hopefully they don't total it

[alex.rhodes]

It's a 2000 base and the other car was a 2012 GMC 1500. He decided he wanted my lane while I was in it. Unfortunately, I was in the middle lane so I could only use the horn and scoot over a little bit before this happened.

The rear body panel and below the door jamb worry me as well. One of the first questions from insurance was if the car had over 100,000 miles. It really is a nice car, so I hope it's not totaled. I was having such a nice day, too. Great weather, good top down drive to work, good day at work, and a good drive home until this. Guy had the audacity to try to blame this on me. Said there was a car coming up fast behind him so he had to get over and because I was there I had to be speeding.

[Jamesp]

Originally Posted by alex.rhodes

Guy had the audacity to try to blame this on me..

If I run into you at a stoplight, it's your fault, not mine, you shouldn't have been there. If I merge into you on the freeway? your fault, same reason. I change lanes and run into you? Your fault again. The sinking of the Titanic?, World War One? The Hindenburg? You guessed it. It certainly wasn't my fault, so it must be yours. Did these people have actual parents?

[Gelbster]

Originally Posted by alex.rhodes

Guy had the audacity to try to blame this on me. Said there was a car coming up fast behind him so he had to get over and because I was there I had to be speeding.

This is why you need a front+REAR dash cam.
I had the same problem - rear ended at a stop light.Claimed I had cut him off. His word against mine .Sad reflection on the other guy's honesty but that did not help with the damage cost. My Insurance Co believed me so my rates did not suffer much.I fixed it myself with the small settlement I arm-twisted out of the other guy's Insurance company.
Without evidence you could be hit with substantial increases in future Premiums. Not fair but in the murky world of Insurance ,it happens and such incidents haunt your record(furtively) for years.
Consider the Dash Cam as part of your Insurance Premium price? Without evidence they will try everything to deny the claim.

[Chuck W.]

Originally Posted by Gelbster

This is why you need a front+REAR dash cam.

Consider the Dash Cam as part of your Insurance Premium price? Without evidence they will try everything to deny the claim.

Can't agree more. All of my cars have BlackVue dash cameras.