The accident at 2am this morning

[skaffy03]

Hey all, just thought I'd share me endeavors of last night with all of you. I was parked in my lane at a stop light when a drunk guy took a turn way too wide and hit me head on.

The ******* then tried to say he will just pay it, as long as I don't call the cops or involve insurance. That just made me type 911 faster!

He was then arrested and charged with DUI. I got to watch my baby get towed away...

 

[Gzes]

Ouch did it hurt the frame at all? It doesnt look like much but did the door get misaligned or hit the fender? Might be totalled if it hit the frame

 

[Chevrolado]

Aww bummer! I had a guy hit me once and say the "lets not go the insurance route" and then when I gave him the shop estimate on cost of repair, he had the nerve to say "I can pay for most of it, but could you help me and cover some too?" HAH. No sir.

Hopefully you get the thing back up and fixed and it didn't hurt the frame at all. Best of luck to you.

 

[dropmech]

Hopefully you ended up ok. Sorry to see though. Looks like it can be fixed.

 

[NathanJax]

Wow. Crazy story. At least it's fixable. Perfect time to get an HD hood, the bumper you want, etc.

 

[skaffy03]

It's been raining and I haven't been able to crawl under and see the extent of the damage. From what I'm seeing though, I don't think there is frame damage. The things are tanks!

 

[Wake]

Ouch, that really sucks.

The one thing I'll never give anyone a break on is drunk driving, hopefully they nail him good.

And now I'm not so inclined anymore even with a simple fender bender. The last time it was me getting rear ended at a red turn arrow in my Corvette. The guy in an SUV behind me was playing with his phone and thought the light turned green. I agreed his no cops request and got his insurance information. Initially he wouldn't cooperate with the insurance company which made things much harder. The insurance company even tried to cast some doubt on if I had hit him by being in reverse.

Eventually I won out but it makes me a lot more skeptical.

 

[popo8]

That sucks... Glad ur ok. And hope the trucks an easy fix


Larry (Popo8) Co-owner
LTXtech.com

 

[skaffy03]

The only problem is that I may have to wait on a new tire. It got gouged from the bumper...

 

[Midcont]

Always get the police report no matter how minor. If they don't want to deal with insurance you can decide that later. If they flake on you though, the police report is the only leg you'll have to stand on.