I just bought my 97' 3.0 a few weeks ago with money I had saved up, which is hard to do since I'm in college. I'm waiting at a green light to turn and a guy blazes past 2 red lights and hits my entire front body off. Thank god it was only cosmetic damage. My baby is hurt and I feel lost. I had a witness riding shotgun with me and we chased down the guy until we got his license plate information. I filed a police report and they said they will contact him and "investigate" it. My insurance won't cover anything since I only have liability. What should i do? Should I replace the entire front of the body out-of-pocket and wait to see if they even catch this guy?

I want to cry. I love her.

 

post some pics please....

 

lets start with that.

 

Main reason why I roll with full coverage...

Pay it out of pocket and hope to get reimbursed.. The legal system could take some time..

 

full coverage on a car you love man

 

Full coverage def, can't wait to turn my full coverage back on the ack, cuz that means I'll be driving her

Sorry to hear about your accident, sounds like you'll be payin for this one

 

full coverage is the way to go man.. i was in your position once.. full time college student. broke as fuck. driving to school one day with my 4dr integra and totaled it. had liability.. so didn't get covered. so i had to part out my whole entire car to get money back. got a CL and ever since then i got full coverage..

 

if the guy ran off then you gotta take care of some business...disrespectful piece of shit should get the same treatment he gave you... ? LOL go look up his plate,get his address,and go talk to him.

 

^ my point being : go and and kick his ass

 

It's his fault. If he has insurance, they should pay for the repairs. Wait till you hear from the cops. Then go from there.

 

shoulda chased him until the cops caught up with you. My aunt did that to someone. but she was driving an astro van. Im pretty sure the 3.0's are a little faster and more agile than that haha

 

Chances are he didn't have ins which is why he ran, that or a warrant. My guess is you won't get anything, be prepared to get screwed I haven't used this smiley in like 2 years

 

The good thing is I think he has insurance and I always read up about small claims court. Both options seem ok. I'll post some pictures in later tomorrow. Should i keep you guys updated as events unfold?

 

actually, in some states, leaving a scene of a accident is a crime. i think you have a strong case. good luck!

sue him and paypal me $100.

 

ouch man, suck really does....... I dunno if it falls under the same thing, but down here we had just liability on my Brother's Celica when it got rear-ended by some illegal, no license, no insurance... OK im gonna say it, Mexican... even though we just had liability the insurance covered us and got us the cash, the car was a write off (60MPH impact vs a Ford F-150, yeah, its totaled), im sure the only reason he didnt run is because he couldnt (it ended up as a 4 or 5 car collision, even multiple lanes as the little celica got knocked out across 2 other lanes into a Benz. . . yeah, kid is lucky to be alive.......... anyways yeah we got the money for the medical checkup that I took him to the hospital for after picking him up from the crash, and we got the cash for the car


that was kinda touchy though......... anyways, I hope it goes well for ya and I hope that everything gets solved, but one question, the way you worded it, it sounds alot worse than just cosmedic damage, but I guess pictures are coming and itll clear it all up

 

Here's some pics of the damage with an included explanation of the accident:

Point of impact was license plate- which was found 200 feet away in a forest.

 

That f*ing sucks Bro.. I think they have a bumper for sale on ebay right now.. I think it is the same color too.. If I were you I'd jump on it asap.. check it out..

 

Ouch, nasty hit

 

Damm that sux. At least he didnt hit you closer to the wheel, that would of realy been f**ed up!

 

its not that bad, a new bumper thats minor.
count urself lucky....only cosmetics

 

yeah def not that bad... my car is going in on monday to get the front bumper replaced and it is only costing me $600 with isnt that bad if u ask me.

 

yeah the damage doesnt look to bad at all, he didnt hit anything critical and he missed the frame.... you sir are DAMNED lucky, looks to me like a new front bumper and a new set of clear signal lenses and youre fine..... I do hope insurance covers it though

 

Hey where are you getting bumper fixed for $600? Here in Chicago they're asking around 1300 to 1600 (with labor).

 

order parts only and DIY??? or a really good friend, because thats about what I can do with my connections, get the bumper and a friend will paint the whole car for 250

 

i am going to a body shop by my house they do good work and they estimated it to cost $640 i dont even know the guys

 

dude that shit sux!

I got a bodyshop out in McHenry IL which will fix it for about $600!

you should come out to the chicago meet next saturday, check out the meet section in the off topic section!!

 

Hook me up! McHenry is SOOOOO close! $600, YES! I would love to get my car fixed for that little. Message me your phone number if that's is cool. We can discuss the meet + body shop. Thank you!

 

i would have chased the fucker then cracked his face open

 

what was the other guy driving BTW

 

The other guy was driving a '99 Ford Explorer Utility.

 

Sometimes you just have to hate other drivers. In the first of March I was driving my Grand Prix and some lady pulled out in front of me and I hit her. Was her fault but it did about 2500 damage to the car. After 2 weeks of trying to get in touch with their insurance I find out they had been dropped from coverage since they didnt ever pay their bill. I contact my insurance and they wrote me a check minus the deductible.

Then just last week I got my new hood on the car and ran to the store one night in it, only to come out and see someone had backed into the car pretty hard. The hood had only been on the car 2 days. My brand new hood was crushed worse then the old one. It had to have been a truck that hit it because it missed the bumper completely. No one saw it happen and the people that hit it had left the scene so I will be paying for a new hood out of pocket this time. It wasnt painted so not really worth it to turn it in.

I know it sucks and hopefully everything turns out ok for you.

 

IM sorry but i have to point out that your little diagram shows the DOUCHE bag hit you on the drivers side but the pics show damage on the passenger. Unless you were driving in reverse.

 

lmao ^

and i call dibs on the left half of your bumper


and wat does that piddt whatever mean blackack

 

piddt

No it's piitb and you're too young I'm sure u could figure it out though

 

Yes, the damage was on the passenger side because he only hit my license plate area. But since he hit me going 80+ it took off half my bumper, scary shit.