ouch... my first ever accident.

[chemicalstylez]

Driving to work this morning i was at a yield sign waiting to go... traffic cleared and the person in front of me never went... so yea i'll let the pictures do the talking.

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f46/chemicalstylez/tasmash001.jpg

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f46/chemicalstylez/tasmash002.jpg

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f46/chemicalstylez/tasmash003.jpg

Lady was driving an Escalade, her truck had little to no damage, but my whole clip has to be replaced. She was cool about it, just wish i didn't ASSume she was going to go right away. Guess you live and learn eh?

[miketa95]

That sucks. At least it's fixable.

[chrisfrom nj]

the damage doesnt look that bad at least it can be fixed

[chemicalstylez]

yea its def fixable. I need a new front piece, a reinforcement bracket, and a new front plate cover since the 2 clips broke off of it. Gonna run me about $1300 after its done. Ordered everything an hour after it happend, I wanna try and get it fixed by the end of the week.

What surprises me is that the airbag didn't deploy. The impact put my head into the sunvisor and top of the roof... so it was pretty hard lol.

[ryanfx]

yea its def fixable. I need a new front piece, a reinforcement bracket, and a new front plate cover since the 2 clips broke off of it. Gonna run me about $1300 after its done. Ordered everything an hour after it happend, I wanna try and get it fixed by the end of the week.

What surprises me is that the airbag didn't deploy. The impact put my head into the sunvisor and top of the roof... so it was pretty hard lol.

If you did this from a dead stop you need to lay off the metal foot dude lol

[79CamaroDiva]

If you did this from a dead stop you need to lay off the metal foot dude lol

yeah, especially w/o looking in front first :lol:

glad you're ok, and thats nice she was cool about it. I did that once in my jeep at a stop sign in new brunswick where all the construction is. They had a stop sign and a 5 foot "merge" onto Rt 18. The mustang in front of me stopped, I stopped, I saw her starting to go, so I went. Right into the back of her. She was cool, thankfully. The back end of the mustang was already dinged up, so we went on our merry way.

[chemicalstylez]

No seatbelt so the impact of it just tossed my skinny ass lol. Just never thought it would happen to me blah.

[Mike]

um think i could have the garbage bumper and plate cover before you let the body shop throw them away?

[sweetbmxrider]

dang dude at least it wasn't too serious. was she on her cell? :lol: my dad did it once before with the whole fam in the car. the guy got the hint and went :rofl:

i would recommend wearing a seatbelt, it is the LAW! no excuses!

[Frosty]

That impact wasn't nearly hard enough to pop the air bags.

It's not that bad, glad you're ok and that the damage isn't that bad.

[Jensend]

You were very lucky on three counts: understanding driver of the other car, minimal and fixable damage, and most importantly- you were unhurt despite not having your belts on!

I am particularly sensitive to the last item today as my son is currently visiting a hospitalized close friend who was: ejected in a crash this weekend, required an air lift to a trauma center, and has serious injuries. The accident happened at very moderate speed. The impact however, was enough to destroy two cars.

As a parent and a someone sharing the road with you, please do us both a favor and wear the belts- always.

[jims69camaro]

As a parent and a someone sharing the road with you, please do us both a favor and wear the belts- always.

nicely put. :nod:

[maroman88]

thats sucks! but can be fixed... and glad your on top of the fixing it! not like some A-HOLES who just drive around banged up cars lol

[Savage_Messiah]

thats sucks! but can be fixed... and glad your on top of the fixing it! not like some A-HOLES who just drive around banged up cars lol


:evil::evil::evil::evil::evil::evil::evil::evil::e vil::evil::evil::evil::evil:

[bubba428]

thats sucks! but can be fixed... and glad your on top of the fixing it! not like some A-HOLES who just drive around banged up cars lol

..............................hey i resemble that!!!!

[Blackbirdws6]

..............................hey i resent that!!!!

Fixed that for ya at no charge.

Could have been a lot worse but does suck that it happened in general. It's an excuse to get rid of some rock chips.

[Anti_Rice_Guy]

That sucks man. And Brain, I think Bubba might've actually put it that way on purpose.

[Knipps]

That sucks man. And Brain, I think Bubba might've actually put it that way on purpose.
:nod: I think he may have actually known the difference between the two

[FBODS4EVER]

car still looks gook in your sig. lol. good its only minimal damage. another fbod saved. post pics when done.

[69BirdX]

Glad your alright. She aint to bad you should of seen mine. Headlight for these cars a ridiculous. they are about 300 a pop brand new

[5.7TA]

Sorry to hear about the accident, man. hope the car gets fixed so you start driving it again soon.

[Jersey_TA]

UGH that SUCKS man :(

[stevethepirate]

To assume makes an ass out of u and me!
Good luck getting it fixed.

[CivicEaterLT1]

damn that sucks. good luck with it

i remember someone ran a red light and we both kept sliding in. he had a 07 accord and my 95. my car stopped his from moving. lmao my nose just got pushed in. his whole bumper cracked down the middle. and for the funny part. after the cop got there he asked us to move our car and the guy left his car in drive so while impulling away his car is driving away lol

[chemicalstylez]

Thanks for the replies guys. Well my insurance company has decided to give it to me dry.......

I got 2 different estimates. One was for $2800 and the other was for $2300. I have full coverage on my car and they cut me a check for $700. Said that was plenty of money to fix my car being that its "10 years old". Now yea, I'm getting the work done by a really good body-man at a super cheap price $1281. But like seriously..... $700? (after my 500 deduct). The front fascia alone from GM brand new is $641. I been paying full coverage since i was 17 and this is a total slap in the face. They said they had a good body shop for my car; so I did some research on it and from what I uncovered they do some really ****** work. Hence the lowball price on damage. Just sucks, i pay full coverage, pay my deduct, and still have to pay for the work. WTF, there's no point for insurance if your still paying.

Between I use High Point and I won't be using them again. Anyone know of a F-body friendly insurance company?

[Knipps]

NJ Manufacturer's if they'll accept you.

[Frosty]

Wait, do NOT accept that...that is NOT enough to fix your vehicle. Demand the estimate that they wrote to come up with their figure. They can't just say "Oh well here's $700". There needs to be an estimate written by an appraiser that represents your insurance company. If they give you one scan it and email it to me...that's a f'in disgrace.

Do not accept that amount. Do you have any other pics?

[chemicalstylez]

Wait, do NOT accept that...that is NOT enough to fix your vehicle. Demand the estimate that they wrote to come up with their figure. They can't just say "Oh well here's $700". There needs to be an estimate written by an appraiser that represents your insurance company. If they give you one scan it and email it to me...that's a f'in disgrace.

Do not accept that amount. Do you have any other pics?


I could take more pics. They looked at my car when i was at work, so i left it at home. My dad was around i'll have to see if they gave him some paperwork. Plus my headlight only goes down when it wants to now too. And they told me to have it taken apart and fix only the broken piece because the assembly is too expensive.

[Frosty]

They wrote a preliminary estimate. I bet they wrote just the bumper cover and the license plate cover.

As far as the assembly, F that, they can't pick and choose what to fix and how to fix it. They need to fix it correctly. Your insurance company sounds like a bunch of A-holes. :(

PM when you get your paperwork, I'll help you where I can...I just don't want to see you get screwed.

[chemicalstylez]

Well I called them back. Explained everything on how $700 wouldn't come close to covering it. They called me back yesterday and said everything would be taken care of down to the bird on the plate cover being repainted silver. I drop my car off monday to get the work done. They even offered me a rental car too, but ill be in vegas next week anyways so I declined it.

Im just glad everything worked out, even though I told the adjustor he had the assesing skills of a ham sammich :o

[Dilley]

that is awesome to hear man very happy for you lets see some pics when its all finished

[DaSkinnyGuy]

No seatbelt so the impact of it just tossed my skinny ass lol. Just never thought it would happen to me blah.

skinny ass you cant be as skinny as me, i saw you at fudds this past summer

[chemicalstylez]

skinny ass you cant be as skinny as me, i saw you at fudds this past summer

Lol... 6'2 185 is skinny to me !

I'l have some pics when I get back from vegas. Be gone from 24th-1st. So prolly on the 2nd ill post them!

[Tru2Chevy]

I was gonna say you need to talk to the insurance company again. I've also had High Point since I was 17, besides one year that I left to try and do better with Progressive (didn't work out). I've never had issues dealing with them.

Glad everything was straightened out.

- Justin