08-11-2006, 09:45 PM
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Rear-ended
6:10 PM, Friday. Lady following too close after pushing into my lane, turning left onto an onramp from Scripps Poway Parkway onto I-15 South. Meters are on, lots of traffic, three or four cars in front of me in the intersection, I stop at the line to wait for the intersection to clear.
The lady behind me doesn't. BAM!
Naturally, she gets out and says, "DIDN'T YOU SEE THE LIGHT WAS GREEN?" 
Well, no one was hurt, so that's all that mattered to me. I explained to her that when there are cars stopped in an intersection, you are not allowed to enter it, but she didn't seem to really care. By the end of our transaction though she seemed to have cooled down and said, "sorry about your car." Hers barely has a scratch, whereas mine has fairly substantial damage.
No big deal though, all repairable I suppose. Annoying though.
I managed to go over a year without even a door ding, I guess I was long overdue.
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08-11-2006, 09:48 PM
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Glad to hear no one was hurt,especially after seeing her kids in the car. Hopefully there isn't any hidden damage.
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08-11-2006, 10:19 PM
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Yeah, I can't imagine there's all that much damage underneath--it wasn't THAT fast of a hit. We'll see though--West Coast Specialties is pretty-damned thorough with their repairs.
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08-11-2006, 10:24 PM
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BTW, this is a fantastic example of the reason why you should always carry a camera in your car. I keep my digicam in my car, but just as well, get a disposable digital (as opposed to film, so it can withstand heat) and throw it in the glovebox!
Not only can you get pictures of damage and the accident scene, you can take crystal-clear pictures of the paperwork. I've got her insurance papers, her license plate and her driver's license in perfect reproduction and I didn't have to write everything down. I still wrote down most of the info, just in case, but it's nice to know that I've got every single detail from her papers in case there's something I missed or mis-copied.
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08-12-2006, 03:19 AM
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Eslai-
No bodily injury, that is good. Good idea w/the disposal digital camera.
That's what the guts looks likes from a bumperette.....
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08-12-2006, 04:51 AM
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Eslai,
I have something serious to contribute...drum roll please. I just went through the same thing 6 months ago and all I can say is thoroughly research the body shop and get recommendations. I know you know this. When my car went to the shop with almost EXACTLY the same damage you had it came back FLAWLESS. I even had them put the S muffler on mine which ended up costing me nada (that is Spanish for no money out of my pocket). It sucks because you will be without your car for about a month, but at least the damage is all cosmetic. The bumperettes and crush blocks actually work. As for bodily injury, the broad behind is lucky you didn't give her a free nose job for her comment there in the land of plastic surgery.
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08-12-2006, 12:58 PM
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How come I don't see any damage to her car?
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08-13-2006, 10:11 PM
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Yeah, I was pretty surprised by that. No answer I can give you on that. She does have some paint loss on the bumper though.
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08-14-2006, 02:03 PM
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And the grand total is..... $1989.47
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08-14-2006, 02:07 PM
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What about the damaged caused to your Chrome Exhaust Tip! 
You have been wanting to upgrade...now looks like the right time!
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08-14-2006, 02:09 PM
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Haha, the muffler and exhaust tip aren't damaged at all. Had I been feeling a little sly I suppose I could've changed that over the weekend...
...but I'm a good boy. 
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09-08-2006, 05:40 AM
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Originally Posted by eslai
And the grand total is..... $1989.47
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Was she insured?
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09-08-2006, 08:35 AM
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Originally Posted by jeffsquire
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Was she insured?
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Jeff, I don't think there were any injuries.
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