damn it's a bad day...i got rear ended by a ford explorer

just got back from the autoshop. so here's the story:
heading to the bar to meet up w/friends...i was entering the southbound fdr ramp, yielding to traffic ready to merge left into fdr. while waiting for the lane to open up, the ford explorer came out of nowhere and hit me, on my right rear where the TSX lights are.

so scratched up both my passenger side doors when he wedged between my car and the wall. front bumper is misaligned by the shock of the collision too...

estimated 5k-7k damage...pics to come....

 

My family owns a body shop (State Farm and Prudential First sponsored) that will gladly take care of your needs if you would like. Only reason i'm suggesting this is that my own TSX was brought to life from salvage a month ago and my father and brother (the owners/managers) are pretty familiar with the car along with workers, especially the dashboard, which was an 8 hour removal job. The shop has a spray paint booth, exclusively uses PPG Global products and is located in Coney Island. Let me know.

 

Ouch sorry to hear it.
you work in Manhattan ?

I assume you got hit btw round 4 ~ 7:30 ?
man that's the worst time to be out driving in NYC.

that sucks

 

I have a this sucks story also. MY MSM TSX was considered a total loss on Tue. My baby received 6 inches of rain in an hour most of it on the inside. I m waiting for my settlement from my insurance company. I had only driven the car a total of 3 weeks!! I was just starting to get used to it!!!!!! Oh well! Cest la vie

 

Damn, that sucks. I personally have been rear-ended in my TSX three times so I know how it feels. Hope everything works out.

 

That sucks man

And to add to the insult, you got hit by probably the most inapt vehicle on our roads nowadays. The Explorer should have been taken out of production many, many years ago.

 

Sorry to hear mg7726, sound like a lot of damage . But I hope your ok.

Sorry ot hear about your lost too CAMSHAFT.

 

well i hope it can get fixed without any hassle

 

That sucks man. I hope none of you were hurt.

 

Sorry to hear that. Are you going to get another TSX or something else?

 

Sorry to hear about all these misfortunes. I heard that TSX received the worst rating from insurance companies because it is soo expensive to fix a wrecked TSX. I am just curious as to how much you guys pay for insurance. I know it varies a lot but I just would like to have an idea.

 

this has been talked about in several threads.
Suggest a search.

 

errr...huh ? SORRY to hear that, but....care to tell us what happened ?
your TSX came with big holes on top ?

 

Sorry to hear about the accident, but do feel better and keep us posted.

 

That sucks. I've got rearended a couple times. Those phuckers just do not know what tailgating is.

 

Here are a few links:
http://www.acura-tsx.com/forums/show...nsurance+rates
http://www.acura-tsx.com/forums/show...nsurance+rates
http://www.acura-tsx.com/forums/show...nsurance+rates

And there are more.

Welcome here BTW, I hope you will enjoy this site.

 

Thank you for links. I am buying a TSX in about a month and all the info I got from this site is priceless. Thanks to everyone for their contribution.

 

My pleasure man!

Good luck on the buy, and keep us posted.

 

here are the pics i took from body shop (56k beware)...

back view:


back view2:


wheel:


trunk stuck:


side doors:


front bumper:

 

ouch.... seeing this make me want to
at least you haven't put on the body kit yet

 

I hope the driver of the Explorer is insured. That's gonna suck total ass to get all the repaired. Just hope there was no damage to the frame from the initial hit. Otherwise, it's pretty much a paint and replace job, for the most part.

 

the Explorer was insured under the driver's aunt's name, thru AIG. the sad part was the suv's airbags deployed when he sandwiched the vehicle between my car and the wall.

the explorer's front bumper and radiator was gone, and his suspension was cracked. it looked like someone's beaten you up when airbags deploy... too bad i couldn't take pics of their suv.

 

Too bad we don't have a smiley for wincing. Sorry about your ordeal.

 

i hope my car is never in accident unless its totaled cause resale sucks on cars that been in an accident

 

 

wow, how would they repair the part above ur back lights?, bashing it out then repaint?

 

Ouch, The whole right side...

 

the whole right side! ouch!
Sorry to see that. I know it's a big pain in the ass now to wait while it's fixed, but that's what insurance is for so don't stress!

 

No kidding. I just sold an Accord that's been in a very costly front-end accident. Everybody asks "was it in an accident?" and when you tell them, many of them don't come back.

One guy got the car checked out by two mechanics and they both said there's nothing wrong so I was lucky, but I'm sure it dropped at least $1000-$2000 off the resale value of the car. If your car is fixed good you'll probably find someone who doesn't care so much, but trust me, a few years from now when you're selling your TSX, you'll be cursing the Explorer driver.

 

my quote and i still stand by it. i hope my baby is never touched unless its totalled

 

There's a tear in my beer cuz im crying for your car...



Suckage hope they fix it right

 

ouch!! sorry to hear that man.
i hope everything will be ok.