Jonesi

Driving home from work. About a half a mile away stopped at a light. Look in the mirror and see a car flying up as she came over the hill. Fvck. Loosened up then let off the brake as she slammed into me and threw me into the back of a truck or I should say his trailer hitch.

First accident for the CL-S...

She actually somehow got underneath the rear end of my car. Barely anything noticeable on the bumper from the angle of the picture.

The cop was nice enough to point out my window tint (35%) was illegal before I left.


Rear end damage:






Me vs Trucks Trailer Hitch

mclarenf3387

Ouch, that sucks. Hopefully everyone was ok.

Did the hitch go through the radiator?

Jonesi

Smashed it pretty good. I had no leaking fluid until I pulled up to the apt.. The fan surely didn't sound real good.

Never Summer

Ouch, sucks to see any car smashed up like that...

BigLizard

ouch, hope you are ok. Those neck snaps you get from getting rear ended hurt. Make sure you get your neck and back checked.

sho_nuff1997

iTrader: (2)

sheesh.
trailer balls should be taken off when not towing something. i know a few people that hit/got hit by them and there would be little to no damage if there was no ball.

Jonesi

Neck is definitely sore and tail bone hurts.

65 Fury Convert

Damn Jonesi glad your'e okay. Like mentioned before, I'd still get my neck checked to be safe. Be sure to report back to us with what your insurance company says. Doesn't look totalled but that's not going to be cheap to repair either.

But the guy with the trailer hitch on probably didn't have any damage because he had the trailer hitch on. So the trailer hitch saved his vehicle which is a good reason to keep in on

mrsteve

iTrader: (1)

Damn Scott. Glad you're okay. That has to be the worst feeling ever. Seeing a car flying up on you in your rearview with no where for you to move and a big ass truck in front of you.

Ouch.

Take it easy for a two or three days.

fuzzy02CLS

iTrader: (2)

Glad your ok! I can't say much about the hitch. I'm one of those that doesn't always remove it when I'm not towing with the Suburban.

synth19

I literally'd "OMG" when I scrolled to the second pic!!!!! Glad you're okay!

nokiaman

Glad you're fine man! I would have passed out seeing the car flying up behind me!!

AZuser

BENDER08

dang good thing your ok........ car can be fixed

mrdeeno

fyi...your tint looks too dark.

GrandeInter10

Aww fuck. And I'll bet they'll hit you with a following too closely ticket...most important is you're alright tho man. God it's sad a CL-S all messed up like that :-(

Whiskers

Fvck...

NSXNEXT

iTrader: (2)

Wow she must be been flying. Get yourself checked out.

LuvMyTSX

That sucks.

G

Exactly why I keep mine on all the time.

Sorry to hear about the accident-did she get a ticket?

charliemike

WTF was that stupid woman doing?

gatrhumpy

iTrader: (1)

Sorry that happened man. That sucks. Take it easy for a couple of weeks. Neck and back problems are no joke, but you probably know that.

What about insurance and blame and collecting money and all that?

PolishPete

I can't stand seeing vehicles with the trailer hitch balls on when they aren't towing anything. I just want to get out of my car, take it off, and throw it at their hood.

No respect for anyone's safety and property. I tow often and remove the ball after every tow. Not only does your car look cleaner without it on, I don't have to worry about damaging anyone else's car or body more than a accident would. No reason to keep it on, and plenty to take it off...so take em' off people, and tell your friends to too.

RaviNJCLs

iTrader: (4)

Glad you're OK. The car can always be replaced or fixed. Make sure you feel fine in a day or 2. When I was rear ended I had no pain for about 4 days and then my back felt like crap.

Now I must post the obligatory....."that shit will buff right out."

subinf

Huh? Never heard of that happening.

neuronbob

No, he was stopped at a light when the f$cktard hit him from behind.

Jonesi, sorry to hear about this! I can't believe the cop actually took extra time to point out your tint. I respect cops in general, but I have to say that was pretty petty of that one in particular.

GreenMonster

That sucks donkey balls Jonesi...

dom

Sorry Jonesi.

Moog-Type-S

sux

TheMirror

X2

-Mirror

fsttyms1

Sorry Jonesi. That sucks.... Glad your ok. I hate seeing people come up from behind like that. I got it once in one of my other cars. The lady hit me from behind at 40 ( i was waiting to turn left) never once hit the brakes, she was too busy doing her makeup.

Hope they fix-er-up all quick for ya!

Jonesi

Funny part is I never heard any brakes screeching. Looked today and there aren't any skid marks so I have no clue how hard she hit me.


Find out she has insurance with Progressive..


State minimum for collision must be $5K so now I have that to worry about and if it goes over that price including rental etc then I don't know. I've never had to deal with this shit before. This makes no sense to me.

Anyone help me out here?

More or less I was told if the damage between my car and the car in front of me are over $5K I/ or my insurance company(Erie) would have to sue the person at fault to cover the rest?

This is miserable and aggravating.

Jonesi

I know.. ghey..

Jonesi

Sarcasm? It's 35%.. It's pretty light.


Here's a old old old pic but one with light. You can see right through it.

Costco

That sucks

But I wasn't surprised from reading the thread title.... I recently learned that trailer hitches are usually mounted to the frame of a vehicle (!) so....

Let us know how the whole insurance thing works

JediMindTricks

sorry dude...

i just got into my first accident a few months ago, and the whole experience sucked donkey balls.

dunno how it works when another car's involved though...

good luck...

S14 n Tsx

dang!!! Poor clean cl...


glad you are okay though.

GrandeInter10

Ahh, I missed that part.

G

That makes no sense at all-having to sue for damages over $5k?! Did the girl accept fault or did the cop place fault with her? What does your insurance company say?

derrick

I can almost bet one of the following scenarios:

1) woman on cell phone
2) woman looking in her purse to find cell phone
3) woman putting on makeup
4) woman wanting to pick up Jonesi with a hawt modified CL-S

Hope you are OK. Definitely go see a MD to get things checked out. If you're gonna have to sue over $5k, you might as well get some medical expenses / pain&suffering out of it, too.

That was almost what happened to me, but I was at the front end of a chain reaction accident ... but my rear bumper got totally wrecked and had to be replaced.