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Originally Posted by JLUDE,Aug 25 2010, 11:05 AM
I hope you called the cops.
Any good cop should cite the person who hit you for reckless driving or at the very least failure to control the vehicle. If you do not involve the cops you can get royally screwed if the insurance information ends up being faulty and they give you a fake phone number (I know someone who had this happen to them!) Also when the person at fault gets an expensive ticket it will teach them an actual lesson....to pay f*^%ing attention!
Any good cop should cite the person who hit you for reckless driving or at the very least failure to control the vehicle. If you do not involve the cops you can get royally screwed if the insurance information ends up being faulty and they give you a fake phone number (I know someone who had this happen to them!) Also when the person at fault gets an expensive ticket it will teach them an actual lesson....to pay f*^%ing attention!
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Dude accidents happen and anything has the potential to get fixed. No need to freak out, just deal with insurance and it should be good as new, anyways if someone rear ended me I would not care about depresiation(spell check) cause this is my car for ever.
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Originally Posted by rob-2,Aug 25 2010, 08:51 AM
You cannot get money for the 'loss' of depression unless you sell the car right away and prove it sold for less then it would have without an accident on it's record.
Anyone who get's angry is foolish. PLay it cool, get their insurance info and deal with them between your company and theirs. Make sure everything is restored to pre-accident condition.
Talk like yours is just childish. Regret it forever? It's an accident. Regretting something forever is if they kill someone when they hit you. The rest is just 'the cost of driving on public roads'.
Anyone who get's angry is foolish. PLay it cool, get their insurance info and deal with them between your company and theirs. Make sure everything is restored to pre-accident condition.
Talk like yours is just childish. Regret it forever? It's an accident. Regretting something forever is if they kill someone when they hit you. The rest is just 'the cost of driving on public roads'.
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Yeah I called the cops, she kept telling me not to and she wanted to pay out of her pocket when she drove a got damn oldmobile.... smh FAIL
Idk if her insurance will pay for a new exhaust or not, but I am taking it next Wednsday to get an estimate and then have it repaired
Idk if her insurance will pay for a new exhaust or not, but I am taking it next Wednsday to get an estimate and then have it repaired
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Originally Posted by rob-2,Aug 25 2010, 12:08 PM
Depending on the county, many cops don't show unless their was an injury.
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Originally Posted by J2Tec3,Aug 26 2010, 06:14 AM
Yeah I called the cops, she kept telling me not to and she wanted to pay out of her pocket when she drove a got damn oldmobile.... smh FAIL
Idk if her insurance will pay for a new exhaust or not, but I am taking it next Wednsday to get an estimate and then have it repaired
Idk if her insurance will pay for a new exhaust or not, but I am taking it next Wednsday to get an estimate and then have it repaired
It wouldn't have come up as a salvage title.
Now if you try to sell it you will not have a clean title.
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Originally Posted by JLUDE,Aug 26 2010, 06:19 AM
What state is that in? In many East Coast states insurance companies will screw you if you do not have a police report! The police report is proof that the accident happened where you say it did and not in your own driveway. It will also state who was responsible for the accident (at fault).
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Originally Posted by Logan90,Aug 26 2010, 09:51 AM
You should have let her pay out of pocket.
It wouldn't have come up as a salvage title.
Now if you try to sell it you will not have a clean title.
It wouldn't have come up as a salvage title.
Now if you try to sell it you will not have a clean title.
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Childish talk or not lets be realistic. You have a vehicle that has never been wrecked before. It is in pristine condition. Someone rear ends your car (something that could have been avoided as more than 2/3 of all vehicle accidents are due to driver error.) and somehow its not their fault? Lets get off our high horses just a second. You mean to tell me you would not be upset that someone just ruined the value of your vehicle forever due to inability to pay attention to the road? I did not purchase a wrecked car. If it had been wrecked before and i purchased it that way i would be more understanding. However i did not.
Softened Ball joints, stripped axles, and warped rims are also factors that do not exactly get ruined right away from a accident as well. Who will compensate me for those issues a few months down the road? Yes i would make them regret it. Everytime they see their insurance spike they will remember that they should pay attention to the road. I could understand failure to yield at a stop light for a right turn, running a red due to bad timing, failure to recognize a right away. Those are simple mistakes however failure to look at the car in front of you? How would you justify that? What part of pay attention to the road do people not understand?
Softened Ball joints, stripped axles, and warped rims are also factors that do not exactly get ruined right away from a accident as well. Who will compensate me for those issues a few months down the road? Yes i would make them regret it. Everytime they see their insurance spike they will remember that they should pay attention to the road. I could understand failure to yield at a stop light for a right turn, running a red due to bad timing, failure to recognize a right away. Those are simple mistakes however failure to look at the car in front of you? How would you justify that? What part of pay attention to the road do people not understand?
