crossed.
I'm sure there's a bunch of us here feeling for you, I've never had this happen but I'd be feeling the same about now. Hopefully insurance comes through, I'd love to see a happy ending.
I'm sure there's a bunch of us here feeling for you, I've never had this happen but I'd be feeling the same about now. Hopefully insurance comes through, I'd love to see a happy ending.
Well I got a phone call early this morning from not only the body shop but the insurance company. After carefully looking at pictures from the rest of the car and seeing how clean and nice of a car it was, they approved the quote for the body shop to get started. A new bumper and taillight is on order. So far so good, knock on wood it stays that way.
Well I got a phone call early this morning from not only the body shop but the insurance company. After carefully looking at pictures from the rest of the car and seeing how clean and nice of a car it was, they approved the quote for the body shop to get started. A new bumper and taillight is on order. So far so good, knock on wood it stays that way.
Congratulations, fantastic news! I'm sure that's a huge relief to you.
08-13-17, 07:16 PM
Today was a sad day. Got rear ended in my brand new LS
