My first reaction was just shock at what happened and then I basically reparked the car and walked in so I wouldn't say anything. Since then she's apoloized and I don't blame her, could have happened to anyone. I wiped off the drywall dust and the car door hasn't suffered any serious damage, looks like deep paint scratches (of course the glass needs to be replaced). We both did get cuts from the glass that flew at us but nothing serious. I'm hoping there is no internal power window damage. I'm not sure how much such repair should cost but I'm hoping less than $1000. Then there is the drywall as well that needs to be replaced, that shouldn't be more than $100.
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Originally Posted by Grizzly
I'm so sorry this happened to you.
Don't be too hard on your Mother in Law. I did something very similar to one of my wife's Mercedes' a few years ago. I was working under the hood and the hood was blocking my light. Rather than just go get a trouble light, I decided to back it out into the sun where I could see better. You guessed it. I left the door open with my foot outside the car. When the car made contact with the door frame it stopped and probably would have been fine, but what did I do? I stepped on the gas, of course, and folded the driver's door all the way back to the front fender. It was very ugly. Your damage, while sucking majorly, doesn't look nearly as extensive. No one was severely injured...yet. Try to keep it that way.
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