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[honda_bar]

WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON IN 2VILLE!!!! WERE DROPPING LIKE FLIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Christian, you should still come out. Can someone pick him up? I'm still coming, I'm going to ride with someone Post pics if you got em..

[Davis]

Gosh dammit all, sorry to hear guys.

oh and the chick is allllll the way in the IE, she works at Victoria Gardens. Awesome mall may I add.

EDIT: I forgot I have a pic of my stall at work.

[masagsxr]

Originally Posted by honda_bar

tin that sucks... stupid people

POST ACCIDENT UPDATE - DAY 5

Ok after fighting the people who had my car on friday (long story!) and not getting it... I went back to try again today they wanted to charge me 700+ dollars to get my car out [$300 storage, 235 towing (1 mile btw) and the rest fees and taxes!] I was naturally pissed and asked to talk to the manager. He was gone for the day they said....it was 1:50pm. So I told em I was going to talk to the guys insurance company and see what they could do. As I was walking back to the car to get the info, my phone rang. It was the guys adjuster who told me he had come on friday to look at the car. I explained how they were trying to RAPE RAPE RAPE me on charges and he told me to file a complaint with BAR (Bureau of Automotive Repair) and AAA. Then the lady comes that I was fighting with at the shop comes out and finds me to tell me that the boss is here. I went to talk to him and he said to 'wait and see what the insurance company is going to do, if they don't cover you, then I will charge you the 150 for the 3 days' <---- that is fair so I said thanks and I was on my way...

Now the guy that called whom came to do an estimate on my car said that they would declare it a total loss and said that without even checking it machanically, the cost is 4000-5000 bucks. He wasn't able to tell me what he thought it was worth but told me that it costs you 15% of the value to buy it back... So lets say my car (and I think it is) is worth 5500 (according to similar cars HT,NA etc....) that would be about $825 for my car back. This would assume that they would say 'Yeah Colin your positively right! your car is worth that much! Here you go!) but that is a uphill battle that might not even be fought...

Bottom line is that I'm still waiting... and a 1% chance that insurance will be involved... So in light of that, I'm leaning towards a civil suit.

First off, I already had a feeling where this was going when you said your car was at a tow yard. I didn't think it was that bad for the car to get towed. Yup, tow yards are daym rip offs. Sorry you hare having this Colin. I hope the other insurance company takes care of this for you. Every day that damn meter is going up and thats how tow companies make the most of thier $$$.

I guess its really up to you if you want them to declare it total. That means your will have a salvage title. On the bright side, you can buy the car back really cheap plus you have about $4K in your pocket. That will sure go a long ways with the car of what you have planned (paint job, swap etc...) I would start compiling history tho just in case you want to sell it in the future and you can show that buyer exactly what happened which is really just minor.

Originally Posted by Cjung

well yea like i said in the trot thread my car got into an accidnet... it was my fault for drivin fast on the 55 to 405 ramp

the good thing is im perfectly fine and there was no other cars involved

the bad... my car is gone... (im kinda exaggerating here but for me it is cuz the frame looks damged)

ill post pics when i have time during the week

Daym Christian, you trying to race someone or something? Well glad you are ok. What are your plans now? Do you have full coverage at all? If so, have the insurance fix the car. It will be on your record anyway so no matter what your insurance will go up. Might as well take advantage of what you've been paying for.

[masagsxr]

Originally Posted by Davis

Gosh dammit all, sorry to hear guys.

oh and the chick is allllll the way in the IE, she works at Victoria Gardens. Awesome mall may I add.

EDIT: I forgot I have a pic of my stall at work.

Where's the car? daym I guess you are not busy thats why you got yelled at for doing too much overtime hehehehehe

[masagsxr]

Woot woot.... Here they are and will install it this weekend. I have a Tein SS thats been sitting around for a long time. They are brand spanking new and never used. Little bro used to have a red mr2 that didn't last long and we never got a chance to install it.

This will get me busy for about 2 hours

[Davis]

Teins??? Aww come on Mixxer!!, put some quality springs with the quality struts!!! and have fun busting those gland nuts loose >_<

Don't I have a badass litte toolbox or what?

[masagsxr]

I didn't want to put the Teins but i cant sell it so might as well use em. I really wanted to use the Eibachs but oh well... This is good for now

What are you talking about toolbox? I think I got everything I need. I have a 400-700lbs impact gun and a 150psi compressor .... My 200pcs craftsman came a long long long long long way trust me.... You dont need to have a badass toolbox to be a good mechanic

[Davis]

But b-b-b-but, I'm talking about my cute little toolbox!!!

[Ben]

Originally Posted by Davis

Gosh dammit all, sorry to hear guys.

oh and the chick is allllll the way in the IE, she works at Victoria Gardens. Awesome mall may I add.

EDIT: I forgot I have a pic of my stall at work.

You have your own stall already?! Cute box

[masagsxr]

aaahhhh.... anything in it?

[Davis]

Originally Posted by Ben

You have your own stall already?! Cute box

Yeppp, the guy that had it before me just quit. When I was on lunch, he came and got his stuff so when I came back it was empty, so I rolled my tool box there and my master tech was dying (he has the stall to the left and and oddly enough, the tech working to the right of me is my teachers son haha).

[masagsxr]

wow.. just quit like that? hhmmmm Well soak verything you can while you are out there and you'll soon be a master tech

If you want more experience, you are more than welcome to work on my car(s). I got 6 here sitting in the driveway (mom's, bros and 2 of mine) You can work on my track bike too hehehehe

[masagsxr]

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[Cjung]

ill post pics as soon as im done w/ midterms...
ah i miss my 2 alrdy
i was gonna tell my tale when i was gonna post pics but ill just say it right now

i was taking the ramp of 405 from the 55 southbound and i guess i was goin a bit fast
when i finally realize the cars infront were all stopping i pushd on the brakes
then my brakes lockd... since i didnt want to hit the van infront of me i turn left forcing me to go out the road.
because there was a ditch there... my car was in the air for like split second... and the it hit the ground hard...
once on the ground i couldnt feel the brakes so i pulld on the ebrake fast and through that process i was hitting the rail on my left and finally i stop.

since there was no other cars involved, the insurance will not take my car away since they dont know about this event, cept the fact i towed my car for having 2 flat tires

atm my car is kept at my mechanic place while i ponder what to do.

[masagsxr]

aaaahhhh.... not exactly sure if its good or bad not reporting it right away. I remember a while back when I had an accident, I called right away but then I had many options. I thought it was good because they had a record of "same day" of accident. Then they asked me its up to me what I want to do "fix myself" or "go with insurance" and at least they have it on record as pending until I made my decision.. I guess its pretty straight forward from there. As most, I have a 500 deductable. Fixing myself will cost me less, going through insurance, I will still have to pay 500 deductable plus my insurance will go up... So I ended up fixing it myself.

My point is, I guess you might get a hard time trying to claim something that happen in the past and just called to report it a few days/weeks/months later....

[Cjung]

yea... but my insurance only covers damages done by my car... (is that call liability only?)
so i know for sure insurance would not give me any sort of money even if i do report it... thats why i just chose not to and figure this out myself....

i think imma just use my car as a parts car and get another mr2... but im not too sure yet
i could kinda fix it but then again the frame looks damaged... and for sure i would not b able to afford to fix that long scratch (it will be more obvious when i post up the pics)

[Mark_Dorman]

Well...do you have comprehensive insurance? If so it might be worth it to file a police report about the accident and blame it on an animal or something and take the insurance money for it and pay your deductible...

Yes Davis...the box is cute and the stall is sweet! Lovin' it...

[Cjung]

lol... i dont think they will buy it when i say there was a deer in the middle of the onramp
and it was very trafficy

[masagsxr]

Yeah if you have liability then i guess you are pretty screwed. It will cost you way more to fix it than to buy another.... My little bro had one before, spun, hit the sidewalk pretty hard and still decided to fix it. There is a shop here in Norwalk that straightens the frame, I think he paid 1200. Good thing that was it. No body damage or anything but the rear axle/rod broke so i think he spent about 1600 for the whole thing. Then another accident later.. and that one pretty much totalled it... Oh well... he was a kid so what can i say....... He learned from it tho and now driving a GS300

Yeah Chris.. make it a parts car then i'm pretty sure you can sell the clip like that one guy for 300 (front clip) then another 300 rear clip

[Mark_Dorman]

^Oh well...so do you have comprehensive? It still may be worth it to take the hit and get money from it so you can get another car...